DEADLINES AND DECORATIONS
Sooner or later, every potter Swill end up trying to do the impossible: making, drying, finessing, firing, decorating and re-firing, all in a few days. Without owning a kiln, that’s impossible, because college or class firing schedules don’t usually work around individuals. Even with a kiln, there are real limits: drying too quickly can cause cracks, and firing too soon can cause explosions!
It’s been a month of madness, from a huge crisis in the day job (not of my making and now mostly under control) to what felt like the inevitable arrival of Covid from school. In our house, those of us who can be vaccinated are, but we’d still hoped to avoid it. Fingers crossed, no serious illness has ensued, but it has added to the workload and stresses of an already difficult
