a slice of life (and my finger)

the black bird & the lupine
platter 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.

1. wake up 7:45 a.m.
   
2. make tea, turn on computer, fix bed
3. check email
4. design a calendar page, check designs I did last night, modify and readjust.
   
5. pack up up boxes that are laying on my couch to be shipped.
6. make some oatmeal
7. take a shower
8. eat oatmeal
9. write emails
10. make a list of things to do
11. put boxes to be shipped in car
12. get dressed
13. make lunch
    
14. go to post office , mail packages.
15. drive to studio
16. check the pieces I left to set up on molds
17. remove pieces from molds
18. load kiln
19. mix slip & pour into molds
20. clean up the rims of pieces to get them ready to paint
21. draw design for job I am working on
22. eat lunch (standing up)
23. continue working on cleaning & trimming pieces
24. check molds
25. pour off the slip and let molds drain
26. make a phone call to set up a photo shoot
27. draw designs on cups
28. get a phone call talk to Whitney
    
29. start kiln
30. remove pieces from molds
31. cover work in plastic so it won't dry out
32. clean up
33. drive home
34. make dinner
35. check email
36. work on calendar
37. 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.

too many things

It has been an eventful week over here in One Black Bird land but I don't have any new photo's to prove it. I have been busy with things that are not very photogenic. Things like dealing with paper work. Yuk! I updated my blog (did you notice?). I spent way too much time trying to get my own personalized header to replace the generic one but could not figure out how to get rid of the original header. I kept ending up with two headers, very frustrating! In the studio, I have been slip casting vases and setting up forms. Well I could have taken pictures of that but forgot to bring my camera with me. I cooked dinner for this lovely person who just had her knee replaced. I don't think she wanted me taking pictures of her knee. I am waiting for an exciting package to arrive from Japan which I will announce when it actually gets here...seems there is something funny going on with the post office and they are threatening to send it back to Japan. PLEASE DON'T! Can't take a picture of something that isn't here yet. I am trying to get some website stuff done too, but not very successfully. I am kind of like a hamster running in place. Being a one woman factory can be a bit overwhelming and keeping up with the details when my hands are full of clay can get a little complicated. I promise pretty new things to come soon and I promise to take pictures of them.