Working out of a Community Studio

But also I like to work on stuff in my garage.

Cups and pickling jar weight waiting to go into a bisque.

The cat’s await the heat of the glaze firing.

Wednesdays are my longest days. Even if I don’t work my day job I have my Ceramics Class from 6:30-9:30, and as someone who has never been in the party scene, 9:30 p.m. is late. Almost every Wednesday for the last couple years I pack my car up with my tools, clay, and whatever I’ve been working on and I drive the 3.5 miles to the Art Center. Then I take it all out and into the studio to work on it for a few hours.

I take a class in at the Art Center so I have somewhere to fire my work mainly but I also really enjoy the community aspect of it. However transporting things to and from can be a bit of a hassle. The last couple weeks especially. The alleyway that leads to the parking lot closest to the ceramics studio is being paved. (Thank goodness the potholes were awful.) Which means I have to park in the front and haul all my stuff to the back of the building.

This Wednesday, despite needing to haul stuff farther to get it to class, was really productive! The week before I had thrown some cups and I had finished decorating those so I brought those in. I glazed a bowl that had been bisque fired some time that week as well as my tiny cats and bunnies. I then threw two jars and 3 cups! I know that doesn’t sound like a ton but my average for a class is usually working on the same thing the whole 3 hours so it felt like a lot. I then I regretted that when I had to put it all on a cart to take to the front and then into my car to drive it all the 3.5miles home. I leave them on the bat so there’s no way they’ll fall over but it’s still scary because they can still slide around if I’m not careful.

I think I’ll have a little fun with these and start doing some nerdy designs. I don’t know if I’ll get to be a vendor at The Mesa County Library Comic Con but I’m sure the nerdy stuff would sell other places as well. I’ve been reading the Jurassic Park books for summer reading so watch for things related to that.

Freshly thrown work headed home in my car.

Made my self nervous with these cups in the passenger seat.

Everything safely stored in my garage after their perilous ride home unsecured in the car.