New Studio
Those of us who live on the East coast are experiencing a pretty rough winter. Potter Gary Rith says he hasn’t seen the ground in weeks due to the amount of snow they have in upstate New York. Kyle Carpenter helped Michael Kline load and fire his kiln in sub freezing temperatures. Janet’s family lives in Idaho and have been experiencing higher temperatures than we have here in Atlanta. I’m ready for spring.
Actually, I’m getting ready for spring shows like FiredWorks in Macon. It’s extra urgent for me because I’ll be at Penland School of Crafts for a few weeks leading up to the show and after it. Then when I get home I go right into a few more spring shows including one that I’m helping a friend to organize (more on that later). So I need enough work but my studio is only heated with a small space heater. Winters are so mild, and I built the studio with enough insulation that it normally does the trick. But it can’t stand up to temperatures in the teens all day long.
The solution for me and others has been to move into the house. I’ve protected the dinning room table with multiple layers of protection and I’m only painting and slip trailing with underglazes so I’m not making a big mess. It’s nice to have the company of the dogs too. Can you see little Ginger in her bed in the sunbeam?
Check out the gallery page - Future Relics Gallery by Lori Buff
Actually, I’m getting ready for spring shows like FiredWorks in Macon. It’s extra urgent for me because I’ll be at Penland School of Crafts for a few weeks leading up to the show and after it. Then when I get home I go right into a few more spring shows including one that I’m helping a friend to organize (more on that later). So I need enough work but my studio is only heated with a small space heater. Winters are so mild, and I built the studio with enough insulation that it normally does the trick. But it can’t stand up to temperatures in the teens all day long.
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The solution for me and others has been to move into the house. I’ve protected the dinning room table with multiple layers of protection and I’m only painting and slip trailing with underglazes so I’m not making a big mess. It’s nice to have the company of the dogs too. Can you see little Ginger in her bed in the sunbeam?
Check out the gallery page - Future Relics Gallery by Lori Buff
good for you moving inside, I think we're all ready for Spring, my car almost didn't start this morning. ugh, Gary had tried to get a dip stick heater for the car at the dealership, no luck, he's checking with the tractor dealer today. Our garage isn't deep enough to fit our cars. normally winters are mild but not for the last three, Gary said it's even cold in Florida
ReplyDeleteI’m not sure he’ll be able to find a dip stick heater in Georgia but I do wish him luck. Keep the batteries charged.
DeleteI don't blame you for moving into the house. Our studio has a gas heater, and the gallery has a wood stove but it still is costing us a fortune to heat. I am sooo ready for spring.
ReplyDeleteI love how dogs travel around the house to lay in sunbeams. She looks very happy to have you working in there with her.
I hear you Michèle, it’s costing a fortune to heat the house, I don’t want to add a large studio heating bill onto that.
DeleteI remember when my kitchen table was the only studio I had! I really must have been beyond obsessed with clay at that time. When clay is an obsession, you will find any spot you can do do some work!
ReplyDeletePS: maybe "passion" would be a better word than obsession :)
ReplyDeleteYou're right Tracey, I guess it's the same if it's your passion, obsession and/or how you earn your living.
DeleteOoh I spy a bicycle on a mug! How lovely.
ReplyDeleteYes, Caroline, I'm painting bicycles, dragons, and something new.
DeleteHaha, at the table in the house...a bicycle mug?!!!! Mys studio has been super cold since october, but still I work. My pipes finally unfroze (studio is part of the house but below zero for a week can do that..) but this morning fukking frozen AGAIN. The roof has 2 feet of snow on it and dangerous ice all over the edge...so far no collapse or leak, knock on wood, or BURST frozen pipe, knock on wood....
ReplyDeleteWe have to work, it's not like school were we could take snow days. I'm sorry your studio is so cold and your pipes have frozen Gary. I hope it warms up soon.
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