the black bird & the lupineplatter 12.5"x 10"
It is 8:36 p.m here in San Francisco as I write this. I have been going for the past twelve hours, non stop. Yesterday was like this too, in fact most of my days are like this. As I often say to my friends if I don't do it, it doesn't get done. That is the way it is...not a complaint at all, just the facts. So I thought it might be fun to give you a list of the things I did today.
- wake up 7:45 a.m.
- make tea, turn on computer, fix bed
- check email
- design a calendar page, check designs I did last night, modify and readjust.
- pack up up boxes that are laying on my couch to be shipped.
- make some oatmeal
- take a shower
- eat oatmeal
- write emails
- make a list of things to do
- put boxes to be shipped in car
- get dressed
- make lunch
- go to post office , mail packages.
- drive to studio
- check the pieces I left to set up on molds
- remove pieces from molds
- load kiln
- mix slip & pour into molds
- clean up the rims of pieces to get them ready to paint
- draw design for job I am working on
- eat lunch (standing up)
- continue working on cleaning & trimming pieces
- check molds
- pour off the slip and let molds drain
- make a phone call to set up a photo shoot
- draw designs on cups
- get a phone call talk to Whitney
- start kiln
- remove pieces from molds
- cover work in plastic so it won't dry out
- clean up
- drive home
- make dinner
- check email
- work on calendar
- write blog while eating dinner
I did all of this while being a little handicapped. I sliced off part of the tip of my thumb (on my drawing hand) on Saturday while slicing potatoes with my brand new, fancy, Japanese vegetable slicer. The blade is so sharp that I did not feel a thing...until the next day when I realised a big chunk of my thumb and nail were missing. Ouch & Ick! I am on the mend and am keeping the wounded thumb protected with bandages and a finger condom. Can I stop now? I still need to work but just when does a day end? Would someone please tell me because I can't seem to figure it out.
7 comments:
i hear you loud and clear diana. i would be afraid to write out what some days are like. but would we have it any other way? :-)
i think that it is one of the reasons that "down time" vacations are so restful! but naps are good too...
Hi Diana, Thank you for writing "when does the day end" It made me laugh!! Not at you but because I feel the same way!! I find your blog inspiring and your work is so beautiful.
xoxo,
Linda - a fellow clay junkie
ouch! hope your thumb is better soon. and i love the black bird platter.
I, too, am still working on my 2008 calendar. The black bird is wonderful. I am so in love with the whale pieces you are doing. Don't know if it helps, but the results of your hard work brings many smiles and tons of inpsiration.
It ends when you give your self permission for it to end.Just like you give your self permission to do the works or it won't get done.Love your Tea Cups below ! :)
sounds like my day w/ a few slight edits [eating in the car] - no kiln :)
so sorry about your finger... i'm getting queasy thinking about it!
xo
I suppose this is what a modern ceramist's life is on a daily basis...except for the cut finger, that is :)
ps: I hope you you are completely recovered.
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