Visiting friends today..now my car is back on the road...it would be a three bus journey to see them and their local bus is infrequent...and possibly not on Sundays either!
It started as yet another drizzly day, but by Girvan the sun was shining and the windscreen wipers were no longer needed.
I've been wanting to see them since I returned from Limoges, and we spent a very pleasant three hours talking about all sorts of things.
Plus the bonus that one is an ex GP...who explained my results as brilliant but satisfactorily boring!!! It is one thing just to have a list all saying Normal....but even better to know the what and why of all the tests.
So physically I'm ok...mentally I'm still finding it hard to be on my own, but it is good to recognise that and deal with it.
and pots....selling more of what I have left...and the decisions about what I let go...and what should I keep.
At present I'm getting nearer having a working kiln. However these were fired in a salt glaze firing. I have no access to that process and I certainly wouldn't be doing that in my kiln.
It is too near other houses for one, and the other reason is that the kiln is built of HTI bricks ..soft white High Temperature Insulation . For salt or soda glaze you need proper heavy bricks that would withstand the glaze vapours ..the inside of the kiln ends up glazed like the pots!!
So do I sell my salt glazed work like these boxes?
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The round piece is especially luscious. I had no idea the process was so different. Always more to learn.
Ceci
Maybe keep your favorites and sell any surplus?
If you use them, and like them. I’d keep them. Because, as you say, you won’t be firing anymore pots in that way.
They do look lovely and I’m sure they are a joy
Putting more and more of my older work on sale... I need to be careful that I keep best examples of my own work. My archive if you like to call it
Keep the best examples of your journey in the art of ceramics (and even some of the less spectacular pieces that illustrate learning and development or that inpired any sharp turn in your styles) - you might get to do a retrospective sometime.
good thinking. your comments all came through ok btw
Keeping the best of all your work is a good idea. Once let go, it is gone forever and lives with someone else.
Having a GP friend to explain test results is beneficial. It seems the GP's only want to talk when a test result is significantly below the norm.
It is understandable because they are busy with sick people... But peace of mind means, that you are less likely to worry yourself sick... Ten minutes per appointment isn't enough sometimes
Agree with one of the above comments, maybe sell some and keep some?
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