Box Workshop

Went to a great pottery workshop building boxes using the hard slab technique. Bill Geisinger lead the workshop. He makes fabulous slab built, wood fired pottery. This is a picture of his wood fired box with a brass lid. Check out his website for more pictures of his pottery and the wood fire kiln.

I've made boxes before but not to this precision. Also learned how to take this form and make other forms such as vases. I've placed many more pictures showing the process on Flickr, under the name of peggyln. Take a look.
This is a picture of a Korean kick wheel. Cool!

Doesn't everyone need a felted pink baret this winter?

Fall Fest at Windrush Farm

Went to the Fall Festival at Windrush Farm today. It's located in a beautiful rural area of the county. Incredible hand spun and hand dyed yarn for sale. Also demonstrations in how to spin, natural dyes (onions=yellow) and felting. I bought some roving; I love to spin and knit. I find it meditative. Dying, cleaning and carding wool would be too much.

More Pottery

Hand built and wheel thrown salt fired. Black Mountain clay

Hand built large salt fired bowl.

Hand built large Salt fired bowl using engobes.

Hand built Pit fired Bowl

What inspires you?

I started thinking about this question on Malle-Gianattassio's blog. My first answer is everything and anything. But lets get specific.

• Being around genuine, loving and positive people inspire me to be a better person.
• Nature, such as Lake Tahoe above.
• Children, their laughter, expressions and questions.
• Dreams
• Imagination
• Colors
• Creating - it's like an addiction, the more I create, the more I need to do so.
• Being around thought provoking, creative people.
• Pets
• Smells, such as pine trees, and fresh clean air
• My hands in clay
• Yarn
• The ocean

What is most important though, is that I am open to the inspiration. If I'm worrying about my problems, then I miss it.

Slow Going

This is the most complicated piece I've ever knitted and it's just a scarf. Its called Falling leaves. I'm about half way through. I fell in love with this yarn; coral mohair. I found the pattern in the book, Luxury Yarn One-Skein Wonders.

Flying Nun

I just had to post this picture. Aria at doggie camp. Her ears must slow her descent.