My Mom asked to have the kids spend the night and a day with her for spoiling....so we drove them up after work yesterday and dropped them off. Todd and I went out for a quiet dinner by ourselves before coming home to watch the Twins game. We woke up early because he had to be out of the house by 8am to prepare for a tennis match (Todd is the captain and had to make sure the courts were dry/squeegeed and drinks/snacks were set up).
Good morning, my torch! This is where my kiln normally sits, so I have to wheel the filing cabinet into my desk area and bring my chair out to the torch table.
I had absolutely no mandrels ready, so I had to mix up new mud and dip over 60 mandrels.
I love my little wire decorations. They make me happy.
I also married a couple dozen rods of clear.
This was the kiln before I left the studio to go watch Todd win his tennis match.
When we left the house at 3:30, the kiln was pushed to the next cycle to soak the beads at a constant 940 degrees for one hour before slowly ramping down in temperature. She was filled with a whopping FIFTY EIGHT beads!
I got to see them all tonight before coming upstairs to go to bed. I'm really happy with how they turned out. I made two dozen new egg beads on 1/16th mandrels. The rest are all rounds on 3/32 mandrels, but new color combinations that I haven't tried before. I'm excited to take pics tomorrow to show you.
Not so excited to clean them all. It will take me 1.5-2 hours to remove all the beads and clean out their holes with my dremel. Anyone want to come over to help? :)
It was a very relaxing day (yes, a nice little nap was inserted in the middle of the afternoon between torch sessions) making beads and watching my honeys play tennis. Twas a much appreciated break from parental responsibilities.
Thanks Mom!!!!
1 comment:
what a perfect saturday! i didn't realize so much work went into making the beads. one of these days i'm going to come watch :)
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