Sheilds Up

Had an open house today at my studio. The world feels new today. A move in the direction I want to go has done wonders for my mood about my world. I have been finishing a construction project and I am finally done, I can breathe now. I set up for my open house this morning in my Tower Grove studio, I had good conversations with people who came to look at my work, friends came by and hung out for a while and I sold a few pots. I am inspired to make plans and follow them, to shift my life. There are still obstacles, I have a lot to do but I feel like I can today. I have had some days recently where I am drowning in a feeling of hopelessness but I think that feeling is coming from outside of me. I must push out my opposition and surround myself with environments and people who harmonize with my vision of my life. I tiptoe through a field of sleeping demons, I hope they don't read my blog, at least not until I am at a place of safety.

Big round coil pots

This pot is a 20" diameter pot, don't know yet how I will fire it, my electric kilns are 17". I've had a craving for big round pots. This one is inspired by a trip I made to Las Vegas NM, lots different from the Las Vegas, Nevada, this is a historic town with mostly old adobe and clapboard houses. Me and friends visited this interesting old guy named Miguel who I think was a retired doctor. He had this spanish sytle house that was built around a courtyard, it was adobe and he and his wife were rehabbing it. There was a round pot sitting outside his door that has been on my mind since I was there and I've wanted to build some like it for a while. This pot is my first of many I hope that explore the characteristics of the pot I saw at Miguels. The other unforgettable thing about Miguels was his Mango habanero salsa, 12 jalepenos and 1 habenero, it was so good I was crying.