clay, canoe, cook: a weekend for glazing, a second practice and spring meals

I’ve come to accept that my life will be consumed by works in progress. These two wall hanging containers for air plants are kind of too small, but my air plant from Kentucky bore two pups a few months ago, and when I finally snip them from their mother, they’re going into these new homes. I’m also going to string these holed pinch pots into a wind chime soon.

And I love, love, love these abstract wall tile installations I saw on Instagram.

Since birds are not my spirit animal, I suppose I would design a fish swimming underwater. 

However, I do love the eye motif. I think though to make it my own, I would include hand and heart.

Seriously, so fantastic and reminiscent of a fabulous quilt.

I miss playing with pattern from my 2D class and just experimenting with texture on clay in general. And so I’m committing to do just that in my clay journal in my little down time.

Last week was my second outrigger canoe practice for the new season.

I could feel my lats and glutes and strings afterward--but swam a mile later that afternoon so my Sunday could be absolutely free and leisurely. And when I went to Clay Life before my swim, I sighted two of my bisque pieces which needed glazing.

And then left right after stopping by, so I could tend to this soup: cranberry beans and savoy cabbage from the garden; onion, garlic, Italian sausage, chicken bone broth from the pantry.

And we didn't eat the soup because it was steak dinner night. While Patrick grilled the rib eye on the charcoal Weber, I roasted the "cheddar" cauliflower and braised the Savoy cabbage in butter. 

Damn fine dinner.

Consuming too many glasses of wine made for shitty sleep, which was A-Okay because I wasn't working out or having to visit family on the Sunday after a super busy Saturday. At Clay Life, I found even more of my bisque pots that needed glazing.

I suppose I will call these little plates, jewelry or ring holders. and I got experimental with the glazing of this pomegranate by dipping it in Blushing Pink and finger painting a purplish Mayco Stroke & Coat atop with some Teddy Bear brown underglaze inside the calyx.

For my sea mug, there was a woman using this celadon pictured below which I asked if I could use too. I asked also if I could have some of her Seaweed which looks really lovely atop Deep Sea.

I brought in my own celadon of Sky and found Aqua on the shelf at Clay Life.

I brought in my own celadon of Sky and found Aqua on the shelf at Clay Life. I added that too to my frost porcelain sea mug, and it could end up being a hot mess. But the pot could also end up being one of the loveliest cups too. I ended up glazing the little vases with Majolica or gloss white, and they'll likely end up being the little vessels for Ikebana arrangements.