The Art of Spring.

Well, I survived another opening... The Art of Spring, a group show here in Kingston (look at me, FINALLY doing some LOCAL gallery shows), is up from April 10th through May 28th. I think there are around 45 artists in the show...insane! Cornell Street Studios is my new favorite place. Lots of rooms, lots space. I really hope it continues to be more and more successful, Kingston really needs it. Hundreds of people came through during the opening and it was actually pretty great talking to everyone. Lots of good feedback, networking and SALES...can't complain about that. This guy sold right away. :)

February.

I can't believe it's February already. January went fast and that's fine by me. I used to love the winter, but now....not so much. December and January, fine, snow all you want. But February, March, I can't stand the wet, icy, melty snow, muddy everything weather.

And, the gray light. I HATE the gray light.

Well, enough of my venting. I've been trying to "think spring" in the studio. Making more chick bowls and I did finally get around to making some little Valentine's Day hearts. They'll be out of the kiln tomorrow. A little on the late side, but I'll still probably post them in my shop.

I did manage to take Dudley to down the road to Kingston Point Park the other day. It wasn't too terribly cold and I think we both needed to get out of the studio. It was rather soothing to watch the ice flow down the Hudson River. Dudley didn't understand why he couldn't go swimming. He did manage to get covered in mud. It's nice when our rolls are reversed. :)

(The icy inlet. The sounds from the cracking ice were pretty amazing)

In the kiln.

Snow day! My husband (an elementary school math teacher by day, rock and roll drummer by night) is home today due to the 3 inches of snow (that was supposed to be 8-12) outside. I guess that's a good enough reason for me to take the day off too. Well, I would be taking the day off anyway because the kiln is on. I got to take a picture of the chicken jar just before it was loaded in. I hope there are no "issues" with it later on. It was fun to make, but I sure don't want to make another one. I usually make more than one for a custom order, but I just didn't have it in me this time.

I'll also be posting these little vases/candle holders on Etsy later. I just love them to pieces.

My Etsy.

I just posted more bowls on Etsy.

I have kiln load almost ready to be bisqued. It's mostly special orders, one of which is a chicken cookie jar which a customer requested after I had sold these two smaller jars.

It was a little weird making one of these "big". The beak need to be larger as well. I ended up making it on the wheel so it would be hollow. I'm not always keen on making certain forms larger or smaller upon a customer request, some things are just meant to be a certain sizes. Just like some things are meant to be certain colors. But, these chickens seem to work well, large or small. I'll try to post a picture of it tomorrow.

(There are also about 50 new mini tripods in the load. I think I'm addicted.)