New Life = Renovations!

One of my special talents is coping well under unusual circumstances.  Trains in my backyard, no big deal.  Mailbox close to falling over, just open and close the door very gingerly.  Dishwasher broken, wash them by hand (or just go out.) Kiln lid cracked, hold breath while closing it.

This is also a curse that makes me live with unpleasantries much longer than necessary.  I guess my lack of handiness leads to a good bit of this- but I compliment myself citing financial savings and being quite hearty.

Of course some things I cannot STAND such as icky smells, being hungry, bugs and bad lighting.  These items are battled daily and addressed immediately.  I'm not a total procrastinator.

But little things like basement junk and lack of plumbing are much easier to avoid dedicating proper attention to.

And just to give your some insight into a potter's world, everything we do requires 1) Water and 2) Cleaning.  So, as an essential tool for simply the creating of pottery as well as the clean up process, I need water access about every 20-30 minutes.  I've been addressing this by tromping up and down the stairs to the kitchen sink to fetch water in buckets OR going outside to the hose and soaking my grass-less lawn to clean up my tools.  In short, having a sink is akin to having air.

But luckily, my friend Gorg likes to pay attention to this kind of stuff.  Well, I did do the cleaning out piece of the pie.  100 paint cans, 15 boxes, 1 piece of dry wall and a 1/2 pitch fork later, I had space for a 5 x 3 work table. And then Gorg along with my precious husband spent three days adding a sink as well as some much appreciated lighting and electric.

So, while my studio is still a work in progress and not beautiful by any means, it is quite functional and I've truly loved my first two weeks as a studio potter. I have a couple more decor and rearranging ideas in the works so stay tuned for more!

For now, I leave you with this awesome video.

I Got a Sink

Starring: Daisy Duke

Co-Starring: Sink