Spring is trying to sprung here in Kentucky. I'm still working on relaunching the Studio. It's grinding along. I've got multiple working patterns and relationships I'm trying to re-establish like bookkeeping, new processes, glaze testing, adding in sculpture work, painting, drawing and writing and developing a production schedule for 2024. I'm shooting for one or two outdoor shows at the end of the year to kinda get back into the swing of things.

I'm getting in the clay studio more regularly to the point where I don't feel like the stranger to my own work like I did a year ago. Now I feel comfortable enough to be frustrated with the size of my space and all I can think is: I need a bigger studio. Add that to the five-year plan.

I was able to participate in a wood firing at Bobtown in Berea in January. Originally scheduled for New Year's weekend, it inevitably got pushed back into mid-January because of weather conditions.

I played with some hand built slab bottles and teapots and am shifting my process to more hand built slab mug forms as well, which I'm currently working on. I will still throw but I want to start working more in slab work that will allow me to stamp and impress my drawings and designs instead of hand drawing every object on the forms. That shift has meant a new glaze approach and testing which has been ongoing for the last month. Having said that I probably will still do hand-drawn work from time to time but in limited editions like the endangered species mugs I've done. Two Pangolin mugs have sold this year!

I am slow with pictures and updating the online store but it is happening so check back from time to time. Best way to get the updates is signing up for my mailing list [tell your friends]. I am not an obsessive emailer like the politicians these days, haha. [Reminder: Check your registration and make sure you vote this year. Signed, your friendly poll worker]

All in all, things are slowly coming together. Apart from the clay work, I have made a promise to myself to write more and tell my story. Gathering it together for a book is one of those floaty ideas out there I'm toying with, purely to see if I can do it. Until then, I'll blather on my blog.

The Grind

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