tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134379118379195977.post-21400633150748252122008-07-15T21:28:00.004-04:002008-07-15T21:44:00.349-04:00<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_N_Ea1CeS7U8/SH1R4AQ7eUI/AAAAAAAAAMA/3-u-Gal5XpE/s1600-h/DSC01535.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223421165405174082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_N_Ea1CeS7U8/SH1R4AQ7eUI/AAAAAAAAAMA/3-u-Gal5XpE/s320/DSC01535.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_N_Ea1CeS7U8/SH1R41PpxaI/AAAAAAAAAMI/7AdmZWW-wyU/s1600-h/DSC01534.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223421179626898850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_N_Ea1CeS7U8/SH1R41PpxaI/AAAAAAAAAMI/7AdmZWW-wyU/s320/DSC01534.JPG" border="0" /></a> {apologies on the poor picture quality - the lighting in the basement is really quite bad}<br /> <br /><div>It's been such a busy couple of weeks all around. The "day job" is extremely chaotic, we've been trying to rent/sell the house, and continue unpacking, rearranging, and keeping up with daily life. Oh yeah, and a coping with a little morning sickness to boot. </div><br /><div></div><div>Last night I was finally able to get into the studio for a couple of hours, but it was to finish some LONG overdue orders. Luckily, these gals are all friends of mine, and they rock, so they've been very patient with me. And not that filling the orders wasn't fun ... it was ... but I've been craving some clay time. My sketch book has page after page of designs and ideas that I want to put into products, but I haven't had the time. </div><br /><div></div><div>Tonight, after dinner, playing with O, a much-needed haircut, a fast jaunt into the Teeter, and a quick load of laundry, I was able to get downstairs and roll out some slabs. We haven't moved the wedging table down yet (that's where I prepare all my clay), so I used my slab roller to wedge. Wasn't the best, but I got the clay manageable enough. Tonight was all about playing. I've been toying with the idea of actually drawing some designs on clay, and I'm really not a good drawer - I can sketch, but not all that well. But tonight, I didn't care. I used my underglaze pencil (which I'm liking even more after tonight), and sketched out some very basic flowers onto scrap slabs of clay. I really like the texture of them, and how organic they seem. I'll play around with some glazes and underglazes on them after the bisque firing. </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223421194893818386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_N_Ea1CeS7U8/SH1R5uHkehI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/ydbEyefyiAQ/s320/DSC01533.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223421196604533362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_N_Ea1CeS7U8/SH1R50fb6nI/AAAAAAAAAMY/R7t7ux6y3bo/s320/DSC01532.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div></div><div>So that's that. I only spent about 45 minutes down there, but it was enough. For now. Or at least until tomorrow night when hopefully I can play some more. What about you? What's been the creative (or not-so-creative) urge lately?</div>paula :: plays with mudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14976921505933872568noreply@blogger.com