optimistic.

I must be feeling pretty positive to try to make cake-stands again. Or I'm ready to take on a challenge.

I've just made two, but so far so good!

little ol' me.

With so much going on the past week around the world, I really felt silly putting up a blog post. After all, who wants to read about little ol' me?

But I took this picture a few days ago. I love the picture and the pieces. Turned out just lovely.

All 100 of my mugs have been made. (not finished, just made!) And I have moved on. Well, not totally. I have some new custom orders to fill. And since the pictured mugs sold to a favorite customer, I am going to make some more in that style.

Overall, the 100 mug challenge was a really great motivator. Another artist (unfortunately I don't know who...a featured seller on etsy...I will look it up tonight) once said "the more I make, the more I want to make." And that is definitely the case for me!

68-85.

I'm really enjoying this bowl-shaped mug. The last 15 will be handbuilt. Looking forward to doing some handbuilding!

Not only has this little exercise been good for building up my inventory. Its been good for refining some of my skills. One of my favorite parts of making a pot is trimming the feet. And I've trimmed a lot of feet lately. I take pride in my well-turned feet. So I'm going to show-off the bottom of my pots:



If you enjoy turning as much as I do, I recommend a good trimming tool. I bought a tool from Bison Tools (etsy shop) last year, and have been very happy with it. I used to buy new trimming tools every month. But haven't bought any since the Bison Tool came into my life. Would love to hear other trimming tool recommendations!

60-67.

Okay. Starting to get sick of mugs now. Must power through. I have a new design for the last few. But I haven't started them yet.



First 1-30 glazed. (30-35 will remain in bisque state for awhile.) Lost 3 to my persistant clay/glaze fit problem that I continue to ignore...hoping it will go away. But it won't. Otherwise, a really nice firing!

happy new years!

I started off the new year by spending a few hours at the studio. It was really nice. I made some mugs that spread the love.

The 1-100 challenge continues. The love mugs are #51-59.
The handbuilt mugs below are #36-50.