Summer Glass

Last week I was still sick from the stomach bug and took the night off to get ready for a trip home to TN. Sometimes you need a break from class and all of the craziness in life. I went home for a wedding and made one sale while I was there to an old friend who was blowing glass at one point. The find of the weekend was at the new market at cricket pavilion on Sundays, a blown torch work pendant for $15...I got home and someone wanted it - no you cant have it - it look like a turtle without the flippers. I will have to figure out how he was making them later. The depth and colors change with the light...Got to love glass.

Last night I was late even for me getting up to the studio (rita even called to check to see if I was ok) but in the end it was good timing since I had to wait for Kathleens kiln to cool before I could get my stuff in there. When I pulled to the parking lot the number of cars seemed to be on the small side however I think they all belonged to people in the craft room. As I was driving up there I had some peanut butter toast do a face plant on to my jeans, looked nice and pretty but at least it did not get on the nice clean detailed car. I walk into class and what do I see over on the snack table but a box of KKDs and to top it off a chocolate covered one with sprinkles. I have NO control when I see a box of KKDs and even less when they are still on the fresh side. It turned into an earlier night since Tom was around and staying late, so I was out of there by 10.45. It was a fast night up there but sometimes those are what you need.

The last time I was up in the studio I had been playing with some different glass, limiting the amount of dichroic and using textured and chop stix glass as cover pieces. Ever changing and experimenting with scrapes of glass. Someone said one looked like a hotdog (yellow, red and green) there is a hidden sail boat on one that you don't see until it is against something dark. A few more of the double layers with the clear waves on top. Long skinny ones and the small ones made up for most of the glass that I pulled out of the kiln - Last night I tried to make a few repeats of the time before, not sure how they will turn out - guess I will have to wait and see next Tuesday.