Just a reminder to start - I will be at the Belle Aire Market this Sunday September 11th. Also next Sunday September 18th I'll be at the Bel Air Festival for the Arts. Both are local to me in Bel Air, MD.

I'm super behind getting this up. I unloaded the last kiln the morning before I flew to Orlando. Then I immediately reloaded the kiln and started it up before heading to the airport. The upside was that when I got home it was ready to unload. The next day we drove up to Chaumont. It was an exhausting week, but there's a lot of goodness in this kiln.

I still have full shelves that need bisque, but I'm getting close to getting through the backup created when the kiln was down.

This is the most I've ever run the kiln in a week. I think the electric bill is going to be big. I did an empty run, glaze, 3 bisque, and then 2 more glaze.

I spent the whole weekend glazing to get this and the next kiln load ready. Literally spent the entire weekend doing nothing else. I'm working through the backlog from the kiln being down while still getting ready for upcoming shows. I still feel like I'm behind in all of this, but if I sell out then that wouldn't be the worst thing.
I think the bee cannister is my favorite thing in this kiln followed closely by the footed planter.

Laguna 60 Kentucky Mudworks Hydra x3 Kentucky Mudworks Triton x2 Mayco Light Flux	Laguna 60 Kentucky Mudworks Pluto x3
Kentucky Mudworks Brown Bear Mayco Lemon Frost x3 Night Moth x2 various Stroke and Coats	Kentucky Mudworks Brown Bear Lavender Mist x3 Muddy Waters x2 various Stroke and Coats
Laguna 60 Mayco Green Opal x3 Blue Hydrangea x2	Laguna 60 Mayco Green Opal x3 Blue Hydrangea x2 Mayco Tuxedo
Laguna 60 Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux x2 Hot Tamale x3	Laguna 60 Amaco Tangelo x3
Laguna 60 Amaco Deep Sienna Speckle x3	Laguna 60 Cotoye Papaya x2
Top Left: Amaco Poppy x3 Top Right: Amaco Marigold x3 Bottom Left: Amaco Snapdragon x3 Bottom Right Amaco Tangelo x3	Clayscapes Oribe dipped twice - crawling
Amaco Weeping Plum x3	Left: Laguna 60 Amaco Deep Sienna Speckle x3 Sour Apple x3 Ancient Copper x3 Middle Left: Laguna 60 Pam's Blue x3 Sour Apple x3 Ancient Copper x3 Middle Right: Kentucky Mudworks Brown Bear Coyote Papaya x3 Right: Amaco Tangelo x3 Sour Apple x3 Java Bean x3
Colors for Earth Laurel Green 2167 Clear	Laguna 60 Mayco Stroke and Coats 3 coats - Fruit of the Vine, Sour Apple, Tuxedo, Jack o Lantern, Cotton Tail
Coyote Parakeet x2	Kentucky Mudworks Dandelion x3
Coyote Parakeet x2	Left: Laguna 60 Laguna Power Turquoise x3 Right: Laguna 60 Norse Blue x3
Coyote Parakeet x2	Laguna 60 Mayco Sunkissed 2167 Clear
Spectrum Sangria x2	Laguna 60 Kentucky Mudworks Hydra x3 Triton x2 Mayco Light Flux
Various Stroke and Coats	Mayco Sunkissed, Jack o Lantern, Just Froggy, Hot Tamale, Java Bean, Fruit of the Vine 2167 Clear
Epic FAIL Coyote Black x3, Mayco Mud Crack x2, Jack O lantern, Java Bean, Just Froggy Did not mix up the mud crack enough

What the heck happened to that pumpkin (bottom right). It was supposed to be orange with the mud crack, but it appears to have just completely melted into a gross mess. Going to have to do some research to figure out what I did wrong. The rest looks good though.
I've been trying to get this jewelry into the last couple of kilns, but it never quite fit. I have a whole lot more already ready to go into the kiln.
Looks like my cannister came out aweseome. The big test will be can I get the lid off.

I always have fun making gnomes. Whether they are for the garden or just the small ones for around the house they just make me smile. Originally this female gnome was going to have two braids, but I draped this across her head and it just worked so I went with it.


I think I want to glaze them similar so that its clear that they are a pair.

While I was working with the elephant ears I decided I also wanted to do something with Hosta leaves. These vases are made with two different size hosta leaves.


The one in the back is a bigger leaf and slightly different variety than the 3 in the front. It took me a few tries (and some smooshed vases) to come up with a plan on how to do this. I really wanted these to be just the leaf without having to add a separate bottom.




I think it's amazing that all of these are made from the same two leaves, but each has it's own personality.

I used to have elephant ears in the front of my house by my stoop, but a few years ago we had a really cold winter and after that they never came back. I've been looking for years at Home Depot, but every time I saw them the box was already empty. I went to a local market this spring and they had them! I wish I took a picture of the seed because it was enormous. I got a large planter figuring that I can bring it in for the winter so it won't be affected by the cold. I was worried it was a dud because nothing grew for a few weeks, but after a trip to Chaumont I came home and we had elephant ears.
With all the heat the last few weeks a few of the leaves were dying off so I cut off two and decided to make pots.


I wanted to try to make a birdbath so I did it two different ways. This first one I cut up a pool noodle and propped it on all 4 sides to create the shape I wanted.




For the second one I used my large bowl mold and started it upside down. This gave me a bit more of a bowl shape which I liked.




What I did not think to do, however, was add a foot so it is a bit wobbly. I do really like the shape.




I also took a smaller leave and made a bowl with that.




Once again I forgot the foot. There is a 4th one I made on this same smaller form that I remembered the foot on. All of these were made using Laguna 66 because I wanted to be able to have them outside and deal with the elements.