It would appear that I have taken on a new hobby, although, this one is self-maintaining. Aeroponic gardening is nearly self-supporting, it requires watering and addition of a nutrient tablet once every 2 weeks. I’m hoping such a small effort will give me big benefits in the way of using fresh herbs in my cooking.
Here are a few images taken before the last kiln firing. The pieces in these images have been glazed, but not yet glaze fired at the time of the pictures. I hope to post final images very soon.
Image taken by Chris about a year ago of a previous firing of the Alpine
I have just returned from an exhaustive day of firing a 40 cubic foot, natural gas, forced updraft Alpine kiln at UNCC. The kiln was piloted last night at around 4:30pm, and the firing began today at noon. For nine hours the kiln was monitored and gas and air adjusted as needed. At 9pm (almost […]
My Gaston College course, Drawing 1 (ART131) closed this evening. The final grade for the course is: A Images of my work will be posted here during the post-semester blogging period.
Why do we look back at yearbooks, old pictures and other items from our personal histories and feel depressed or excited? Those of us who become depressed likely do so because we remember the times when things were better in our lives, or we had a better understanding of ourselves, perhaps more hope for the […]
Here are important dates for the UNC Charlotte Ceramic studio: November 14 – Last Day to make clay November 20 – Last Day to work in clay December 3 – Last Day to bisque December 8 – Last Day to fire glaze December 13 – Exam/Final Critique See Google Calendar
Newly Completed Works Progression of a sculpture A new favorite under construction
This week I found out that CPCC and Gaston College are both using a new policy regarding their electronic course registration systems. In previous semesters, the registration floodgates opened promptly at 12:01am on the day of first allowed registration. For spring, new policies exist….6am for Gaston and 7:30am for CPCC, who the fuck is awake […]