10pm on another really busy day and the security guard will come to lock the door to the college internet room any minute. I waited for Brenda to finish her wood-firing shift until 11.30pm last night so we had a more relaxed morning today. Even so I assembled another piece, a Watering Canard, monitored the careful drying of other jugbirds and sprayed several to leave…

Was up before 7am. Brenda had a kiln to load and a shift on the wood firing. I filled my day with preparing my rooster for bisque firing. I assembled  a 'flowerage' - a variation on a flower brick, put handles on two jugbirds and mixed up some more blue slip. My earthenware slip coloured with Mason Wedgewood stain works really nicely in salt. A…

Clouds came in and now it's raining again, with flooding expected. I had a lovely peaceful morning while most artists loaded the wood kiln, and cut and stacked lots of wood. I shaped beaks, attached handles and applied eyes. Later in the day I threw parts for another piece to be assembled tomorrow. My rooster seems to be holding together as he dries. This evening…

Delightful not to have to worry about transportation! The studio wasn't too busy so I took the opportunity to use the glaze room to get some of my dry pieces all wax and latex resisted, sprayed with slips and set out in the sunshine to dry. 3 are my take on 18th century salt-glazed tankards from Germany or England. There should be a variety of…

At 9am a taxi picked me up to go and collect my Nissan Sentra at Enterprise Rent a Car. I've booked it for a weekend and a week. I was delighted to find a Starbucks nearby as there was no electricity at our flat. I spent the morning putting together bird beaks/spouts and started on a rooster jug. My cousin Shirley from Pierceland, Sask (look…