I checked into the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel and Convention Center today around noon and I have to say that it is awesome and NADCON is even awesomer.

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I didn't have electricity for 24 hours, it was really a bummer...  everyone else in the building had power, it was only me.  Something broke and they couldn't fix it and I ended up having to make endless phone calls leaning on people every minute just to get them to do anything at all!  It is amazing that they can't know there is a problem and ( Read more... )

Here are my first two Raku figures,
I had shown them previous in their drying clay state but this is them finished:

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As you can see, my figures are distorted...( Read more... )

I am hoping that this will work better than the other entry, that I hope to delete...
but I can't help it, I like to post my work!( Read more... )

I haven't posted much about Raku lately... 
I have finished my last pieces for this class (there is one more class but I don't really think I have any reason to next Friday), here are a few (not all) of them:
(click on to enlarge)

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We had a beautiful day,
and got a lot of things fired at my ceramics class:

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So we finally had some good weather and got some ceramics fired! 
Yay!
I made my own adorable Green Man, I used a copper glaze which got some copper/metallic highlights but mostly green:

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I still haven't had anything fired, it was pouring rain and the kiln is situated out doors, so firing anything last Friday wasn't an option.  But I did make a few things, these are kind of a departure for me:

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I'm really enjoying my class, and I am trying to really put my heart into every piece I make:

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