Unloading ~ Part 2

We got to the storage facility at 7am this morning to finish unloading the truck.Here is our space.  Look at the white trail we left, taking the molds from the truck to the space.

Quinn was bored last night.  So he was drawing on the ground with broken pieces of plaster.

Thank you, Sloane for taking this lovely picture of me in the truck.

We left about 200 molds in the van and brought them to our house so we could start sifting through them.  They filled up the space where the golf cart usually sits and part of the studio.  I should have taken pictures.  I'll try to remember tomorrow.  This is just an overwhelming amount of molds.  But there are some really great things.  There are HUGE pots of all shapes and sizes in there.  I don't know if I'll be able to keep those.  Not sure if my kiln is large enough for those.  We'll have to see.

Unloading ~ Part 1

OMG!!!  Look at all the molds!  This truck is PACKED!

We unloaded for two hours tonight and only got half the truck unloaded.

Here is the storage facility we rented to put them in.  We had no place to put them at our house.

It's filling up...

El Paso to Phx

My boys got home just now from El Paso.  They bought about 3000 molds from a going out of business.  Now to see what the molds are...

Check out our newest addition to the classroom.  Don't the shelves look stunning!  I LOVE them.  This is where all the bisqueware will live.  Now, everybody that takes a class will have full view of all available pieces to paint.  Yay!!And here is one last look at my studio before Dave comes home with our HUGE lot of molds.  He is headed to El Paso tomorrow with our 7yo son, Quinn to pack up and drive home a huge lot of molds, a kiln and other things that I'm not even sure will be in there.  I am soooo excited to see my new treasures.  I know there will be some molds that are dated.  But there is also some exciting, new, cool molds that are going to throw this business into overdrive!!!  Wish us luck.  :o)

paint your masterpiece ~ day 2

Today there was a father-daughter team working together to finish three pieces.  They didn't finish today.  So they'll come back next week.  I didn't want to rush the creative process.Check out the star bowl and tray this fantastic lady created.  She was very attentive to detail.  It was make an excellent addition to her home.What a charming little tea pot.  Won't she have such an enchanted time using this with her sister.  And to think, she created it all by herself.  Awesome!

Today's class was the return group from this day.  They are painting their masterpieces.  

This young lady is VERY detail oriented.  She created a (small) tea set.  Boy is it ever CUTE!  Can't wait to see it after it is glazed and fired.  This little man went right to work on his volcano.  I think he was finished painting in 5 minutes FLAT!  LOL  He is the cutest guy ever.  Once he was finished painting his masterpiece, he asked if he could help clean up.  Well, of COURSE!!!!  :o)  I love little helpers.  Here's little Left-Handed Lucy.  She is very precise and focused.  I loved watching her calculate every color with precision.These next three ladies were SO quiet.  I never heard a peep out of them the entire two hours.I love this guy.  He is very creative and scientific.  After he was finished painting and waiting for his sister to finish, he experimented with paper towels and sponges and water.  I loved watching his mind work.  Even when he was "relaxing", his mind was still working.  Isn't it great how we are learning all the time.

Today was a great class.  We had 4 attendees ~ all at different levels.  For some, it took playing around with the clay to get their mojo going.  For others, it looking at examples of different works.  And still others wanted wanted more concrete help.  Whatever they needed to get started was supplied and off they went.  As you can see below, everybody had a great time