5-20-19

We left today for south Alabama to stay at the Grand Hotel for a few days.

The sunset was amazing.

We ate outside of the main building and watched this view.

This is the view from our room.. we have a balcony overlooking Mobile Bay! 

5-19-19

I'm test knitting a pattern to see if there are any errors in the pattern.

5-18-19

I'm trying my new style on the chocolate clay. 

Below is a painting I traded for the chicken mugs. My distant cousin in Louisiana painted it for me in exchange. It's of some wetland in south Louisiana.

5-17-19

Here it is! All glazed. See the dots? See the hint of blue? I used Standard 112 clay, which is why there are speckles-- the manganese in the clay. Next time I try this style I'll use chocolate clay (Standard 266).

5-16-19

My friend, Kismet, loaned me these Japanese woodworking tools that belonged to her grandfather. I used them to carve on these two mugs!

5-15-19

Here is that mug that I posted a week or so back... with the dots under the rim. I just glazed it.

Got this berry bowl out of the glaze kiln.

And this cake stand.

5-13-19

I got an order to make four chicken mugs so I made five.

5-12-19

It's mother's day and I gave my mom this chicken and one baby chick. We had dinner at her house.

5-10-19

The piggy banks that folks made in the workshop I taught today. I made 1, 3, 6, and 7.

5-9-19

Piggy parts. I'm teaching a workshop this coming week on making piggy banks so I'm practicing. 

Met with a faculty member in engineering today to discuss a grant.

I made these for a colleague

I made this for nobody in particular, just experimenting with my new stamp that I made.

These are mine!!!

5-8-19

I made this for a distant cousin.

And below is a mug in the making, designed along the lines of one of my favorite potters who also puts dots under the rim.

5-7-19

I bought this shelf from HobLob for my "studio" AKA Squirt's room. It's great to have extra room.

Aza got the earrings I ordered for her. They look like her cat!

5-6-19

Today feels like the first day of summer since I'm all done with classes and students, but I officially have to work for 10 more days. This came out of the kiln today.

5-5-19

Graduation day for my two doctoral students! Jack gave me 150 pounds of Lizella clay as a gift... and Sha gave me a lovely portrait of the two of us. I gave them each a mug with their name on it. It was good to finally hood them and up my total number of PHD students to graduate to 3.

5-4-19

May the Fourth be with you today.

I got this earrings today-- you can't tell but they are balls of yarn.

I also made a couple items.

5-3-19

 This is a cake stand I made on my wheel at home just as big as I could. I don't know how much it will shrink.

 MUGS!

5-2-19

And I still knit!!!!
Summer is almost here.. I can taste it!

5-1-19

 This is a plate I made and my new friend Kismet painted.

 A mug I made for a doc student graduating.

 A mug I made for a teacher named Daisy.

A mug I made for a 6th grade teacher who worked with me this semester.

4-29-19

Last day with my interns this semester. We had a final meeting. This is a mug I'm working on for a student who showed me a picture of what she wanted.

4-28-19

 Dan and I went to a luncheon for a group he's involved with. He's a board member and he won an award! Here are a few mugs I'm working on.

4-27-29

Today I taught a workshop for teachers using my Save the Baby Penguins curriculum.

 Also, I got a special gift from a graduating doc student!

4-26-19

Some more goodies from the kiln!

4-23-19

I designed this piece of jewelry and have hired a jeweler to make it for me.

4-22-19

I'm back home now, teaching my last class tonight before the final exam. Here is a picture taken yesterday of the crew. A few were missing... but I love that we are under an old live oak tree covered in Spanish moss.

4-21-19

My Uncle Eddie. I took a photo and ran it through Prisma. Someone needs to paint this!!!