It’s no accident that my new iPod Nano is reminiscent of one of my favorite glazes!
Last week, I celebrated my 42nd birthday - and I had been wishing for my very own iPod to use in the studio. I love it and am enjoying loading music and podcasts onto it to listen to when I’m working in the studio. Thanks Ron and Mom - I can now donate my old 1980’s Panasonic receiver! I have an old school shuffle that I still use when running, but it’s clunky when compared to my new sleek Nano. When I received it, I realized that I needed a little cozy to protect it when not in use or hitching a ride in my cavernous purse. I could have made one myself, but found a perfect one on Etsy from Squirrel’s Nest that I just adore.
New 30″ maple wood rolling pin
Rolled stoneware slab 18″ wide
Last week, I took a trip to Mile Hi Ceramics and picked up a 24″ maple rolling pin to use when I’m at home to roll out slabs of clay for my organic shaped bowls. They didn’t have any of the large silicone rollers in stock, but they had this one and an even larger 30″ roller - though I settled on the smaller one. I spent the weekend making some plaster molds for my drape molded bowls and am almost finished making the pieces for my first wholesale order. On a side note, those of you with slab rollers must think that I’m living in the stone age!
Meanwhile, ever wonder how much pottery plaster you need for a particular form? There are plenty of worksheets out there that give you the exact amount of water to plaster ratio, but I was stuck on the math part - specifically trying to figure out the volume in cubic inches of the bowl I wanted to replicate. I found this great calculator that helped me tremendously without having to deal with pi or any other calculations other than taking simple measurements. I’m not a bad math student - but for some reason, the mere thought of using math beyond basic calculations makes me break into a sweat.
Finally, I’ll leave you with this image of our new dog Danzig sharing the sofa with Zuzu - I think they’ve come to an agreement of sorts. 
Have a good day,
~Cynthia
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Oh, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! What a great dog pic,the pose says it all LOL!
Congratualtion’s on the new ipod. Don’t you love being able to have such a small little item carry so much entertainment in it? I’m amazed at how much you can put on one of these wonderful techy things. Recently while having the cold thats been going around I was thrilled to have some books on mine, where I could do no thinking just lay around and enjoy the book I had downloaded. Looks like the agreement they came to is that you get that end and I get this end. Who cares where Mom and Dad sit.
Looks like you could make a couple of pie crusts at the same time with that roller.
No teeth are baring. So looks like it was a pleasant agreement.
love the dogs…that cracks me up…
great PIN…
nice ipod…
I’m in clay hell.
Wish me luck….
I’ll be fine…not to worry…
chips please…PLEASE!
That is the coolest Ipod case!! I personally want to get an iphone. Maybe later this year, we’ll see…
Happy Belated birthday! The fur people look like they have accepted each other and decided who gets what end of the couch…I guess people will have to draw straws to see who gets to be the monkey in the middle, huh? It’s exciting to hear that you are almost done with your first order, I am so uber happy for you…and I have Nano envy now…thanks!
Thanks Jafabrit!
It’s pretty cool, Nancy - I was surprised that you can even load videos. Though, I can’t imagine that I will be doing that anytime soon.
Yes I could - Janet, though it might have a little grit in the crust.:D
No, not clay hell, Judi - we must get you out of there!
I tried to talk my way into an iphone, LB - but then we would have had to change our phone carrier, yadayadayada. Anyway, I was voted down. Though, my daughter did say, if Mom gets an iphone, I want one too!
Thanks Heather, it is now officially a race to get to the sofa now for all who live here. I think poor Danzig is so afraid of missing out of anything, that he’s all about doing everything we do. He couldn’t believe that my husband had to go to work the other morning and cried for a bit.
What a cutie pie dog Danzig is. I think I love him. Someone once said that having more than one child, to the child is like it would be to us if our sweeties brought home a concubine. I wonder if dogs think the same thing.
Hola… parecerá raro escribirle aqui… sobre todo en otro idioma que por seguro no entiende, pero no pude evitar dejar un comentario en su blog.
Me llamo Cinthya Guajardo… igual que usted, y navegando me encontre con su pag de arte y blog… no pude creer que alguien que tenga el mismo nombre que yo sea una artista de su talla… adore su arte, sus figuras, las que usted hizo con sus propias manos… yo por mi parte, no tengo ningun talento artistico con las manos… no se ni dibujar… lo unico que hago con ellas es escribir y escribir historias fantasticas que mi mente crea con cierto toque de realidad…
Es por eso que no pude dejar de admirar su hermoso trabajo. Sinceramente me encanto y me hace pensar que alguien con mi nombre es un gran artista… tal vez yo algun dia pueda hacerlo con mis letras. ^^
Esto deberia haberlo mensionado en un principio, aun asi, lo escribo aqui.
Soy de Chile, el paÃs que roza el fin del mundo… y desde aqui le envio un saludo afectuoso, agradeciendole que haga cosas tan hermosas…
Disculpe si llegue a incomodarla con tan insolito mensaje, pero como ya le dije anteriormente, no pude evitar escribirle para que sepa tan bien, al igual que yo, que en alguna parte del mundo existe alguien con su mismo nombre. Y que de ahora en adelante admira sinceramente su arte cerámico.
Un saludo muy atento desde Chile… espero que algun dia pueda, tal vez, responder a este humilde mensaje, a pesar de que esta en otro idioma. ((ya que yo no entiendo practicamente nada de Ingles u.ú))
Adios.
((Atte: Cinthya S. Guajardo. ; Santiago de Chile 03/28/2008 19:40 pm))
Well, I finally made it! For some reason, your page refused to load when I tried.All better now. (I hope!)
The new dog looks pretty settled; that’s good!
Were you surprised to get the comment above? I thought you’d clicked on Babelfish !
Mary - I think I love Danzig too. He’s so in everyone’s face right now and is so afraid he is going to miss out on something. Luckily he’s giving Zuzu space most of the time when he senses she needs it. Of course we’re giving her lots and lots of attention.
Welcome, Cinthya - I’m going to need to find a translator to figure out what you wrote.
Hey Dinahmow, long time no see. I hope that your troubles on my blog are gone now - I initially had speed issues when I switched platforms.