(Gary's basement, empty bucket, kiln full of pots awaiting glaze)
90 something today, wicked scorching hot. Time to finally finally finally mix glazes, which I have talked of for months. They all need to be mixed. I have about 14 glazes, each has between 5 and 16 powdered ingredients to be measured and mixed. The basement is this old ugly stone place, dating back to when this was built as a log cabin in 1865. It does have a concrete floor and it is dry, just very cool and damp and dirty. Maybe 30 degrees cooler than outside....So, in the studio just to the left of the kilns is a trap door leading down, and all the ingredients, clay and a work table just for this job are down there.
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4 comments:
I was going to ask why wait for such a stinking hot day to do it, but then I got to the bit about the temperature differential and it all made sense. Have fun!
such motivation and on a Monday too! wow! =)
Ugh. I wouldn't mind moving into the basement.
We're beautifying our basement this week. Well, part of it, anyway. Stay tuned to my brain ...
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