working at home

i've been snow bound off and on since jan 29th. so i've set up a work space at home. it's been really nice working here by the wood stove ......

here's a birds nest made from bailing wire ....and some of my hardly working studio assistants...

winter of many snows

we've had a lot of snow here this winter and more is coming. i've been snowed in a LOT.

this is bringing up things for me to look at..breaking out of old patterns. It feels like a big opening up, a big healing event. everyday i go outside and take in the energy of Grandfather Sun, the standing tall ones (trees) and Mother Earth, Father Sky...can i drive down this mountain? connecting, talking, building relationship, love... my artwork is more and more an expression of that...what i've wanted all along. i will dance with them when the spring comes for sure.

Peace

Watching snow fall in the woods…feeling peaceful.
“Wabi-Sabi ia a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent and incomplete.
It is a beauty of things modest and humble.
It is a beauty of things unconventional.”
Quote from Wabi-Sabi by Leonard Koren

first group of the 100 horse journey ...... a few owls looking on

100 horse journey: notes on the first glaze firings

results are very interesting..i did 2 glaze firings.

first a cone 6 firing of red stone clay with terra sigillata, under glaze pencils and chalks.

the colors look very muted, colors burn out at cone 6. nice in a muted kind of way. and the clay has a soft smooth look. and it clinks like porcelain, nice. i want to fire these to cone o2. and see if the colors hold.

2nd firing: cone 04 raku clay. really nice results. colors are true and beautiful. i can see all the details of my work with underglaze pencils. no chalks on this group. the cobalt carbonate stain is a beautiful dark blue accenting the textures. red iron oxide is nice and rust red. terra sig looks good, too.

100 Horse Journey

the first 21 horses are frolicking in the kiln for the glaze firing. i will be show them at my studio, saturday, december 12, just a couple of days from now....there are some really nice owls, too.