test tiles

1. chicory, 2. light green shino, 3. opal, 4. chrome green, 5. cedar shino, 6. steel gray shino, 7. sunrise shino, 8. silk black, 9. salt buff, 10. deep firebrick, 11. chun plum, 12. shino, 13. seaweed, 14. ironstone, 15. albany slip brown, 16. temmoku, 17. deep olive speckle, 18. textured torquoise, 19. blue rutile, 20. midnight blue, 21. saturation metallic, 22. translucent cream, 23. atlantis aqua, 24. power torquoise, 25. chocolate mesa

Something Amazing

My new website is live. Please go see it in all of its amazingness.
Full of Delicion!

My designer did a great job. If you would like his informtion, I will gladly share it.

In The Loupe

A website that has been a favorite for years is InterfaceLIFT. My computer desktop changes every five minutes (not an exaggeration-- it's a setting), and several of the images are from this site.

User-submitted images are posted in "The Loupe," where other users can vote for them. These images are available for voting for two weeks. If they get enough votes, they will be posted on the main site.

I currently have five images in review. Please vote for them!

Portree
Have a Cookie
Flight
Deep Firebrick Red
Frabjous Fiber



Yes, I took each of those photos. And yes, I made the cookie. It was delicious.

thoughts

"That which achieves its effect by accident is not art." Seneca
"Just stick the right formula in-- a solution for any fool." Indigo Girls


"Socrates said, 'I think, therefore I am.'" Koho

Please Work!

After the kiln trouble I've been having, I've been getting too attached to recent works. Last night, I broke these pieces for the cathartic release of gravity’s effect in action.


I was pretending that I couldn’t see the small crack in the lip.


Adding a vent was much messier than I expected.


Cutting the bottoms off pieces is a disappointingly common phenomenon.

Aren't these pieces pretty? Couldn't I have saved them? Can I possibly make others nice enough to replace them?

I'm currently five months behind on a commissioned piece. That beautiful lid was part of the project. I can blame the kiln trouble and pregnancy for part of the delay, but those wouldn't have been factors without the initial faulty math. (π * h * r^2) ≠ (π * [h * r]^2)

Below is my first attempt on the project at the correct size:



The current version:



Dramatic improvement, wouldn’t you say? and I was heartbroken that the first didn't survive the firing.

This one needs to work, though. A severe discount makes up for only so much lack of punctuality.



By the by, is anyone interested in writing a small amount of php for me for a small amount of money? Or barter?

getting a handle on the handle thing

YOU GUYS!

I was pregnant and didn't entirely fit behind my wheel. everything I had fired in a bisque load exploded or was otherwise ruined. my daughter was born via c-section and I had massive activity restrictions. (she was so totally worth it) I had another equally successful bisque fire. I got a pyrometer and new cones-- and it made a difference!

and then I got a batch of deflocculated clay. seriously?

so really I haven't been very serious in my studio until about a week ago.

several people have asked why I don't make mugs. we get so many promotional mugs that I generally just considered them annoying. then I made a few and people got excited.



so I'm making mugs now. as many as I can. hopefully I'll have some good ones for Eastern Market when I go back on April 15. you can also provide cash money in exchange for a mug via my website, thedelicion.com.

three other things:
1. you cannot add water to slip.


2 my sock yarn blanket is currently four by six feet big.


3. Lucia and Palmer are very good friends.


huzzah!

work on the website

well, hello!

I've started selling at Detroit's Eastern Market. Because of this, I'm kicking up the efforts on my website, full of delicion!

First, I am curious about payment methods. I currently use paypal merchant services, which has served me well for years. However, I have recently discovered that some people think that, in order to check out with paypal, you have to have a paypal account. furthermore, some of these people are unwilling to set up a paypal account. Did you know that you do not need an account with paypal in order to use it to purchase goods on the web?

The second aspect of the website I am working on is the "frequently asked questions." there are some questions asked often enough that I am able to list them easily. however, I'm sure I don't remember all of them. plus, as long as I am making that bit, I may as well include answers to questions that are not yet but may still become frequently asked. what kinds of things would you like to know about the art, the website, or me? what kinds of things do you know but suspect other people might like to know?

thanks so much for your feedback.