Week 14, Fall 2024

Week of Blog Post #14 I made a bunch of work for the wood kiln. We (maybe maily I) were worried we wouldn't have nearly enough work to fill the kiln. And if we were going to do it this semester I'd rather not have the majority of the load be only one person's work. So a few of us really busted out what made up ⅓ of that kiln’s load in like 3 days. I didn't go home to MN for Thanksgiving this year so I was able to get everything bisqued for the wood, with like a day to glaze. It was fine, if I still met the deadlines it doesn't matter that it consumed my life up until that point right? 

Time management is the biggest thing I want to work on next year, next semester, next month. I think my problem at this moment is putting the community and care for spaces above my own (sculptural) practice. Which I can see as being a self sabotaging and procrastination thing. I’m so exhausted, running around trying to feed myself, pay rent, give 110% to UofL, my post bacc crew, and building a union that it's easier, mentally not physically, to throw some pots or take on the wood kiln lead role, or when I’m in the studio talk to my peers or clean instead of working on my own practice. I don't really know how to address this because it still feels like I am being productive in a positive way. It's just not the work I was intending to make during this period of the semester. 

Throwing with June tho is always a treat! Makes me miss my nephews and niece.