15 Painted Cups

Thanks everyone!

2012-04-26T16:54:00.709-04:00

Thanks everyone!

Best wishes to you and your family. : )

2012-04-24T21:56:45.208-04:00

Best wishes to you and your family. : )

So many exciting changes in store for you and your...

2012-04-24T18:34:38.429-04:00

So many exciting changes in store for you and your family, all of them so exciting! I'm so happy for you deciding to take such a big step that will, I know be personally fulfilling and rewarding to you!! Yay for my sensei!!

yay! i really hope you get that house! =]

2012-04-24T14:46:12.672-04:00

yay! i really hope you get that house! =]

Best of Luck to you!

2012-04-24T14:39:35.742-04:00

Best of Luck to you!

Great job! So fun! And you need to make the baby c...

2012-04-07T13:58:43.707-04:00

Great job! So fun! And you need to make the baby collectables and sell them! You are on to something!

I think that I shall make a poster of your profess...

2012-03-29T23:20:54.862-04:00

I think that I shall make a poster of your professor's comment...

I'm a visual person - part of my creative process is seeing a jumble of things and picking out the two or three elements laying within it that call to be combined. My workbench is nearly never neat. I and have a gazillion containers that sit mostly empty because I keep pulling out their contents to play.

All that to say - you aren't alone. ;)

Thank you Lori thank you for making me feel so nor...

2012-03-29T19:08:32.300-04:00

Thank you Lori thank you for making me feel so normal about my messy studio. I too have clutter everywhere but i know where everything is~ laying about ready to use ;-)
I always look forward to reading your blogs, they make me feel less alone while tucked away working alone in my studio.

Hello Lori.... My workspace is also a huge mess.....

2012-03-29T16:30:16.664-04:00

Hello Lori....

My workspace is also a huge mess... It´s a matter of missing space to put things and living in a construction area.

We are still building on our new garage and i have to share my storage area with the "construction-crew"(also me)

But I must admit, I work best in a neat environment, so I´m looking forward to easter, so that I can get time to get things sorted.

My studio is a huge mess. I've never actually ...

2012-03-29T11:40:08.168-04:00

My studio is a huge mess. I've never actually seen a studio that wasn't at least kind of cluttery. I always want to keep it clean and nice by putting away all my tools and stuff after working, but it's a pain because then I just have to get them out again next time, haha, so I usually just leave everything scattered around.

Oh, and hi! This is my first comment ever, after lurking on your blog for like a million years. :)

Hello Lori-I came along your post while avoiding c...

2012-03-29T11:27:21.613-04:00

Hello Lori-I came along your post while avoiding cleaning up my studio mess! Studios are curiously fun to peek into. I try and try to keep my space neat, but efforts seems to invite more mess. People like to go in there anyway. If its too neat nothing is happening in my case!

I love your pendants and the images on your plates...

2012-03-28T19:05:21.057-04:00

I love your pendants and the images on your plates. Also, I nominated you for A Liebster Award : D

http://oneplusonestones.blogspot.ca/2012/03/continuing-it-forward.html

Thanks, I'll copy this into my notebook and tr...

2012-03-28T10:02:30.154-04:00

Thanks, I'll copy this into my notebook and try a batch. Sounds delicious!

Oh yes, sorry, we do cone 6 as well! I will post ...

2012-03-27T14:56:29.150-04:00

Oh yes, sorry, we do cone 6 as well! I will post the recipe here tomorrow for your convenience.

Thank you both:)

Hi Lori: Yes, I'd love to see the MM blue-gree...

2012-03-27T13:57:20.302-04:00

Hi Lori: Yes, I'd love to see the MM blue-green glaze recipe. Always interested, especially on white clay. We do cone 6 in our studio these days...you didn't say what temp. you fire at. It looks good though!

those plates are TO DIE FOR! seriously, they'r...

2012-03-27T13:03:55.133-04:00

those plates are TO DIE FOR! seriously, they're AWESOME!
I also really Love the pendants! Would Love to see them in different shapes:) My favorite is the 'leaf boy' or at least that's what I'll call him:)

I think you have a wonderful way with colour and y...

2012-03-10T22:01:13.382-05:00

I think you have a wonderful way with colour and your painting style is energetic and fun! I never knew clay surfaces could be so expressive, yet detailed. : )
Thanks too for the cornstarch tip (re: owl shaker). The kids wrap their clay balls in small bits of paper towel, but I like this idea better.
: D

Thanks Barbara! One thing I know really helped was...

2012-03-08T08:37:11.200-05:00

Thanks Barbara! One thing I know really helped was dusting the little clay balls with cornstarch before putting them in the rattle. It kept them from getting stuck together before they dried. I think the size of the container in relation to the size of the clay beads would be a factor in the sound it makes as well. I'd like to make more of these, they're fun!

I love your rattle Lori! I've tried making rat...

2012-03-07T23:21:45.280-05:00

I love your rattle Lori! I've tried making rattles with my grade 4 students, but it always seems hit and miss whether they have a nice sound or not. I think maybe they are making the container part too small and the clay balls are getting skewered to the side when they poke air holes. At any rate, I love the glaze details and the sound of your awesome owl! :D

wow, nice loot! maybe i should check out freecycle...

2012-03-02T18:39:41.457-05:00

wow, nice loot! maybe i should check out freecycle, except i really don't have space for anything. =\

i only got tiny hail up here! it was a crazy storm though!

Erin, I googled it, apparently you could change it...

2012-03-01T08:23:35.511-05:00

Erin, I googled it, apparently you could change it in the old interface, but not the new? There's a way to switch it back, but it tells me I'll lose my connection to Google+ if I do. Not going to mess with it.

Thanks guys!

2012-03-01T08:22:00.928-05:00

Thanks guys!

I second the comment on the owl!

2012-02-29T20:55:26.504-05:00

I second the comment on the owl!

I really love the owl, nice effects... And the &qu...

2012-02-29T11:50:08.761-05:00

I really love the owl, nice effects... And the "blurry" ghost are cool too :-)

When my son was born, as soon as he was able to si...

2012-02-28T19:38:01.439-05:00

When my son was born, as soon as he was able to sit up by himself, I strapped him in a high chair next to my wheel with little balls of clay to play with. Now that he's older, if he's home, he still next to me in my studio (even has his own wheel...). But I remember that the gap between when he was born and when I could get back to working in the studio the way I'd used to seemed eternally long. :)