I had so many of these, I didn’t want to put them all on my blog at once. Now they are placeholders for different photo sessions. I don’t know what that hair is, but it might be cat hair.
Dec 24
Poppy Plate 5
This is the last poppy plate. Why poppies? Do I have some fascination with them? No, not really, but since they grow very well, I have plenty of photographs, and I know what they look like.
Dec 22
Glass Pumpkin 2
This was the first pumpkin I made at the workshop I attended last Saturday. Many of us had trouble getting good grooves using the optic mold, because it cooled the glass down so quickly we couldn’t blow it out hard enough. The grooves on this look good, mostly because it stayed small. It’s about six …
Dec 21
Review: Hot Time in the Old Town
Hot Time in the Old Town: The Great Heat Wave of 1896 and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt by Edward P. Kohn This was the worst sort of book–not good enough that I really enjoyed reading it, but not bad enough to take it to the library without finishing it. I am not the right …
Dec 20
Blue Bowl Set
Last session, I tried to make a set of bowls as a belated wedding gift for my brother and his wife, and it didn’t work out. One got broken, one exploded, and one had glaze flaws. This time, I decided to not think too hard about the end result, and just do the best I …