306 and counting!

After a week of glazing and firing, we now have a total of 306 little #110 minis completed. They have not been inspected and approved for shipment yet but here they are filling our living room! We still have another 30 or so as backups to replace any that don't meet our standards. The order for the Metropolitan Museum of Art catalog is for 300.

Now we'll turn our attention to other orders and our upcoming fair in Des Moines, Iowa June 25-27.

Firing, Firing, Firing

Now for the results of all our work. Steve has been glazing, glazing & glazing then firing, firing & firing.
I've been helping on those and continuing to make our Baltimore orders. With the fair season just about to begin, we are anxious to make some more pieces for retail as well. Our schedule right now is full and most likely will remain that way until August.

Here's How

While Cherie finished decorating the last of the #110 minis for the Metropolitan Museum of Art catalog order, Steve started the glazing.
















I find it interesting to see the favorite tools of an artist. They are an integral part of the 'How'.
Here are some of ours:

 Hand tools

Machine tools

Hot Pressure...

When the temperature is in the nineties, the only cool place to go is the studio. Steve threw the last (64) of the #110 minis for the Metropolitan Museum of Art catalog a couple of days ago. (That was a long day!)  Now we are decorating them and beginning to look over our shoulders to the other orders we put aside. At the beginning of the year, we really didn't know how we would fare this year. It has been such a crazy time economically.  So I scheduled a lot of shows to go to and now, finally a few galleries here and there are picking up the phone and contacting us. It is all good news but the pressure is on! the order for the Met catalog is due in July. We hope to start glazing and firing soon to make way for other pots.






trimming the bottoms:

decorating:

We weren't the only ones who found the studio the coolest place to be.... this is olive....

continuing to continue

we are now at 175 bisqued minis toward the Metropolitan Museum of Art's order of 300. There are another o.. 20 or so more drying. We'll do some more today. With a large order like this, we intersperse other orders to keep the ball rolling. Once we finish making the May/June orders, we'll start on making some more pots for the various retail shows coming up fast at the end of June.

Tree Peony

The Tree Peony is blooming now. Here's a photo of the bowl Cherie made of it.

Production

Steve is working on the Metropolitan Museum of Art order while Cherie is working on the Baltimore orders.



Might have a hundred of the 110 minis drying right now.