We're moving right along with construction, minus a few rain days. Here's the foundation! Today the floor is going in. I still can't believe this is actually happening, to have a brand new place to work in. As I wind up the last few weeks of making pots in the studio for my last wood firing at the EnergyXchange, I can't help but reflect over the last three years, well, the last 9 years of living in North Carolina having temporary studios and how I made do with whatever I could get. My last studio was inside an old farmhouse I was renting and I remember laughing as I walked through the kitchen carrying greenware pots on the way to the bisque kiln, and then back through the kitchen to glaze them in the studio! Then I'd haul all the glazed pots 20 miles away to Linda McFarling's soda kiln. Now the past three years being at the EnergyXchange has been a great convenient studio layout and experience with the wood kiln nearby! However, I am ready to go. I am ready to walk across our yard and pop into the studio, craving that quiet studio time that you have to have to really get into your work. I've been fortunate to have these past 9 years where I could really figure things out about my work and business in temporary situations without having to invest much risk. Of course, there is risk, just being a self-employed potter! But through time, I've gained strength to carry me forward, just through the simple fact of hard work, dedication and making careful choices.
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