tiles for the wall

how the hell does a ceramic person put clay on the wall?  dunno.  i guess lots do.  a lot of ceramic people focus strictly on the wall..  anyways for me when i have flat pieces of clay in front of me to carve.. I imagine them like straight up prints.  i'm doing it all, even the paper.  i like that idea.  i'd love to learn how to make my own paper..maybe one day.  so here's a small taste of one of my wall pieces for the show.  There will be 40 of these for the piece.  i just spent the last 6 hours getting the wire on the back so they'll hang nicely..while watching a new show i'm sort of addicted to called American Horror Story.  I'm usually not into horror...unless it's super campy, but this one is good.  if you have the time..check it out.  my last cone 10 in the electric is firing..and the surface of that last big jar and some teapots should look exactly like these tiles..which i'm liking the more i see it.  glaze over black and white..just..uhg. i really hate it.  so bare clay for this me if it's in the electric.

the last Jar

Here it is..the last jar.  I finally finished everything I want for my show next week.  in 4 or 5 days I'll have it all up and ready to go.

Now that it's getting close to the end.. everybody is talking about the End.  Inevitable, I know.  But to hear it..to think it.. oh i feel so sad I'll have to leave.  I know I'm just bisque firing this guy....still another firing to go..  yet it's here, the end is here!!!!  but what a roller coaster of a ride, eh?  And you only saw..like..a 6th of what was really going on!!!  Jesus... if only you knew... but all that shit we always go through is what makes life so much fun to live right? 

My dad had some good advice for me a few days back.. he simply said, 

"Stay focused"

 Anyways..  here it is.  the last jar.  This weekend I'll set the show up..and the friends and family arrive in mid week a few days before the opening.  I'm so excited to be at this point.  

I'm going to the bar to spend too much money on a few well earned drinks.

:)