Two more sleeps...

until Jeff returns! I like "me" time, but I have had plenty. I am also getting really anxious about getting this house/studio move underway. There is only so much that I can do alone.

 I asked Jeff to bring back a t-shirt for my great niece's birthday. What I didn't know was that the festival t-shirts are "make your own". The people working the booth apply a stencil for you to sponge paint the design.

The finished shirt looks like this...

It's the mascot for the Chasabal festival! My niece will love it, especially since "her Jeff" made it.

As the festival was winding down, one of the Korean potter's daughter drew a portrait of Ron Philbeck. She is an amazing 8 year old artist! Imagine what she will be drawing by the time she reaches high school.

The tea bowl festival in the city of Mungyeong is now over and Jeff has traveled to the city of Seoul, with Lee Love, Craig Edwards, and Ron Philbeck, for a short stay before flying to Japan. When we chatted this morning, Jeff was doing laundry at the guest house they are staying at. He sent me this photo and asked me if he used the right settings on the washing machine...

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gifts from S. Korea

Jeff had a stamp made for me in Seoul... it's the sweetest thing! He drew out the "M" and they made it while he waited. He had them make it deep enough so that it would work in clay as well as the ink. The stamp is attached to the key ring and the lid is magnetic. Now I can spend the next few days marking everything in sight with my "M". Like a cat marking it's territory.

 and yes, he did bring me back a paint brush from one of the shops on Insadong St. in Seoul. He also had a fatter one but he lost it in transit. The bamboo handle on this brush is beautiful.

Look who was the poster boy for the 2013 Mungyeong Chasabal Festival!

We stayed up until 3:00 am looking at all the treasures that he brought back. There are some nice pots, but this was the year of tools; paddles, stamps, trim tools. 

I am so happy to have Jeff back home, even if he spends the next couple of days sleeping off the jet lag!

Oodles of brushes

Brush shop on Insadong Street in Seoul, S. Korea... one of the first images from Jeff"s adventure