Ok, I am over a cold. I am finished with over 60 inches of snow which came and the four days of teaming rain and ice which is still going on. I need to get my groove back before the walls start to close in on me. I am making tiles -- some for my art donation for Ovarian Cancer and two for orders which need to go out shortly. I am eternally grateful for the GORGEOUS wood burning stove in our new kitchen, since the Caldia (heater) has not yet been installed -- the floor heating pipes are in but they need a heater to heat the water. That won't get installed until the spring, so the wood burning stove is the source of heat for now. A couple of hours of preheating and the entire space feels toasty. Just look at that stove, ain't she purty?
AND....
ta ta-ta DA!!!
My threatening letters to file a law suit worked. The ex-criminal geologist has brought me his five-year-overdue-septic-tank report and my architect is running it over to the Commune tomorrow morning (it can only be filed on Tuesday mornings, or she would be doing it right now). This means:
1. there is a chance we don't have to pay the fine of 2500 euros for not officially having a septic tank.
2. we can CONTINUE RENOVATING!! The hold will be taken off of our project!!
Small victories up here on the hill But they have had a very positive effect on my cold and on my mood!
I am happy today, and ready to get out there and CREATE!!!
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My fingers will be crossed tomorrow morning. Good luck with the Commune!
Yes fingers and everything crossed :-) hope all goes well.
Is your pottery made with slip and moulds...looks like it. I used to do that about 10 years ago, when I lived in Wales and we belonged to a club. I was taught by my friend and later became one of the session supervisors. Now I go to a Ceramic shop, but the items are already in bisque and we just paint.
How fantastic is the wood burning stove..you certainly need it with all that snow!!
Dana, thanks--- hopefully the worst is behind us now!
Anne, I do make my own slip, called engobe, from oxides, clay powder, and quartz. I do not use moulds, each piece is hand thrown or hand built from different grades of high fire stoneware or raku clay. I slip paint certain pieces before the bisque firing. I hand mix my own glazes, which are determined by the color, texture, and whether the pieces have received engobe or not. They are then high fired over very long periods of time -- 24 or more hours, to fully soak the kiln and get the most out of the raw materials and glaze chemistry. Every full kiln is different because so much of the process is done by hand - from the beating the air bubbles out of the clay right up to opening the kiln after the second firing.
Do let us know!
The photos are great.
Still cannot re-subscribe to your blog. Worked fine for a few days, then stopped, now when I click on the "Atom" subscription at the bottom, I get "web page cannot be found."
Might see if any of your other regular followers also stopped getting the blog?
Brava! And good news on the idiot ex-geometra finding the septic tank paperwork. Fingers are cross the commune will be nice! xo
Sally I linked the followers onto the blog roll, I have no idea what the problem is. I am so unsavvy with technical things. :(
Diana -- thanks for visiting my blog today.
I would LOVE to feature your gardens in a story on my blog... either with you as a guest blogger, or I'll write it if you send me photos and talking points.
Cameron
(I'll link your blog off of mine, too)
Defining Your Home Garden
Hopefully all will go smoothly now, but I guess you never know until the work actually is underway again. Buona fortuna!
Diana..thanks for all the info on your ceramics, sounds amazing and very intricate compared to my mould ceramic making. Very very interesting, maybe I should think about visiting next year..:-)
Glad to hear the 'lawer' threat worked. Why people can't do what they said they would and you paid them for in the first place is beyond me.
I'm amazed at the many faucets of pottery. You are very creative and talented and I enjoy the photos you share.
Your fireplace looks very warm and inviting.
Hooray for creativity and victory over slimy do-nothing inspectors! Hope you had a fun, productive day yesterday.
and yes the stove does look SO cozy. Just the thing for a lady who's been snowed in twice in about as many weeks. hope that is over!!!
The guy was not at the Commune yesterday when Mara went to file the report. She has to go on Friday now. ARGH!
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