So, I have to admit that this week has been very eventful! Days jam-packed with activities starting at 9am and often running very late into the evening/morning sometimes running as late as 4am. You would think that days filled with such events would be impossible in Athens, and you would be relatively correct. These days have not been loaded with interesting things like gallery hopping, sight seeing, and late night clubbing. Rather, its been spent, in Siegfried hall, in a little space in room 111 right next to Boomer’s door, my studio.
As far that goes, there is officially two weeks till my show opens (counting from today, Tuesday 4/10) and to add a little pressure my last bisque is this Thursday 4/12, I can’t believe how quickly it snuck up on me. So to say the least I’ve been busting my behind to make sure everything works out. With the start of a new quarter and Tim deciding to make me question every move I’ve ever made within the ceramic studio, it has been crazy trying to reassemble the pieces he left me with. On the bright side I think that my show will be that much better because of it. I’ve made some new molds this week, freezing my rear-end off in the wax room while Carolyn made a new torso mold, and fighting off Mahlon for room in the glaze room to work on mitten molds, after finishing those its been fun to pump mad work out of them, as well as learn the quarks of each. I’ve been trying new inlay techniques that Johannes has taught me as well as different ways of mark making. I’ve changed a few execution ideas, and have also been trying to keep down the sick felling I have when I think about all of this working out properly. Joe Davis and I have been each others cheering section trying to keep the other motivated for our openings on the same day, and Johannes, and Yvonne have been reminding us that its impossible to work all the time, and that you have to take breaks or otherwise you make mistakes. It has been good to have such a support system in the studio, though the eighteen-hour days are starting to become a bit overwhelming. I know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel I just have to make sure that I keep running towards it, otherwise it will be right on top of me before I know it.
The studio has been in full force this quarter, classes are full, lots of beginner wheel throwers as well as some crazy hand building projects, John Fitz made a giant mess by hanging bags of whet clay from the ceiling, it looked like a dead body, and Carolyn is blowing up clay, we got a new student, his name is Paul, he seems like a nice boy, and Elliot is back to throwing on the wheel. So all is well in Good Ol A-town, and we miss you guys a lot, it’s not the same with out you.