Gluten Free Brownies for the Sugarplum Tea Room at the Mistletoe Market

Yesterday I made gluten free brownies with chopped pecans to take to the Mistletoe Market. I used the Red Mill brand mix. The recipe called for 1 1/2 sticks of melted butter, oh my. The recipe said use one egg but I used two. The recipe said to bake 20 to 25 minutes but they take a good 35 to 40 minutes.

The brownies are for the Sugarplum Tea Room a fund raiser for our group, the Mountain Regional Arts Guild a non profit arts guild. Of course Gary and I had to try one brownie just to be sure they were edible. They are ever so edible. One of the first desserts I've had the past four years since I've been gluten free.

14th Annual Mistletoe Market and Sugarplum Tea Room

Saturday, November 22 - 9am - 5pm

Sunday, November 23 - 11am - 4pm

North Georgia Technical College

Highway 515, Blairsville, GA

14th Annual Mistletoe Market

14th Annual Mistletoe Market and Sugarplum Tea Room
Saturday, November 22 - 9am - 5pm
Sunday, November 23 - 11am - 4pm
North Georgia Technical College

Highway 515 Blairsville, GA. 

My pottery will be in the guild booth. Entrance is free and there's plenty of parking. I only made one of these tree luminaries white. Well actually glazed an outmeal color. I wish I had more with that glaze. There's a battery operated tea light inside. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.

Heavy Reading

Tomorrow is supposed to have a high of 30 so it's lucky the other day I picked up some books at the library since we'll probably be house bound for a number of days. The heavy reading is this first book, The History of Modern Art, Painting, Sculpture, Architecture by H H Arnason as it is quite heavy but laden with lots good reading and many photographs of art in both color and black and white. Notice that pottery isn't mentioned.

Of course I never lack for something to do with pottery as my life's work now but I guess I'll never stop learning. What can I say I like learning new things and am endlessly curious. Today I work at ArtWorks and this coming weekend is the Mistletoe Market so I'll be really busy anyway. Thankfully it's an indoor show.

I also picked up this book Caning and Rushwork by Yvonne Rees to get some background information because in January I've signed up for a class locally to learn the art of caning. I'll start out working on a small footstool. I've also signed up for an acrylic painting class. The classes are given at a local church. The classes are taught by volunteers in the community as part of the church's outreach program, OASIS, for adults over 50. For 25 dollars a person can take as many classes as they want each quarter. What a bargain.

Lastly I found a book on The Art of Woodburning by Betty Auth. Woodburning and woodwork has always intrigued me. I never did paint on the slabs of wood, walnut, cedar, oak, etc, I got some time ago. The wood was so beautifully grained I didn't have the heart to cover it up with paint. I have another project set aside for that wood and it doesn't involve woodburning either. Sorry about the quality of the photos of these books but I'm in a rush this morning. If you click on the links you'll be taken to more details about each book.

Coming up I have a few recipes to post and I've opened up a bag of speckled stoneware clay and starting making more work with that clay. I also have one bag of red clay to use. So stay tuned while many of us will be keeping warm with indoor projects. Meanwhile I redid Barney's bed but I may have to make a few more additions to it with this next onslaught of cold coming along. Thanks for reading and for all  your comments.

Yikes a Seam Separation

Much to my dismay I checked on the animal jars and noticed the seam on the rooster jar separated. The other two jars are fine. Luckily I formed the cylinder on a tube, so I can replicate the diameter accurately and can still use the lid and the rooster head. Still it's disappointing. You can see how I put the gallery or stopper on the lid and the head of the rooster is separate.

Later I found this photo of Delft owl jars where the gallery or stopper is connected to the jar rather than the lid which could be an alternate method of construction for my animal jars. I wonder how this method will work? I can see the interior of the animal head will have to have a stop to keep the animal head level. Hum, lots to consider in making complicated forms. If you have any ideas about other methods please let me know. I'd also like to make some shorter, fatter jars with animal heads on top.

Meanwhile I must have slept on my arm wrong because my shoulder is acting up again. Gary will hopefully help me the next two days at the Georgia Mountain Fall Festival. Just when I was getting moving forward so nicely on making work for the up coming Mistletoe Market in November and the Kris Kringle Market.the first week of December and replenishing work for several galleries. Hopefully my shoulder will improve quickly. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.