whoops...

whoops!!

1. indeed, when fitting flue do not stand precariously on chair...

2. do not remove exit flue and expect it to go back in one piece....

any ideas??   i need to rebuild the box an am thinking of using some old cracked kiln shelves cut to fit the same area..

 the old one was fibre board it's all pretty brittle now and the top is fairly bowed i'm thinking of replacing that with the same it will be easy to cut a circle out for the flue to sit on..

secret santa strikes again!!

wow again, i just got home from the club and another mysterious brown parcel awaits....what a treat paul jessop secret santa'd the upside down land, well and me! woohoo..... truly lovely paul thankyou very much, such super throwing you boys all have i now have 5 red clay pots in my kitchen/dine/living room i say that because it's an all in one room really. blessed today with a yummy jug very decent size too and a wee egg cup with the most delicate deco you really did spoil me, but thanks mucho....its sooo nice to hold the very work i love to see online in my own hands, nothing like it....

ready to get cookin

and 'super kevin' returns with his trusty 'sidekick leigh' today, the kiln is moved into it's new home it's sooo nice getting the studio space to work for me, it is a continuing challenge as things start to fill up what used to be a massive space.. anywho the whirly is in place as is the ventilation flue... the flue and it's exit from the kiln will be a rebuild more on that one later..

the terrible cutting inside the whirly is my excuse for making things fit obviously i'm not a tradie but it did it's job for 6yrs or so..

there's some new shelves going into the framework a bit later on to help organise my space and hopefully allow for loading space for pots too we'll see how that works out on the day..and now i'm back off to the club the table calls.

and a new floor, yey...

                                            

      and a new floor, yey.... kevin came over today to help me pave the floor in the kiln area, i had lots of pavers to recycle hence the choice over concrete plus the $$ saving. the edges get finished tomorrow and we move the kiln over plus the flue and whirly go in the roof. the studio really feels complete already it will be so nice to be organised and ready to get gas firing again..

fishy has landed

and finally fishy has landed, marvelous what holidays can do time to get all sorts of things done without having to dash off half way through a job..

fishy has been waiting a fair time to get the edging tiles done so i dashed off to club yesterday to use slabby roller, the edge tiles will be cobalt to give a strong edge to the piece and they should be ready this week, yey....

and what a lovely surprise ross has done the concrete slab for the gas cage it had to be moved as it was too close to a door opening and then we're ready to get on with the plumbing for the gas kiln, double yey...thanks rossco..