After a firing…

27. August 2008 by admin.

…I am usually pretty wiped out.  No exception this time, having just turned off the kiln, even though I fired a load of bisque for a studio mate.  13 1/2 hours for the firing, not much compared to my normal cycle, but maybe it’s the getting up real early, and trying to do two things at once, monitor the firing as well as your own work, that takes a toll.  So, Shelly, here’s hoping that the kiln gods are looking out for you!

I’ve got two kilns of my own to get out in the next seven days, readying for the Clothesline Art Show at the Memorial Art Gallery here in Rochester.  It’s the area’s biggest show, and the largest single fundraiser for the art museum.  Usually it’s non-stop talking with lots of artists and customers whom I haven’t seen in a good while.  Always enjoyable, and a bit different now  as for the past year and a half I have been serving on the show committee as the artist representative.  Perhaps soon I will write more on the perspective given by being on the other side of the ropes, so to speak.  These things are not easy to bring off!

Speaking of different perspectives, it’s rather interesting to be in the position of running a studio of four potters, rather than just having my own place, as I have for the past 20 years.  I’ve shared space now for the past four years, with several individuals, but I’ve got a serious and seemingly long-lived group here right now, and it’s forced me to confront the fact that we all need and deserve our own space, as well as looking out for my own interests as the lease-holder.  There have been some interesting experiences over the past year, but I’m feeling like I’ve got a grip on things now.  This is also an interesting area to explore on the blog in the future, with names and actual events changed to protect the innocent!

Well, I’ve got sweat and dust all over, and it’s time to get clean and then to bed.  Anyone actually reading this thing?

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