Cave Woman Makes Coil Pots

I am still having trouble with my photography. I went downstairs today to set up and realized there is no power for my lights. My husband is remodeling the basement and the power is shut off. He is planning to take over the entire basement and make it into an entertainment area, which means my little pottery studio must go. I will be moving to the underground business park where his office his located. That's right, I'll be making pottery in a cave. It is only about 5 miles from the house and I am looking forward to getting the mess and dust out of my basement. I think the underground will be great for pottery as the humidity level is always high. I am sure I will have to create some kind of dry area for finished work and for storage of glazes and such. The move is probably still a month or so down the road. I will keep you posted.

Since I couldn't proceed with my photography plans I worked a bit on these big coil pots. They are about 15 inches tall right now. They have been in progress for couple of weeks now and I am getting close to finishing them up. I sure hope they make it through the bisque fire. They are made from recycled clay that was a mixture of a bunch of different scrap clay. I ran out of clay twice and had to wedge up more, so there are actually 3 different mixtures in these pots. These are probably doomed to cracking, but I will dry slowly and keep my fingers crossed.