Young and Stupid

Well, I didnt update yesterday because I didnt have access to the computer because due to my lack of knowledge of electrical wiring and needs for decent power I burned the house (and computer) down. Ok, just kidding but the kiln didnt have a sufficient power supply to draw from and immediately flipped the breaker when it was finally time to switch the kiln to high. I thought something like this might happen- I didnt know exactly what but I had asked Jeremiah and his dad if they thought it was safe, fine, would work, etc. and told them I have no clue in that area and they said go for it so I did. But I knew something out of my knowledge range was going on when it flipped the breaker and my wonderful etsy pottery friends filled me in on my electrical needs. I was actually running a 48 amp kiln on a 30 amp breaker (yikes) with old wiring! We talked to an electrical engineer at home depot last night and he told us the things we would need- he was very smart and very awesome- so now we need to measure how many feet of wire we need and what brand of breaker will fit in the box. I told the home depot engineer guy to come on over and have a look himself and he was like "oh nooo..." but i think if I played some allman brothers and threw in a tye-dye t-shirt he'd be there in a second. He is probably the smartest guy in chattanooga with the longest, thickest white hair you have ever seen with a 3 in x 3 in bald spot in the middle. He is so hired for all my electrical needs!



But in the end no damage has been done, the kiln never got hot enough to even start melting the glaze so the pots are just the same as when I started and will be fine to go again when/if we get the electrical issues sorted out.



On a non-pottery note, Jeremiah and I installed a chandelier in the dining room last night and it looks awesome! He moved into a house built in the 1950's in February and a little old lady had lived in it all those years and basically nothing has been updated in that house decor-wise since the 50's. The previous chandelier was awful, just a bunch of crooked hanging crystals but we replaced it with a 5-light antique bronze chandelier and it brings the room a couple decades closer to present hip and hoppin time! We only had to undo everything we did once and then were pros by the second time around. (The one pictured below is close but not exact of what we got.)



So that was my weekend, back to Rome and the work week now. Earthworks is firing the kiln (one that is tried and true) heavily this week so my pottery making schedule will be thrown off as it is no fun to throw in the studio with it being 100+ degrees (no central heat and air in there so the kiln really throws things off!) Hopefully I will get some time in though. As for my kiln, I hope to fire it in 2 weekends from now if its not too costly to get the everything set-up correctly. I will keep you posted!