Market Saturday

My non-pottery job, the one that feels so much like a job, is seriously impeding my time to throw pots. Add cruddy clay to that, and not much has gotten done this week. However, the kiln opened today, and a beautiful pot was sitting on top. This little gem, and a mug to match, will makes its way to Uptown Market in Columbus, Ga., tomorrow. I hope the rain will hold off until after noon!

Cedar teapot

I also have one berry bowl to bring with me. I'm still working on two with strawberry "feet" and the other one that should have traveled tomorrow did not make it out of the kiln in acceptable shape. Grrr. I have thrown three others, which are already spoken for if they make it out of the kiln!

A veteran potter said today that she doesn't get upset about the ones that don't make it. She just smashes the failed pot and makes another. I'm trying to adopt that attitude, but I'm not quite there. I said it didn't matter if the teapot didn't turn out; I wasn't counting on it until it came out of the glaze kiln. Well, when I thought we had a kiln stop during firing, I was singing a different tune.

Hope to see some familiar faces at the market tomorrow.