Due to several medical issues, I am out on disability from my day job, just in time to be quarantined due to COVID 19. I am considered “at risk” so I must stay home. I’ve been taking advantage of that situation as my health has allowed. It’s easy to get in a routine where you don’t add anything new to your inventory because you are filling orders. Due to all the downtime, I am stretching my clay muscles and coming up with some new ideas and challenging myself as well.
I have also committed to clean up this website and to add product as soon as possible otherwise I put it off for months and get deplorably behind. Perhaps that should be a resolution each year, because I do have the good intentions, it’s just that I like creating much more.
Some of my newer items are various covered boxes in unusual shapes. I have also started sculpting birds, the first load is in the kiln as I write this and making what I lovingly call Wonky Pitchers that are in no way perfect, nor are they meant to be, but they are to be whimsical. Too I am working on nested mixing bowls, a fun and challenging project that I have always wanted to perfect.
I’ve never had great chunks of time to spend in my studio, it’s usually a few hours here and there, this break has been a luxury I would have never had normally. Always look for the positive. Stay safe and busy. Book recommendation “The Girl Who Lived”, gripping and compelling.
Stay safe, Teri