I built a new kiln, 2.5 times bigger than my previous. It's a hoss, holds about 200 pots and fires like a dream. I fired it 5 times this year.
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I built myself a treadle wheel, I've wanted one for years and now I have one, I rule.
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I made a lot of pots.
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I had a show with some of my favorite potters and sold a boatload of pots(not just mine) to our community. It was a ton of work and I had a 2 month period of burnout afterwards, but it was worth it.
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We welcomed 2 new members to our clan and they made themselves right at home.
Here are 3 of my favorite pots from 2009.
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We added a few pots to our cupboard this year from bloggers Hollis Engley, Ron Philbeck, Michael Kline, Sequoia Miller, Scott Cooper, and former blogger Kent Harris. We also snagged a few from non-bloggers, we're addicts.
Hoping for an even better 2010.
Cheers!
6 comments:
yeah, you rule!
You have been a busy boy! You left out a few of my favorite pieces
in your favorites pics, your mugs are the greatest! Hope you and your wife have a great New Year's Day, here's to seeing 1200 more pots fro you this coming here :)
you do rule, 1200! you are a machine
Looking forward to watching the next year go by. Best wishes from the West Coast.
1200 = Slacker.
aint it the truth though?
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