I had jars under plastic that I needed to finish today. They all needed animals/birds so I got those modeled and put on first thing.
I rushed the slipping by a few hours and due to the wet clay and thick slip things got ugly.
So I scalped him, wiped all the slip off his head and did some ear replacement. He'll get a new slip job from the neck up tomorrow.
I went to my first Clay Club meeting last night. The meeting was held at WPCC in Morganton. We had a good turnout and it was fun to hang out with a bunch of my fellow clay people. (you know what I mean)
I had been asked to give a talk on the whole Online/Etsy/Facebook/etc/etc thing and how I use it all in my business. It went really well and there were lots of contributions made by the group. I think everyone had a good night.
I mixed up new test glazes today for the next firing. I'm wanting to start using the amber glaze more often but I'd like to have a couple variations of it, one light and one dark. I'm also testing a new clear glaze based on Ferro Frit 3195. That frit is pretty much a cone 04 glaze all on its own. I'll let you know how these turn out.