When I opened the kiln yesterday, everything on the top shelf was fine – five or six pots I’d thrown in anticipation of doing raku at the January Crafts & Drafts. The second shelf, a shelf of prototype plates I’d slabrolled and was planning to glaze up, testing different colors, …
(Crossposted from my work blog) Last week was a soapy blur of soap making and wrapping, and scrambling for paperwork, scanning, signing, etc. (I don’t remember, when I bought this house I live in now, 20 years ago, that the process was as time consuming as this house we’re trying …
People who have known me a while know I have a fascination with miniature things. Dollhouses, Borrowers, things that look like big things but are tiny (like my sushi or cupcake stitch markers). A couple of years ago I saw and photographed a fairy door in the park near my …
The last couple of weeks have been all about ceramics, or at least as much as I can get it about ceramics with also dyeing yarn and making soap. GLAM is coming! GLAM is coming! I’ve dyed all the yarn I’m going to dye (I probably won’t even have time …
Did I mention my “Fuck Cancer” mugs? You can read more about them here. What it boils down to is that as these sell, I put 25% of the purchase price away in a kitty (not an actual live kitty, don’t be silly). Once a year, I will donate the …
I have this great idea for a series of mugs. Quotes about literature! And I could sell them in a local bookstore! I’ve been wanting to do these for a while. So why didn’t they come out fully-formed and perfect?! They almost did. I was so excited when I fired …
So I’ve been trying this new thing lately; adding … well, I’ve always called them “press molds” but I think the current term is really “sprig molds”….? Anyway, adding little pieces I’ve pressed out of clay onto poured mugs and planters. I found a great one a couple months ago, …
… but some animals are more helpful than others. This, by the way, is the cat my vet was worried was going to drop dead at any second. As you can see, she appears to have had a miraculous recovery.
…. and I got a lot started! I’m still not 100% happy with my mug handles. I don’t really know why. They’re just… I don’t know. I have a feeling I want to evoke with these mugs and these particular handles don’t give off that vibe. I have some things …
It really is funny, to me; I made these having seen something similar and thinking “I could totally make those” so I did, to see if I could, but at the same time I thought “nobody is going to think these are awesome but me” and I’ve hardly been able …
Technically “on the loom” and not “on the needles”, this is another project on which I’m currently working. Late last year I chose out 24 skeins of sock yarn (SHUT UP, THAT’S NOT EXCESSIVE) and paired them in 12 sets of two, like colors, with the idea of making twelve …
Everything in this kiln firing is for me… in a way. I am making the mugs as a gift, the owl ornaments were all family gifts for Christmas (and I kept one for myself, because I hadn’t kept any of the others), and the plates are for Tim and I …
A long time ago (but not in a galaxy far, far, away) Sharon and I used to listen to this knitting podcast by an expatriated American living in Wales. One episode was about humor and knitting (involving such gems as how to knit a snatchel). There was always a song or three …
I don’t think I got a chance to post about this before Christmas (I actually fired the kiln twice last week but don’t tell my boss because I’m supposed to be on vacation!) but I got the last of the Owl Christmas Ornaments painted and fired. Over at HaldeCraft, I …
I’m working out how to display my owl Christmas ornaments for the craft show this weekend, and rather than buy a small fake Christmas tree and hang them on that, I thought I’d use this mug display someone gave me a while ago. But I’m not sure about it…. I …
Got plans Sunday, December 2nd? Want some? Get ready for GLAM Indie Craft Show 2012! This year, we’ll have even more local artists and crafters than ever to satisfy your holiday shopping needs. That’s because we’re moving to a new and larger venue — the historic WWII-era Mustang Hangar just …
Cross-posted on HaldeCraft.
Guess what’s finally available? You can find them under Gifts for Yarn Lovers. Cross posted on the HaldeCraft blog.
Go ahead. Try to tell me these aren’t the cutest things you’ve ever seen in your life. I have a few left, still; and will have more next week. Jain gave me the idea to paint the hats like Jayne hats, so … yeah, I’ll have even more as soon …
Sometimes I have a hard time pricing my work. For one thing, this is a hobby I’ve had most of my life. How do you put a price on something you love? How do you put a price on something you’d be doing anyway? How do you put a price …
I don’t know what I’m going to charge for these yet, but they’re worth two in the bush. Get it? Bird in the hand? Two in the bush? GET IT? Thank you; I’ll be here all week.
Lately I’ve been itching to reorganize. Reorganize my work schedule; reorganize my glazes; reorganize my bisque; reorganize my finished ceramics. I’m trying not to schedule any work for Thursday and Friday. Oh, sure, we all know me — I’m still going to DO work — but it’s catching up here …
I just can’t stop staring at this photo, and I’m the one who took it! I was picking up some bisque a few weeks ago (remember this photo?) and I saw these berry baskets. I could not resist the cuteness, so I bought a dozen. It took me two weeks …
Backup Dog would like to remind you that other than the occasional whinging, posts about the daily work-life of HaldeCraft, like Fresh from the HaldeKiln posts, have moved to the HaldeCraft blog!
