The Canterbury Tales: A Retelling by Peter Ackroyd I took a class in Middle English in college, and quickly realized that it was about as comprehensible as Dutch. Unlike Shakespeare, Middle English has to be translated. Too bad, because what I read of The Canterbury Tales seemed interesting. So when I saw this at the …
Jan 06
Tiny Smiley Balls 2
Here are two more smiley balls, ready to give away, once I file off the pits left by the stilts. Astute observers will note that the colors of glaze are the same as on the “thorny pot” from December.
Jan 05
Book Review: Evolve, Vampire Stories of the New Undead
Evolve: Vampire Stories of the New Undead by Nancy Kilpatrick Do you like vampires? No, do you REALLY like vampires? This is a collection of 24 short stories, all dealing with vampires and how they have changed in modern fiction. Editor Nancy Kilpatrick is a little obsessed with vampires, and her prologue is worth reading. …
Jan 03
Failed Smiley Balls
Part of doing art of any kind involves learning from failure. I find the low-fire glazes rather tiresome to apply, especially when you can’t set them down until the glaze dries. I made the nifty double-fork tongs to help glaze them (see last post) and I naturally assumed that it would be easy to just …
Jan 03
Blogging Resolution, off to a rip-roaring start.
I bet a lot of blogs begin on or near January. I don’t have a particular resolution to post every day, or even every other day, per se, but I would like to have some more consistent comment here. It’s going to take me a few months to fall into a schedule, but here are …