Sunday, November 1, 2009

To glaze or not to glaze?

I wanted to bring you up to date and share this picture of the inside - WOW! - Huck is doing a fantastic job. He decided to finish the interior walls with "car siding." It's a beautiful knotty pine that is tongue and groove. I want to go over it with a very light taupe color diluted with glaze (you'd still be able to see all of the wood detail) to tone down the overwhelming "yella wood" feeling, but everyone else is of the opinion to clear coat it. I've been insulating and will get finished with that today so he can get all of the siding installed this week and then we can put the trim up and I'll prime and paint the ceiling next weekend. After that we'll finish the other three walls of the glaze room. We need to find someone to mud and tape what little sheetrock we've hung. I found some wallpaper that looks like old fashioned ceiling tin and I'm going to put that behind the old wood stove. We are still undecided what we are going to do about our gas kiln delimna. I did get an email from my Pennsylvania potter friend, Linda Stauffer - http://www.lindastauffer.com Take a look at her new kiln! My brother-in-law should be here soon with the work counter/cabinets. I've put in a call to a guy to polish and seal the floor. Before you know it, it will be time to move all of the equipment to The Studio and start classes. I'd like to thank those of you patiently waiting for classes to start! Later, -Janice