Molly OtrembaApr 261 minWeek Fifteen.It’s the final blog post! Tests on test, upon firing and re firing. I’m scrambling to finish and figure out how I want to glaze my final...
Molly OtrembaApr 181 minWeek Fourteen. The experimental glaze tests that were suggested to me during crit. have been poppin out kilns the past few weeks. I've tried kiln wash...
Molly OtrembaApr 121 minWeek Thirteen.Humm, lets see, this past week I worked on: some new ideas generated from the crits, unloaded some cute glaze test tiles, fired a soda...
Molly OtrembaApr 51 minWeek Twelve. Last week was a week of crits and a delayed soda that has pushed me into making more. Honestly, the first crit ended and I felt good,...
Molly OtrembaMar 291 minWeek Eleven. Since having a week off I’ve been very sluggish about the studio. Made a bunch for the soda/sale coming up but that’s about it. I...
Molly OtrembaMar 121 minWeek Nine.Of the tasks I wanted to complete before break, I say I smashed it. I didn’t complete everything on my list but I got enough done that I...
Molly OtrembaMar 81 minWeek Eight.Okay let’s see: This little engine is running out of steam. I’ve had this list of things I wanted to get done before spring break for a...
Molly OtrembaFeb 281 minWeek Seven. Empty Bowls has been running my life this past week, trimming, bisquing, running lil Eddie, and glazing. I have also been working on...
Molly OtrembaFeb 201 minWeek Six.I finished building the morphing forms piece. And yet again I don’t know how I feel about it. The forms feel like me and not like me at...
Molly OtrembaFeb 141 minWeek Five. I feel like I haven't had any time to work on my current wet work. Ugh. So many side shenanigans. I hope to finish building/drying...
Molly OtrembaFeb 71 minWeek Four. Weird week of wrapping up some side projects and trying to work through forms for the next project. I started two forms, one more tile...
Molly OtrembaJan 311 minWeek Three.-This week I figured out the “tails” or more “wormy” things on the apologia project to where they aren't so awkward. I added some base...
Molly OtrembaJan 241 minWeek Two. I added a little bit of height to some of the pieces at different angles, carved a little more, added some tapioca pudding like textures...
Molly OtrembaJan 171 minWeek One. Okay, so I may have been swept up in the “tessellation” aspect of my initial idea over the “creating intentional shadows.” I made a lil...
Molly OtrembaDec 7, 20212 minWeek Fourteen. Final Post.BING, BONG. Okay so this is where I'm at: no sleep, no ambition, mentally and physically exhausted, pile of work to finish, no idea what...
Molly OtrembaNov 22, 20211 minWeek Thirteen.The sprint to sem's end is exhausting. But I’m loving the pressure. Here everything is very chill compared to what I'm used to. Which is...
Molly OtrembaNov 16, 20211 minWeek Twelve Game plan to finish the semester: (More like List of Tasks that Need to get Done and What I Want to Finish by Semester’s End) Needs: Stop...
Molly OtrembaNov 8, 20211 minWeek Eleven. Long but productive week. Playing with resin, a bajillion cone 10 glaze test combos, throwing some pots for the soda, and installing in...
Molly OtrembaNov 2, 20212 minWeek Ten.I'm in a transitional phase in my work. I need to keep reminding myself of that. I keep comparing myself and my work to others around me...
Molly OtrembaOct 26, 20211 minWeek Nine. I’ve kinda had an off week. I've been putting in the work but I haven’t really felt the reward of finished work, which I know is coming....