things get around to taking place...

Sunday night, another mad dash to the finish line of September's First Friday Indie Market, in five short days...one, possibly two glazes firings to do in five short days. and that means done and cool in time to pack Friday morning. i feel pretty good about this rush this time. no new glazes, just application tweaks to the last round. the bisque kiln is cooling now...on at 11 am, off and down to 1435 by 7:30. today was bisque and biscuits...Cyndi and I have been planning a grandma southern meal for about a week...and today was the day...green beans, mashed potatoes, Cyndi's amazing fried okra that I picked from the garden today, my bachelor biscuits and yeast gravy. Will seemed to like it just fine...I look forward to the day he can know the joys of Texas Pete...today was my first time having it on okra...highly recommended!!!
My last post mindset was to make bowls in stacks. That really didn't happen. Lidded jars got in the way, as did plates. Robert gave me tips over the phone from out of state. The bad news is that I broke the best of the bunch hastily, and sloppily loading the kiln this morning. I handled it better than I might have in the past...just some lost mud after all. Right.

So, if anyone is actually reading this, come out Friday night to the Indie Market in downtown GSO. Lots of fun! The poster this month features a painting by my friend and chief marketeer Dara Morgan. Nice one! Here is the poster:



and now for something completely......cool!
the pic below is of the first of my pots to go out west. Friend and fellow Indie Marketer, Scott Neely, who did last months Indie Market's poster, wanted some cups for friends on a rafting trip. Here is one of MY cups, on some one's, (Scott's?) knee, in use whilst rafting down a river. Thank you, Scott!
And that is really the point of making pots...for them to be used, and better yet, for a special occasion; a convergence of friends. so maybe those cups will remind them of a fun and special trip with every future cup of coffee or whatever....nice...



and with that, i am off to bed. more to come this week, really.

no really.