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Bath day for the bromeliads ๐Ÿ’ฆ Everyone deserves a little self care ๐Ÿ’†๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ
โ€œI donโ€™t have time for this...โ€ ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ 18 clays made from scratch in search for just the right one for the job, which I havenโ€™t been able to find commercially. What an experience to mix up your clay from raw ingredients, seeing every component go together, experiencing variations from silky and stretchy to chalky and no strength whatsoever. Shockingly most clays played nice in the kiln with a variety of glazes, and only one had melt downs. Now to take the favorites and test some more. ๐ŸŒ
There are some glaze effects you just canโ€™t get without fire, which is why Iโ€™m extremely grateful to have received a grant this week to wander about and explore some wood and soda firing. Now the hardest part- figuring out where to go! ๐Ÿ™ƒ
California wanders. The little white speck in the distance is a bare Mt Shasta, which is said to be home to an ancient civilization of beings who tunneled through the mountain with crystal energy... โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € A little more tangible to me is that itโ€™s home to the start of the Sacramento River. If you know where to go you can hop across a little rocky creek and drink cold crisp water bubbling out of a hole in the rocks. That same water eventually ends up feeding the San Francisco Bay. ๐Ÿ’ง โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € #lifeofwater #watershed #sacramentoheadwaters #mtshasta #lemurians