About three years ago, I moved my active blogging from LiveJournal to Dreamwidth, but continued to cross post my entries here. Then, in early April, LiveJournal suspended my account with no notice or reason. As near as I can tell (again, no word from LJ), it had to do with messages from spambots or pornbots on my comment threads, now removed. I've ( Read more... )

Sometime around, oh, March 1, I thought I should get organized and start preparing for my Spring shows. I went online to Priceline, looking for a hotel room for Ceramic Showcase, April 29-May 2. I booked my room, got the confirmation email, printed out the information and put it in my Road Shows binder.

Two weeks later, Showcase was cancelled.

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I thought I'd do a little research on my sewing machine this morning. I really don't know that much about it, except that it's a sturdy little beast, and it's been getting a workout this last week.

Turns out my machine has a history that's about equal parts chicanery and innovation.

The history of the Nelco involves World War II and a man named Leon ( Read more... )

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It's probably not the best way to attack a project that by its very nature is taken on just to fill up time and space, but I've been a production potter for too long. Organizing a system is second nature at this point. So, when I decided to convert all of my cotton fabric scraps into quilt squares, I started out systematically.

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It feels weird to be home on a Saturday in April. (Though the fact that it just started raining is some comfort.)

They're currently looking toward a May 2 opening, but I wouldn't count on it.

My second completed sewing project. Cotton fabric, elastic, and enough light-weight fusible interfacing to line the inner surfaces of the doubled cloth. Also a wire twist tie sewn into the top edge, to allow you to crimp it over the bridge of your nose (though I still get enough exhale sneaking past to fog my glasses). The dark red one is mine, the ( Read more... )

Took a little time off sewing today to do the final assemble of my new sculpture. Also took a photo and 'shopped the background. Maude Kerns Art Center had to cancel their current show--artists couldn't bring the work down with the coronavirus--so they're doing an online members' exhibit, and I thought I'd participate.

Here they are: Best Friends.

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I have a tendency toward workaholism, especially where pottery is concerned. I'll start one project, and a week later I'm spending all hours in the studio, going through a hundred pounds (or more) of clay a day. So I've been rationing projects: sorting and packing pots one day, filling the recycling and washing clay towels the next. Boxing things ( Read more... )