Thursday, November 8, 2012

Where's the hand cream?

Just out of the kiln!
Most potters this time of year are working at a frantic pace to
get work completed for galleries, shows or holiday gifts. I belong
to this group, working to all hours and running my kiln twice a week. Working like I have and the onset of winter, I am constantly using
hand cream to replenish the moisture the clay has drawn from my sandpaper-like hands. I remember when I was a youth, there was a Jergens hand cream commercial— "Would you shake hands with a hairbrush? A lobster claw?"

I have just started to make my rounds to drop off lots of new work at
the three galleries which carry my work (listed in the right column).
Currently exploring some new glaze colors, clay bodies and surface techniques, I am hoping that they are well received. I have also continued to do some of the motifs that have been popular in the past.