I would like to say thank you to everyone that stopped by this weekend. It was a really beautiful Fall weekend in Saint Paul! The leaves were falling off trees, kids were running around in costumes for pre-Halloween events, and the Grand Avenue citizens and guests were so very welcoming. Many came by and chatted for a few minutes and some even purchased a few pottery vessels. I was so delighted to offer the pottery to the Grand Avenue folks, as I think they really appreciate the fine arts in the neighborhood and this really encourages me in offering my functional wares to them in the future.
I want to share a few pics that I had taken the past few weeks. First, here is one of the bisque pots waiting for a coat of glassy glaze. I make all the glazes myself and don't purchase them from a supplier like most hobby potters do I think. There's nothing inherently wrong with either a homemade or commercially available glaze, but making them myself just saves me money in the long run to glaze so many pieces, and second I like the variability I'm offered in performing my own testing.
Anyway, a picture of the "pink" pots in bisque stage, i.e. fired once to drive off a lot of the organics.
A picture of the hay ride galloping down Grand Avenue! These horses had to work! Later on, those hay seats were filled with many kids!
My setup; a few tables procured from Craigslist and cement block from Home Depot. In total, $26 spent on these tables and block, not a bad deal I'd say!
Mixing Bowls. I sold these on Sunday, and I'm planning to make more of these for my home. I envision that I'd use them for baking and eating cereal out of them. 
Coffee mugs with a glacial blue glaze floating down one of the oldest glazes I'm aware of: Tenmoku, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenmoku).
I hope to see some of you again soon. If you want, don't forget to sign up for my monthly newsletter on the right side of this web page by simply sending a blank email with your first name to Apt51Pottery@yahoo.com.I'll write more again soon! Thanks for your support.
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