IF ITS MONDAY, ITS A NEW CYCLE

                        

After getting pots made and delivered for the holidays, I had some down time partly to let my elbow rest up a bit (tendonitis) and honestly other than pottery addicts, who needs pottery directly after Christmas anyway? I decided over the week-end it was time to get some traction in the studio again and if its Monday, it's a new cycle which will be a terra cotta group of snowberry, falling leaves and tebori pieces. Before getting started, I got the studio cleaned up a bit, well cleaned up for me and then made up two different white slips, black slip and various colors (yellow, green and red). Illustrated is the first two pieces from this morning; two 3lb covered serving bowls and lids likely to be decorated in the snowberry design. These two pieces were followed by pieces for several vases, four wall bowls, and a group of small and medium v-bowls. I didn't end up throwing too much as I am a bit antsy about my elbow acting up but so far, so good. This will likely be a short cycle of about 30 pieces or so but at least I got started again and there is nothing wrong with that. (I should mention, I made up more slip than appears in the picture, these smaller containers are just far more manageable.)