Ain't She sweet!We've been a-
liftin' and a-
shovin' and a-
heavin' of things as the shift of my pottery to the dark side of the building, and the moving of Laura's painting studio to the light side of the building continues.
Me constantly on the move!Since the last post we cleared everything out of the room where my wheels will be, put vinyl down on the floor, and I have built a really large drying rack for new pots, and we have shifted my potter's wheels to their new place of residence.
A glimpse of a new drying rack in the far room and storage shelves near left.
Today we moved nearly half a tonne of clay, two large book cases, one set of plans draws, a pug mill, and a ten foot long wooden post office counter. This latter item is so heavy that we can't really push it far at all, but we managed to develop a technique where I shoved a crow bar under it at one end, whilst Laura hammered in a wide cold chisel near where the crow bar was. This shifted it in amounts of 2 to 6 inches at a time and was actually not too difficult once a rhythm was established. We moved it round a right angle bend, through a doorway and about 15 feet in total this way.
The rear end of the counter that has just been pushed through the doorway.I also built a little shelf for the
pug mill to sit on, and put up some storage shelving for my glazing materials. We also shifted lots of other bits and pieces, demolished my old drying rack, and did some cleaning up and removing of old lino. Quite a lot done, but still lots more to do.
The pug mill sitting on its new shelf, with a view through to where the wheels will be.
This coming weekend is our open studio, so lots of hard work still to do before then if we are able to have the place ship shape for the public, but we will do our best.
Ain't She sweet!
Me constantly on the move!
A glimpse of a new drying rack in the far room and storage shelves near left.
The rear end of the counter that has just been pushed through the doorway.
The pug mill sitting on its new shelf, with a view through to where the wheels will be.
Comments
And you've really put the pressure on to finish with an open studio coming up! Good luck.
Hi Jim, Thanks for your comment on my previous post, I should congratulate you for being the first to appreciate my lunge forward into the world of cutting edge abstract sculpture!! Glad that you enjoyed the hair cutting story that I put as a comment on your site. Nice to hear from you again. I like the "Easter Island Method" as a descriptive title for moving immovable objects, I will keep the vision of those enormous Easter Island heads in my mind when I try to move the counter to its final resting place today (It still has a little bit further to go unfortunately).
Hi Linda, nice to hear from you too! I'm fascinated by those wonderful names, "peeler cores, dollies, and car crawlers". It is fun how different occupations all have their language. Pug mills, slip, ware boards, wicket, bag wall, sagger, leather hard, greenware, kidney, rib, bicuit, bloating, batt, and blunge, all come to mind as potentially confusing for the non-potter. I haven't come across "peeler cores" before, but know dollies and car crawlers!
Best Wishes,
P.
24 year old lads and where to store it all...., Mmmm I do see the problem! Just had a look at the latest posting on your site, and hope you have lots of visitors, you have such wonderful work there.
Best Wishes, P.