Bowls of Abundance

Been busy chasing butterflies and barking at birds but I managed to finish glazing a few new bowls. Bowls of hugs & kisses. Bowls of Love. Bowls of Gratitude. I'm pretty excited about some new color schemes I tried out on this batch.

I'm itching to get started on more bowls. Maybe Friday night I'll get over to the studio and get my paws in the clay. My other friends will be firing up the raku kiln.

Been selling more bowls of abundance. It seems there are others who need a bowl for their cat chow. Well gotta go take a cat nap-

peace out-

noodle

It has been a productive week. A lot has happened since I pulled the bowls out of the kiln on Sunday. Opening a glaze kiln is very exciting. It's like Christmas morning. Everything is glistening with colorful glaze. It is always a surprise to see how your work has transformed from bisqueware to finished ceramic ware.
While painting my work with glaze I have to visualize what I think the piece will look like when it is fired. The glaze goes on chalky. Glaze doesn't take on color until after it reaches it's temperature and the silica (sand) in the formula turns to glass. You really don't know what your piece will look like until you open the kiln. So while decorating you hope you know what you're doing... even when you know what you're doing. Firing pottery is a lot of chemistry and physics and mostly magic.
After pulling out my bowls, I took photographs of them. Four each for Noodleville so that people could get a good idea of what they looked like.

In between cat naps and chasing butterflies, Noodleville is up and running! Go check it out!

The mockingbird started early this morning but I didn't bother getting up until the other little birds started in. Then I had to wake my mom to let me out.

I hung out with my buddy Lizzie. We pretend not to like each other just to entertain our moms. They really like it when we box through the french doors. They weren't looking this morning so we just laid around close to each other on the cement.

My mom is busy figuring out the etsy shop thing. A lot of details to get into place before the shop goes LIVE. That's okay I let her take care of it. We are both very excited to get these bowls out to you. Each one is one of a kind. I think you'll like them.

Last night it was a full moon. There were dark clouds in the sky that played peek-a-boo with the silver orb that I love. The power was intense and I had to be outside. The other cats in the neighborhood don't understand my need to create but that's okay. They don't know about Noodleville and that I need to play in clay!

It takes a lot of work to get a shop going on etsy.com... it's especially hard when you don't have thumbs! But I manage because I am a clever cat.

I've been working on a couple of different styles of bowls. I love bowls. I don't know what it is... the roundness of the shape... the subtle curve... the idea that they can be filled with milk or Cat Chow... ppprrrrrr

Because I spent the first few months of my life on a farm, Yankee Farm to be exact, I have a special place in my heart for the outdoors. My bowls are textured with organic motifs: flowers, leaves, bubbles and such. My colors are mostly in the cool range: blues, greens with a splash of yellow for sunlight!

So I'm working hard on getting these bowls uploaded to my etsy shop. So keep your eyes peeled for the launch... I have to go now. The moon is rising.