Last summer Jeff and I made tons of coasters. Enough to last us until now. I spent a portion of Wednesday throwing a few boards of them. When I went to bed that night I was making coasters in my sleep. It made for a long night! I don't know why that happens sometimes. I make hundreds of pigs and mugs but rarely dream about them. Part of the monotonous dreaming might be blamed on my decision to slip and carve one board of coasters with ginkgo leaves. A portion of the dreams was working that out. I did try a few different patterns to see which I liked the best... sort of sketch books made of clay. I decided I like the two ginkgo leaves, overlapping. The last four ended up with the Danielle flower pattern, blame it on a short attention span.
Leave it to me to take a simple, inexpensive item, and kick it up a notch! Sometimes it's so hard to leave things alone.
Tonight we are heading to Cedar Creek Gallery in Creedmor, NC. Jeff has a teapot in their National Teapot Show IX, and tonight is the opening reception. I am looking forward to getting out of the 'grove and enjoying a little culture. On that note, I will leave you with your piggy of the day...
