checking things off the list...

prior to the holidays i made a list in my head (i really should put it on paper) of things that i needed get done in the studio.  along with the piggy banks and berry bowls were beads and pendants.  i have a good start on the pigs and berry bowls so this week it is on to the beads...

i am always short on small round beads (they are so boring to make)... i forced myself to make a bunch.  the pierced hearts are something new as well as the fish.  the fish are a little weird, i used a press mold that john made some years back.  i don't really know if there is a market for fish pendants but i guess i will find out!  although they might make cool zipper pulls.  some of these are porcelain, many are stoneware and most of them will get raku fired.
as i was cleaning them up today to get ready to bisque fire, i thought about how long it was going to take to glaze all these damn thing... ugh.

and here is a picture i took this evening of the view outside the studio today...

yep... i think i have brought the new hampshire winter to seagrove, nc!