On Tuesday afternoon 3 fabulous volunteers gathered to re-wire the large electric kiln and replace some of the chipped bricks. It was quite the endeavor as nobody in the trio had ever re-wired a potter's kiln before, but fearlessly, they proceeded into the great unknown!
Brian Sherburne, John Franz and Jim uncoiled the tuckered-out wires and slowly worked the new ones in. They slowly pushed the old bricks out and gently set in the replacements.
That evening, the Spring Clay Class fired that sucker up and found that the replacement was successful, everything turned out great! So, our kiln is back up and running, just in time for summer art-making! Thank Goodness!On another note, the summer solstice is quite a ways off, but here at the Art Colony it feels like summer has arrived! The sky is so blue and the trees have sprouted into brilliant light greens - the sprigs of new life. The breeze is actually warm and the sun makes me wish I were a cat so I could roll onto my back and purrr....
Pull up a chair, and join us on the Art Colony deck; with views of the lake and the sun shinning down, it is the perfect picnic spot to soak up the sun!
But what really makes it feel like summer here is that Artist Instructor Elizabeth Erickson and her 12 dedicated students arrived this morning for a full four days of intensive art exploration.
I love listening to the bustle of artists at work. Chairs creak, papers rustle and I imagine the brushstrokes as they are decisively placed on the page.
Summer has arrived, and it feels good.
The flowers are planted too! And I noticed today that the lilacs in front of the Historic Building are just about to bloom. Oh, the sweet smell of spring!
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