Good bye goo-goo goggles.

Carving some slab trays this weekend seemed like a piece of cake after the big pots.

Lori over at Future Relics Studio asked me how my shoulder was holding up with all this carving on big pots. I am happy to say my shoulder has been fine. The muscles in my hands and arms have been sore, but it's that good sore. The kind the tells you that you worked hard... not that scary pain that screams, "You went too far and did damage!"
I have spent a lot of time complaining about my glasses when doing detail work. I have needed a new prescription for quite awhile so early Monday morning I was off to the eye doctor. I decided to take the leap and try contact lenses. Wearing glasses are a pain the studio. Mine are really scratched despite the fact that I think I am careful with them. I have progressive lenses, so put on the mask to mix glazes and it pushes your glasses up enough so you can't read the recipe. The bottom line is that I just hate wearing glasses. Since I need help seeing both near and far I am trying out mono lenses... one lens is for distance, the other for close up. Hopefully my brain will adjust quickly. I am also looking forward to the day that it doesn't take me 10 minutes to put them in and take them out!

TGIF

I don't usually use that term, since my work week doesn't revolve around the Monday through Friday grind, but this sure has been a tough week. As if the big pot theft and crappy show weren't enough, I woke up on Tuesday morning with a very sore left shoulder. This in of itself is not unusual. It has bothered me off and on for many years. I had some testing done some years back, to eliminate a pinched nerve as the cause. The doc determined it was just a overuse. Tuesday it felt like someone had punched me in the arm, Wednesday I could hardly lift it without yelping. Thursday I spent the day trying to get comfortable in between icing it and taking Aleve. I can't even lift my arm to brush my hair or put on a shirt. This morning doesn't seem much better. I really need to be making pots right now, but they are going to have to wait. I am hoping it's tendonitis of my rotator cuff and not a tear. I will give it the weekend and if it isn't better go to the doctors. I am pretty sure hanging and taking down the sidewalls on the tent last weekend are what did me in.

My good arm has been able to help my bad arm take some new photos for etsy...

Salt Pigs or Sugar Jars, you decide.

Here is one of the carved rim bowls that came out of the kiln last Thursday. I decided to go all green.

I almost forgot to mention that yesterday we woke up to a gurgling hot water heater with a puddle under it, geesh, what more could go wrong! Thankfully the plumber was here in the afternoon and by 3:00pm we had hot water.
Have a great weekend, I know I am going to try to!