Final Grade (sounds like a movie title)

Hey, so. End of the year, huh? I can't really believe we're graduating already. The last pieces I worked on this year (sniffle) were my pitchers. I decided to use a thick glaze for the big pitcher in hope that it will help the handle and the whole piece in general hold together better. The little pitcher was supposed to have flowers, but it looks like the wax resist wasn't really agreeing with me. They kind of turned out like stars, which is also pretty cute, so I'm happy anyways. 

 I've decided to glaze my violin/viola thing from November. I'm gonna have to come in during a couple of the vacation days, but over all, I think it will be worth it. I worked so hard on it, that I just have to finish it at this point. Last time I did a blog post I was really hungry and that made me angry, but I don't think I can just throw this baby away. There'll probably be one more blog post about it, so this isn't the last one. No tears yet, Mrs. Gleeson!

May Post

My lantern came out! I think it looks pretty cool, with all the different colors and animals. Right now, I'm working on glazing my pitchers. The first pitcher (above) was alright, since I threw it in one piece. I had a hard time throwing the second one, though. I wanted to do it in two halves, so I threw a bowl and a top part for it. It was pretty difficult making the shape that I imagined for the top half, and since I have a tendency to make the rims of my bowls very thin, it was difficult to attach the pieces together later on. 

My violin teapot piece came out of the kiln, too... But I'm still not sure whether to keep it or not. It'll probably look better once I glaze it, but it's already cracked multiple times where the neck connects to the body of the instrument. I'm kind of  starting to think it's more trouble than it's worth, but I worked so hard on it at the beginning of the year that I feel like I should keep it. Maybe I'll set it aside for now and work on it when I'm not so hungry. I gotta be in a better mood for this stuff.