The snowy weather has been hard on Da Chickz. In addition to the gound being offensively cold and aggressively covered in snow, it's hard to scratch for treats, the Most Important Thing In The World. Layer pellets are OK in a pinch, but it's much better to turn up some weed seeds, or a nest of termites, or best of all some grubs or a great big ( Read more... )

Here's the teapot I was bitching about so much last week. I'm actually fairly pleased with the way it turned out - the picture doesn't do the texture justice, but the finish is pretty close to velveteeen or shearling. It's Cone 6 porcelain, and sadly, it's the best-pouring teapot I've ever made. I sat sadly because it's totally impractical to ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I've done any updates. I'll try to take pics of stuff this week, so you can see the horrors that Christmas inflicts upon my kiln.

Meantime, for those who weren't at Holiday Faire, I have a new apprentice. Everyone, say hi to northernotter, who is unfortunately for us, resident in the far northern reaches of Drachenwald. I say ( Read more... )

So, home again and back to the grind, including dealing with the legal/financial mess that my former business partner left me with. Sigh.

I'm also off to get more clay today, and some kind of space heater for the studio.

Something silverstah posted made me think of this, and so I'll put it out there ( Read more... )

So, I've had two good solid days of work so far. Production still isn't where I'd like to to be, and none of what I've been doing is what you'd call complex or heavily constructed. In fact, it's all very spare, almost zen in its simplicity ( Read more... )

Any calligraphers out there who would be able to turn a project around in about a week; to wit, a docuement, unilluminated and without particular embullishment, about half a typed page? In english, in a bookhand appropriate to 14thC legal documents? If I can get it done, I need it for Holiday Faire ( Read more... )

I made an interesting discovery this morning. Chickens reproduce by osmosis ( Read more... )

When your four-year-old starts a conversation with "Daddy! I've got a REALLY GREAT idea!" it is without a doubt a VERY BAD idea. Horrifyingly bad, even.

Also, he wants us to know that he is "malarious". We're not sure what that means, but he thinks it's very funny.

The doctor still hasn't cleared me for starting work again. That's OK, I'm REALLY not feelking up to sitting at the wheel and trying to get work done ( Read more... )

If you drive long enough, you'll eventually be in an accident. A moment's inattention, a missed signal, some minor mistake that sends your car careening away from a collision. For some reason, I seem to be Ground Zero for these types of errors ( Read more... )