Oops and Trial by Bisque

 The last bit of sanding and this poppy bowl broke, oops. I'm glad it was this one and not any of the stacked strip pieces which broke.

A casserole, basket, serving tray and two trees are all new forms using my stacked strip construction method. They're just finishing their trial by bisque, hope they all make it. Oh there is another strip tray on the middle shelf. I had to use some small half shelves to get the tree plates included in this load. Will know this afternoon after the kiln cools down. I so hope those trees hold together. This post is part of Mud Colony what's happening in the studio. Click the link to be taken to the post for other artist's who are sharing their clay journey.

The other day Gary and I were leaving the grocery store parking lot and a crow flew over our car. I could see something large in it's beak. I looked up and saw the crow was carrying a whole mouse. It's beak was wrapped over the middle of the mouse. The mouse was still alive and I could see it's pink feet wiggling. I was amazed that a crow could carry something so large and not drop it. I had my camera with me, but it was in the back seat and the crow flew into a pine tree. Still it was amazing to see a crow as a predator to a mouse.

Above is a fern plate from the last firing which had much more cinnamon underglaze which all but burned out. I see there is an errant speck of blue on the left hand side near the edge, guess the plate is for me. Although I often find the pieces I think aren't perfect or turn out the way I expect are often the very pieces that sell the quickest. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.