Here’s a sneak peek at the newest additions to my Etsy shop, ClayDreamsPottery. I hope you like them!
Details can be found at https://etsy.com/shop/claydreamspottery
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I’m Back!
Hey everyone! Remember me? Well, here I am, still an insomniac and getting over a back issue. Actually, I developed back pain about a week ago that kept me from wheel and kiln until yesterday. Anyhow, I’m much better and eager to get back in the studio. 🙂
Here’s a sneak peek at a couple of things I was able to finish before my back turned on me.
First up is a medium sized sized, textured vase –
Next, a sweet little ring bowl –
I especially love the green shades inside this little bowl!
These will be going up in my Etsy shop,ClayDreamsPottery in the next few days, as soon as I can take a breather from playing pottery catch up!
Knowledge is addictive. Keep it up. Teresa Sjoquist
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This Week’s Sneak Peek
Here’s a look at a couple of projects I’ve been working on this past week………
I’ve added some high fire clay and glazes to my supply of low and mid fire glazes and such and am thoroughly enjoying playing around and experimenting with layering glazes. I think this little vase turned out really well, don’t you?
Miss Dixie got a shiny new bowl this past week, thanks to my glaze experiment. I had marked the new bowl in my head as a new bowl for her, then, when I pulled it out of the kiln, I had second thoughts because of how pretty it was. In the end, though, I stuck to my original plan, and Dixie has a new, pretty bowl.
Meals are serious business in Dixieworld!
The pretty vase will be added to ClayDreamsPottery by the end of this week, along with some other beauties still in progress that I think will be a hit so keep an eye out for these newbies.
Nothing happens unless first a dream. Carl Sandburg
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A Promise Made Good- Claydreamspottery Update!
My Claydreamspottery Etsy update is finally complete as promised. If you’ve been waiting, thank you for your patience. Please take your time and enjoy your visit! Happy shopping!
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Rain and then more rain
Last post, I mentioned wanting to do an Etsy shop update last weekend, which obviously did not happen. I grossly underestimated how busy Mother’s Day was going to be and then there was the rain. Nothing dried enough to even think about running the kiln, leaving me champing at the bit, frustrated and more than a little bit impatient. I finally just went ahead and candled most of the still wet pots in my kitchen oven so when the rain finally quit they’d be ready to fire. Guess what…… it’s raining again and it doesn’t look like it’s going let up anytime soon. 😩🌂⛈☔️ But I have bisqued and glazed pots ready for the kiln so I’m good. 🙂 On the bright side, I’ve gotten a lot of knitting done while waiting for the sun to come out. ☀️
Ninilchik Swoncho
Caitlin Hunter, Designer
NEWS FLASH ……
My partial Etsy shop update is live, with the remainder to be listed this evening, as soon as it’s cool enough to handle.
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow. Melody Beattie
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Rain and then more rain
Last post, I mentioned wanting to do an Etsy shop update last weekend, which obviously did not happen. I grossly underestimated how busy Mother’s Day was going to be and then there was the rain. Nothing dried enough to even think about running the kiln, leaving me champing at the bit, frustrated and more than a little bit impatient. I finally just went ahead and candled most of the still wet pots in my kitchen oven so when the rain finally quit they’d be ready to fire. Guess what…… it’s raining again and it doesn’t look like it’s going let up anytime soon. 😩🌂⛈☔️ But I have bisqued and glazed pots ready for the kiln so I’m good. 🙂 On the bright side, I’ve gotten a lot of knitting done while waiting for the sun to come out. ☀️
Ninilchik Swoncho
Caitlin Hunter, Designer
NEWS FLASH ……
My partial Etsy shop update is live, with the remainder to be listed this evening, as soon as it’s cool enough to handle.
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow. Melody Beattie
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Lather Rinse Repeat/4 a.m. Is Better Than 2 a.m.
THURSDAY MORNING
So – it’s been a busy few weeks. I set up an Etsy shop, ClayDreamsPottery and have been putting a lot of hours writing and rewriting, tweaking and retweaking my shop stuff, working at getting more pots photographed and listed. This is much harder than it should be since I’m a bit technophobic, computer illiterate and way out of my comfort zone when I encounter something unfamiliar computer wise. I have to reinvent the wheel over and over again. I’m figuring it out slowly but surely.
Today, I’m running a full bisque kiln this morning, then tomorrow or Saturday go into a glazing frenzy, then finally run a glaze kiln. I guess one good thing about insomnia is that I can start all this 2 a.m.
I’m anxious to see how the spiny things turn out. I plan to stain them, fire them and then lace them back together with a thin leather thong. I hope it’s going to match the picture I’ve been carrying around in my head for a long time.
FYI – The spiny things behaved exactly how I’d hoped (for once)! The toothpicks burned away, leaving perfectly shaped holes for lacing them together later. I LOVE it when a plan comes together!
SATURDAY
Wow, I slept late this morning – til a whole 4 a.m.! If you guessed this week wasn’t exactly a good one sleepwise, in other ways it absolutely rocked. Let’s see. What happened this week? OK, got it.
- Mr. Insomniac had cataract surgery on his right eye on Wednesday morning and is doing great! He is seeing better than he’s ever seen, 20/30 on the right about 24 hours after surgery.
- I sold a pot in my Etsy shop, ClayDreamsPottery
- I’ve had time to work on several knitting projects that have been languishing for what seems like forever. If I haven’t mentioned it before, I also have a knitting blog. You can check out this particular alter ego at http://iknead2knit.net.
- Filled a pew at Mass last Sunday with nearly the entire fam, three grands, a son, a daughter in law that I love, my bestie, who happens to be dear d-i- l’s mother, me and Mr. Insomniac.
- Successful glaze firing of pots to restock my Etsy shop. Shop update is tentatively scheduled for April 22.
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on man unless they act. G. K. Chesterton
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A Bit of Shameless Self Promotion
Hi ya’ll! Here’s what’s new……
As a crafter, I wear several hats, but my faves are knitting and pottery. To be honest, I’m a potter whose creations have reached critical mass. So much so that after a couple of weeks mulling it over and researching it to death, I opened an Etsy shop called Potshards and this is an invite to hop over and check it out. I’m slowly but surely getting it stocked and organized. There’s definitely a learning curve so any gentle constructive criticism would be appreciated. TIA. 🙂
If you surrender to the wind, you can ride it. Toni Morrison
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