Thursday, September 30, 2010

hello, it's me...



It's been a long week and we didn't finish this job. In fact we are having to redo a section because the first time didn't come out that great. It's an unpredictable technique. I'll have to come back next week for several days to finish it. But that's OK. I'll just make sure one of those days is Thursday. That would be 'yoga with the girls' day.

It's been nice, having the grandkids hang out in the afternoons/early evenings but I am almost out of clean underwear. Plus it's like living in a Korean dormitory here...stuff works, sort of. And more than once we've had to make do without something that isn't here, but at home.

Along with all the stuff I had to do on this job, I also got together with our friend Gene who does fused glass to work out a sample. He has already done two very simple renditions that we decided to fuse together for a very cool effect and then we did another. It needs work. There are several things I would change if I was going to re-do it (not use that dark red glass for one, use more frit or powder for shading for another). Instead we are going to try a different flower from the proposed panel next week.


And we're casting a bunch of little egg shells. The first time we ran through the kiln program, I picked one of eight at random and demolded it to see if it had cast and it had not. So now the kiln is going through the program again with a longer period at casting temperature. I hope they cast this time. I hope we haven't slipped out of the groove and are now going to be faced with a bunch of failures til we get warmed up again.

All in all, I'll be glad to get home for a few days.





14 comments:

  1. What, I have to ask, is a Korean dormitory?

    Please don't make me google that. 'Splain please. :P

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  2. I am with Skippy...huh? It's great that you have had time with your grands...but then I would say that huh.
    What an adventure to begin anew. It always takes a little getting back in the saddle time. Sounds like your on the right track anyway. The Olde Bagg

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  3. ooooooeeeeee . . . so pretty, Ellen! Good luck with the next rendition.

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  4. Have a good long weekend Ellen.

    Love the image of the Korean dormitory.

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  5. Hm, now I've got the Todd Rundgren song in my head ... The colors on that red flower are striking.

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  6. Enjoy the rest of your trip and get home safe!

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  7. Work work work - I have to say yours sounds WAY more fascinating than mine :)

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  8. Skippy and Linda - It just seemed like a good descriptive term for the wreck the city house is. Bare walls, the dregs of the furniture, dirty cause when I'm here I'm working and not housecleaning, the kitchen sink is stopped up so I have to cart everything into the laundry room to do the dishes, the ceiling fan in the living room stopped working...need I say more?

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  9. What can I say!? At least you had the grands...and that is always a blessing!!
    Good luck on your projects. Hope they all work out as you hope!
    Hugs
    SueAnn

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  10. I hope everything works out for you.. I don't doubt that it will. Enjoy your time. :)

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  11. Haha, I'm laughing about the Korean dorm. I wanted to know too. :D

    The flower is so pretty! It amazes me when you explain the process, because I just see the result and have no clue how you get there. Lovely.

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  12. I like the flower, even if you don't; it's beautiful.
    Your life may be a little chaotic but creativity shines through every word you write,

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  13. The flower is beautiful. We our own worse critics.

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