by Sue | Sep 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
We’re in the home stretch with the construction of this mud oven. Lots of times all the steps we’ve done over the past few weekends could have been done over a couple days, but since we’re only around on weekends, we’ve had to space the steps...
by Sue | Sep 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
As many of you know, my daughter Gabby, is a tattoo artist in St. Paul, Minnesota. She completed her 18 month apprenticeship a few months ago and is now a full fledged tattoo artist. Tattoo artists all have interesting stories about the people who visit their shop and...
by Sue | Sep 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
This past weekend, my husband put the next layer of mud on the oven. I wasn’t able to be around, so there are quite a few less photos, but he was busy with the mud so I guess that’s OK.First he cut the door area out of the first layer of mud he’d...
by Sue | Sep 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
While not-so-patiently waiting for the kiln to cool and the things I threw yesterday to be ready to trim, I’ve used my time to prepare some photos to list things in my Etsy shop. Editing photos is kind of a tedious task for me, but it’s a necessity in the...
by Sue | Sep 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
What they’re supposed to look likeEarlier this week, I had several custom pieces in the kiln for a glaze fire. Wouldn’t you know — I had a kiln failure during the slow cool which is essential to create the deep Iron Red colors these pieces were...
