Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Name your pig


 We unloaded the gas kiln in the late afternoon on Sunday. Most of the load was orders and it was a great firing... thank you kiln gods and Jeff, who stayed up all night to get this firing done before his trip.


These are few samples of the "personalized" piggy banks. I was relieved that "Anne" came out perfect. This was a re-do. I totally forgot to add the flowers to the first one, and didn't realize it until it was bisqued. If you know someone named Anne that needs a piggy bank without flowers, I have one ready and waiting for glaze! At least Anne is a common name. I am sure it will eventually sell.


 I had some fun with the underglaze on this piggy. It will be available in my Etsy shop tonight...


I took Jeff to the airport yesterday and he landed in Tokyo in the early morning (our time). He is staying with a potter friend in Naga and will visit Mashiko tomorrow. On Thursday he will fly to Seoul. It was a stressful week preparing for this trip. There was so much to do and we both came down with head colds at the beginning of last week. We felt like we were moving in slow motion. To save our sanity we took some things off of our "to do" list. We postponed the stripping and painting of the kitchen cabinets job. Better to focus on getting healthy. The cabinets can wait until Jeff returns.
I am certain they will still be there, in all of their peeling paint glory.


My consolation prize for staying behind was a shopping trip to IKEA! Since I was already in Charlotte, it was an easy decision. I didn't go crazy but did come home with new towels and shower curtain for the main bath, along with place mats and a runner for the dining table. I will actually NOT have a "photo taking set up" on our dining room table anymore! We have a good size office where we can keep it set up and out of the way. Now to see if we will actually eat at the table...

5 comments:

  1. one of my least favorite things is stripping paint, yeah for new stuff, half our dining table is covered in paper work and junk that needs to be put away. ha

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  2. Toes crossed for a great trip, Jeff!
    Stripping paint is a drag! Maybe that's why the distressed and shabby chic looks have become popular!

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    1. If we left the cabinets as is, they would definitely look distressed and shabby... but not chic!

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  3. hope you are both over those colds... I do like that last pig with the blue bits - very alert for the next feed of coins :)

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