We haven't had rain since the early rain of October. Let me tell you it is dry, dry, dry! Now storms are on the horizon again and we are supposed to get a good amount of rain with a number of systems backed up to come in the next few days. So today was run around and do stuff outside day. The rabbit got her cage cleaned out and the last of the fall leaves got racked out of the yard. Even with the hard freeze last night I was pretty warm with all the racking and cleaning. I thought, why not pour those molds I've had prepped for two weeks. It was nice working outside but I forgot how much time it takes to make these things and I was pretty cold by the time I was done working.
Now that I've had a warm bowl of roasted red pepper and tomato soup I'm ready to relax and paint up some more of these flat-rimmed plates. Hand painting underglaze is kind of tedious. These would have been great candidates for paper stencils but when I made them six months ago I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with them. Now I want them to match the shino mugs and tumblers that I have been making. I think these are going to look pretty nice when they are done.
