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in progress: moving

mia January 25, 2011January 25, 2011 4

This was our living room as of a week or so ago. It looks pretty much the same now, minus the computers. Hopefully by this time next week, all those boxes and bibbles and some of the computers will be taking up space in a new, much larger living room. (Except the tower, that’ll be …

forgotten yarn

mia January 9, 2011January 9, 2011 4

So I’ve been packing stuff up so we can move. Don’t have the new house yet, and it’s always possible that this one could fall through like the last one did, but I chose to do it in the expectation that we will be leaving to somewhere. Tip: Many recycling centers don’t take wrapping paper. …

finished: 2010

mia January 1, 2011January 1, 2011 0

And maybe too soon. I’m not sure. The tablecloth is still in progress. With some of our nice plates: I added a few more squares, but then I decided that I’d better weave in the ends before it got too intimidating of a task. It’s still kind of intimidating, and holding on to the needle …

where I’ve been

mia December 15, 2010December 15, 2010 0

In the past . . . month, it looks like, I did finish a few things; mainly the semester, and deliveries from the CSA. Which just means that now I have no excuse not to start other things, like cleaning up our house so we can move. I’ll spare you the horror of providing a …

in progress: . . . something

mia November 10, 2010November 10, 2010 1

Front and side views of what was supposed to be a miniature octopus. He’s about four inches tall, and a little under two wide. Kind of looks like an evil sperm right now. He’s much cuter with BIG HUGE ANIME KITTY eyes. Really, really cute. But suddenly, once he has eye capsules he’s not so …

finished: octopus

mia November 5, 2010November 5, 2010 9

As I hoped, the low-fire glazes got brighter after being fired. And darker. Whatever they were to start with, they just got more. I was hoping the blue would turn out brighter, but this is okay. I just hope he looks as good on my sister-in-law’s wall. Not bad for something that was actually supposed …

in progress: pattern restoration

mia November 3, 2010November 3, 2010 5

Octopus is on the firing rack, other ceramics pieces aren’t in photographable condition (and it’s late anyway), and even though I took a picture of the table cloth earlier, I got distracted by dinner and the mouse and didn’t get it off the camera. But I do have this: These scraps of paper are a …

in progess: more octopus

mia October 27, 2010October 27, 2010 6

Well, we’re back from Texas. It was 80F and sticky there, and up here it’s 50ish and windy. I hear there was even snow in the mountains, although I didn’t see any down here. Octopus sat on the table the whole time we were gone, but I put the finishing touches on him a few …

in progress: octopus

mia October 13, 2010October 13, 2010 6

Originally, I wanted Octopus to be raku. I was going to put the green-bronze on the eyes, and white crackle over the rest of him, and he’d have been AWESOME. But since I fear that Octopus’ awesome tentacles would not survive the raku process, and since I was uninspired by the available glazes (and I’m …

csa: october 6

mia October 6, 2010October 6, 2010 4

Not much this week. Kale, cauliflower, spinach, green onions, potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, a kohlrabi. A giant kohlrabi. That’s a full-size can of Coke. The kohlrabi is That. Big. Really, like the size of a head. Maybe not my head, but certainly a child’s head. Big enough to wear a hat. Or many hats.