Thursday/ Friday

Hello again,
I feel like my blogging is getting farther and farther apart... but I say we take this as a good thing, pilchuck is keeping me busy. I have a few more pictures up courtesy of my friend Cydney. Its a good jumping off point to talk about the car kiln. The picture of my class huddled around the table is our game plan. The car kiln needs to be poured fast and quickly pushed back into place. This was our chance to make some thicker pieces because of annealing time. The woman in charge is my teacher Brynhildir. The next picture of the whole crew is my entire class getting ready to put all our rehearsals into motion. There was four people ladling at the same time, almost like a glass dance. a few of us were ladle planners, and just needed to make sure we handed the right ladle to our guy when he needed it. Others cut glass, and opened the furnace and kiln doors. The picture of the glowing molds is one of our TA's Alex pouring the final mold before it is pushed back into the kiln. The last picture was just a wonderful dose of puppy haha. A couple showed up to campus with I would say 5 or 6 puppies so all of us missing our pets could have some unconditional love. This is an amazing place, and I cant imagine there being anything like it anywhere else. Everyone is motivated, works hard, is trusting... its a little slice of heaven in the woods. I have one more weeks here. At this point all of my pieces have been poured. I am just waiting for them to come out of the annealer to start cold working them. This is such an amazing experience. You meet people from all over. I now have friends from Canada, France, Iceland, Israel, japan, and many states. I have nothing negative to say about this place, and I'm currently very proud to be part of the pilchuck family. Thanks guys.