A Saturday Spent with Karyn

I awoke this morning to the cheerful voice of Karyn, our daughter. She and I had planned a day of bonding over a project. She wanted to make some things from our grape vines. I thought that sounded better than the Huskies vs Standford at the UW, so told hubby to ask someone else and he could have a fun time and so could I. It was a wonderful day of sunshine and moderate temperatures; so we began by trimming about 65% of the vines we have. It took us several hours. Then we stripped off the leaves and began working on making shapes. I wanted to make a pumpkin shape. I wrapped the vines into a circle, then squashed the circle down to look more like a pumpkin. It was a great day. You know the kind, where you are together long enough to naturally bring up topics. We talk casually of many things and nothing at all. It was such a perfect day.

I vacuumed out my kiln. I need to fire my "coral" piece once more. It is called coral because the strips of glass are placed randomly across each other; they're fired once; then you add more where they seem to need it and fire again— this is the step I'm on. The last step is to slump it over a form. The form I've decided on is a stainless steel salad bowl I've had for 45 years.

Renewing My Efforts at Blogging

I was reading up on warm glass tips. One of the contributors to the tips is a wonderful artist, named Cynthia. Cynthia wrote a blog for a long time. Now she isn't, but after reading what she wrote, I'm back to try it again. She said that blogging is a good way to keep studio notes. That your photos and descriptions of your steps and work makes a great way to reference your work. So I plan to write about my glass ventures and other things that I experience in life. It will probably have a lot to do with owning rentals and working at them. Family and gatherings of same and of travel. I do love to travel.

Stay tuned for my sentential blog on my life and times.