02.20.10
PMC Workshop at Lorton Workhouse with Gordon Uyehara
Last night was the PMC Guild meeting at which Gordon Uyehara ( www.honudream.com )and Jeanette LeBlanc, founder and editor of Metal Clay Artist Magazine (www.metalclayartistmag.com ). It was a very nice meeting with dinner before. Good to see old friends and fellow artists. It was a rough night as the furnace was noisy as all get out. We had the TV cranked to 50 to hear the Olympics and at 3:30am the noise was so bad I woke up to hear ” the largest rock tumbler in the world” and it sounded like rocks and marbles were rolling down the ductwork. It was hell and I never fell back to sleep. I did turn the heat down to 60* to keep furnace from turning on.
Today was Day 1 of 3 at the Workhouse in Lorton with PMC artist Gordon Uyehara from Hawaii. We got to play with Art Clay Copper and Bronze clay. It was so much fun, at our table was Terresa, Kelly, Denise and myself. We did laugh a lot and everyone had fun making pieces. I finished 2 clay pendants and started my challenge a thistle pendant. Though I do think I will start another one because it does not feel right. While I was at class Terresa’s husband Cory was at my house looking at furnace and found it was the bracket that holds the motor had broken and fan was fallen and that was making the vibration and noise. He took it to see if it can be fixed or if needs to be replaced. So…. no heat in the house tonight luckily it is in the low 40’s tonight and witha fire in the woodstove it is not too bad. We’ll see how we feel in the am! Luck me I get to go back to the Workhouse. I will set Patrick up with a fire that he can keep going. I will take pictures tomorrow, Jeanette was taking lots for the magazine. It will be cool see the workshop in print.
