Getting ready for company and doing a bit of cleaning in between spending time in the glass studio. It’s a decent balance! Playing with the glass is a reward for accomplishing chores. Things will heat up (not so much the glass) this weekend as I get down to the nitty gritty, but for now it’s all good.
It’s been a busy week all around. I’d mentioned that John and I got our 2nd Covid boosters— I had some unpleasant “digestive” issues the following day, which could be attributed to the shot. Or not. At any rate, it’s a relief to feel as protected as possible. We have eased up quite a bit on mask-wearing, though. I’m keeping my eyes on cases here in our area and it’s the lowest it’s been since the pandemic started. When/if it starts to climb, we’ll adjust.
Then, after months of John making repairs and replacing the flooring and tons of other big and small matters, his folks’ mobile home sold. (There was even a bidding war). We are quite shocked at how much it sold for. Mind-blowing. It closed today and holy moly what a relief it is to have that DONE.
Wanna see some more glass stuff? (heh). Remember how wonky this turned out? I cut out a clear glass circle a little larger than the wonky piece and fused them together. The excess glass made the final result quite a bit bigger (and a bit diluted), but the good news is that it’s now ROUND! No more wonky!
It’s currently in the kiln being slowly slumped into a bowl mold. Meanwhile, all day yesterday this baby cooked. I showed the “before” picture earlier (here it is again):
And here is how it turned out!! This was my view when I opened the kiln lid:
Yup, I’m doing the happy dance! Woohoo! The possibilities for this technique are just about endless. My brain is busy coming up with ideas! And I haven’t come close to doing all the suggestions in the e-book. (What a find!)
I’ve done the pre-work on a few new projects and it’s getting frustrating to have to wait for my kiln to cook the project ahead of it. I have another Really Big kiln, but since I hadn’t been working on glass for so long, it has become a catch-all for John’s folks’ keepable stuff from their trailer.
{Clears throat}
When the sailors at sea decide to have a barbecue, they call it a “Steel Beach Picnic.” (Get it? steel ships) The USS Gridley posted this! (Nate’s 2nd from left).
Those are some nice coals!
And finally, another streaming show to recommend. We just finished watching “Severance,” and boy was it GOOOOOD. I don’t know how many times throughout the 9 episodes that I said, “OH MY GOD!!!” It’s just so well done. The other thing I will say about it is that it’s a perfect allegory of every corporate place I’ve ever worked in so many ways.
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