Chrissy's Photo A Day

10-4-19

Photos of the kiln load with the "new" lens. I love the reflection in the one below, taken outside on the brick wall.

Today I had a department meeting with the president of the university in attendance.

10-3-19

Ugh. The kiln overfired. The blue glazes turned dark, even green. All my cauldrons bloated.

The only good thing about today is that my mom gave me a camera lens that someone left at her house-- and she cannot get the photographer to claim the lens. So, in the meantime it's mine. It's an amazing portrait lens and will do amazing things for my pottery pictures!

10-2-19

This is my first glaze load in my kiln. The three sugar bowls with lids are supposed to be blue. I fired this to a cone 6 at medium speed.

9-30-19

My first bisque fire!!!! One handle cracked, maybe because I removed the top peep before the kiln cooled down fully. Dunno... but I think I can fix it in the glaze fire. It's so exciting!!!!

9-29-19

This is my student Cheese. He also cat-sits Teensie. He came over today to visit Teensie and return some tupperware. He's a PhD student.... smart as a whip... funny, kind, and full of joy.

Below is a photo he took of me holding my newest mug design, of which I am most proud. It's a ribbon-awareness mug and this one is going to a breast cancer patient.

9-28-19

This is a boring photo, but it helps me remember that I spent an hour today tutoring my nephew about stats. I haven't seen him in years and he reached out to me via text and asked me to help him with a college class. I used Zoom to interface with him, share my screen, etc. I also kept cleaning my studio and got caught up on my grading! I also got caught up on this blog, which I tend to forget about. I forget my day. I forget to remember it with this blog! I need to set a reminder each day to upload a photo that captures the day. One other thing is that I started the first fire on my kiln yesterday late afternoon and it finished today! It's now ready to go to work, but I don't have any kiln wash..... so can't do a glaze fire yet.

9-27-19

Friday. I had a four hour meeting at school today and came home to a buzzard on the roof. Yuck. It was eating a dead creature in the driveway. Buzzard, vulture, same thing in my head.

I had orders for some cauldrons and they came out brown or shiny black because the clay was the wrong kind. It caused so much angst in my head.... They are pretty, but not right.

9-26-19

I took this photo today right as Dan was leaving to visit his parents and bring this little bud vase along.

I will miss him, I always do, but it's good for me to be alone sometimes and face myself, take care of myself. It was a busy day and I had to do a lot of work I didn't want to do.

9-25-19

My kiln came today!!!!!

I went to schools today, went to the studio, and then came home to this!!!

9-24-19

Large clay container I'm making.

Today I had lots of meetings with students and even made one cry. He is a poor student and does not like any negative feedback. He says I treat him like a child. I'm treating him like a student! He is not doing well and knows it. I hate this part of teaching. But his tears did not move me. I did not feel compassion because I think he is like Eddie Haskel and is trying to manipulate me.

9-22-19

Dan did this! I decorated the shelves.

It's time to paint the house after living in it for 7 years. Dan painted the carport ceiling and all the trim and a couple of the brick walls this weekend! I didn't help much and felt a tad guilty about that.