Another great day in the studio.

            Hey there. So I know I said the next post was about firing, but I had another great day in the studio yesterday so I decided to share the in-progress pics instead. Along with another video! I just finished the pre-firing stage, which means its all built and ready to go in the kiln. I'm just waiting for it to dry. I love this stage. The building stage is where I take the most losses because of the size of most of my pieces compared to the thinness of the walls.  Once they've been bisqued I can practically knock them into each other and they'll be fine. This stage is also great because now I can make final decisions on the surface decoration and really see the final product. I'm really excited about this piece because its a little different than my others. I like to play with the viewer by making the footprint of the piece as small as possible, hoping to invoke that queasy, on the edge of a cliff feeling. This one is much more bulbous near the bottom than my other work but the contact point with the table is still very small. I hope you guys like it and I would love to hear your comments! Thanks!