news regarding the party of chickens

5, originally uploaded by nirbhao.

finally, we have a batch of finished chickens. I've been posting one a day in the party of chickens pool and hope to continue doing so for quite a bit.

Jaden drew the kitty in this chicken. isn't it ridiculously adorable?

if you would like a paper template, please either download one or request a nearly-finished tile.

if you use a paper template, I will transfer the image you make onto the chicken with carbon paper. I will try to be true to your color choices, but I am limited in that respect.

send me an email or letter to the contact information listed below, and I will send you a chicken that has been bisque and glazed fired. I'll even pay postage. you can do whatever you want with it. you can paint it, glue stuff on it, drop it into a glass of alka seltzer-- any alteration that strikes you as wonderful. most importantly, take a picture.

send your image (whether template or photo) via either:
• email to shine@thedelicion.com, OR
• usps mail to shine, po box 345, ada, mi 49301

you can also directly upload to the party of chickens group pool if you have a flickr account.

and there was much rejoicing!

too much to hold up

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the dry weather causes problems throwing, and, if I don't cover the piece *very* well while it is drying, it cracks.

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I'm still adjusting to the news. it was always a possibility, but never a reality.

I dreamt that you held me while I ate fruit. I said, "I won't be able to throw for a while." you said, "you probably will have to be careful even typing," illustrating how looking down with shoulders straight could strain the chest.

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I'm throwing as much as I can right now.

band work

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go look at my most recent stuff:

http://flickr.com/photos/nirbhao/

you will notice chickens. it's finally working out:
http://flickr.com/groups/partyofchickens/

I've made several chickens that only need decoration. hopefully that makes it easier for people than drawing on a template. if you would like a blank chicken tile, send your address to shine@thedelicion.com. I won't sell it or stalk you. you don't even have to pay shipping. all I want is a picture of the finished work.

click and hum

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glaze firing is one of my favorite things. what I take out certainly does not look like anything I could have made.

this load contains several chickens. now I need to figure out how to photograph them. (or scan them without scratching the scanner bed)

I finally finished Nic's gloves.

City Knitting had a big sale on sock yarn, including noro kureyon. how could I leave it there?

having resurfaced

the good news, originally uploaded by nirbhao.

I made sandy (a.k.a.: gluten free) toll house style chocolate and butterscotch cookies! they even taste right! huzzah!

because it's awesome:
my mom went underwater spelunking today. she called to tell me about going through the tunnel to a room through another tunnel into another room. she is so ridiculously cute-- an argument for the midlife crisis.

when I get curious about things, I look them up. the internet is amazing like that. sometimes, I use wikipedia. I have mixed feelings about the site, but, if nothing else, the bibliographies provide a good starting point.

apparently, a genre whose ven diagram intersects with the type of music I like is called shoe gazing. not knowing what that is, I looked it up.

this is quite possibly the worst article I have ever read.

unrelatedly, I broke my 17-hair brush. the thing could do a line 1mm thick in glaze. (sigh) I got a 000 brush in an attempt to replace-- a failed attempt.

we still haven't found the rolling pin.

things

1. term three starts today. I'm feeling a lot of different things about that-- mostly good.
2 the lady I sent yarn I won't be using to wrote a very nice thank you card. she makes lap blankets for veterans in the va hospital. if you have yarn you won't use, send it to her:

Dee Becker
4790 White Rd
Pierson, MI 49339

3. I've found a very good way to justify my addiction to ridiculously fabulous sock yarn: use it to make hose / stockings / tights to wear with the legal "uniform."
4. my tremor has gotten bad enough that it's interfering with things like typing.
5. the tremor is in my legs, arms, hands, neck, and eyes. (and abdomen, which is really a bitch)
6. we're dealing with it.
7. tomorrow I meet with the ESS coordinator at school so she can decide if I can bring Palmer, my therapy dog, on campus.
8. I want someone to read to me.
9. bobbin bowls are now for sale in my etsy shop.
10. the bisque fire yesterday went well, except that I broke the fire extinguisher. (not using it. I dropped it down the stairs)
11. waiting to open the kiln is *hard.* the stuff is probably only several hundreds of degrees warm-- no big deal!
12. I will be making bowls for Karisa Wilson and Four For Smoking.

things change

new day, originally uploaded by nirbhao.

I'll be firing tomorrow, and then term three starts on monday.

I thought about calling you, but the idea of talking with you felt as comfortable as walking through viscous mud in holey vinyl shoes.