MudStuffing Sketchbook

Finding my inner vishnu, originally uploaded by mudstuffing.

Yep, the days are getting shorter, the temp is a little cooler and leaves are falling. I begin to contemplate the whole Vishnu and Lord Shiva relationship again and what it means to me. And all I can think of is… Time to change the old facebook avatar again. Well, I guess the other one wasn’t quite so old, but sorta creepy looking and I was certainly getting tired of it.

I’ve had this idea in my head for quite some time, but didn’t really want to take the wheel down off the blocks, shove everything out of the way, take some shots, move the wheel, take more shots, move the wheel again, take more shots, and then get it in photoshop only to find my head was cut off…

Friday, Gina was working in the studio and I challenged her to a wrestling match and won, and my prize was she had to sit there and take my insanely narcissistic facebook avatar photo.

etsy-birdmug4, originally uploaded by mudstuffing.

So there’s some new pots in my etsy shop from the last firing. A few coffee makers too, but they are guaranteed to go fast.

This mug was glazed in turner’s white, which tends to go matte when refired for the decal firing, but I like it better matte, in fact I like most all matte white flavors over glossy white flavors… unless it’s glossy and matte white together, which is the bee’s knees.

Also, this in my first venture/load using a dark stoneware clay body - Orangestone from HW. I like the way the white breaks, but can get dark real fast with most other glazes.

So, as I was peekign through peeps on Saturday waiting for the kiln to cool, I noticed my back stack was leaning against the stack in front of it…. uh oh… not good. Once I was finally able to get it un bricked, I could see that a kiln post had shattered  caused the whole stack to slump in the middle and lean forward. I could tell there were a few pieces on the top that were “kissing” - permanently glazed glued together - pancakers and a few large vessels.

I was able to unload the kiln without the whole thing collapsing - whew! and just a few pots had debris from the post littered in their bottoms.

The post that collapsed was just an inch or two tall. Not sure why it did, but  think I’ll be investing in some new posts for the next firing and ditching any that are questionable.

All seems ok on the frontside…

all the pots unloaded…

kissing pots…

Wine cooler set from the load…

etsy-birdmug1, originally uploaded by mudstuffing.

Just listed some new mugs on Etsy… http://khphillips.etsy.com