Workshop Week

This has been a weird week in the studio, I’m feeling anxious—too many ideas and not enough time to pursue them right now.

The end of my time at IUS is weighing heavily on my mind and its freezing me in place. I need to find a new pace to last me till the July. I’m thankful the wood-fire got pushed back, but it’s messing a lot with my firing schedule and with what I will have done by final crit. It’s making me change tactics and focus more on these large jars. I hope to get them done for the final crit because I want most of my functional wares to be wood fired. I am planning a soda for mid April to finish my empty bowls and test some surfaces.

Time seems to be getting away from me—this week was supposed to be a big throwing week but other things came up. The HS workshop quickly changed and became a bigger commitment. It was a blast but it made me wonder how I should be utilizing my last couple of months here. Ultimately, I think I need to pull back some of my expectations and enjoy the flow of these last couple of months.