I made this feeder awhile ago to feed the local chickadees that nest in a nearby hedge. Of course it's fair game to any wildlife that finds it. I happened to hear clicking by my front door on my front porch. Well not one, but three big bucks were hungry. The fact that it was a small bird feeder or a small front porch didn't matter.
Two smaller sized mugs were requested for a friend. Both are for her grand kids. Custom made mugs ordered by grandma. How cool is that?! I like the idea of introducing young people to the arts and crafts. You never know what might enrich someone's life or spark a new hobby or even a career. I hope they like them.
I haven't traveled much lately, in fact, not at all. But my mug made a trip. It went camping in a ruggedly beautiful and remote area of southern Utah. It sat on a rocky precipice to enjoy the views. It felt the wind on its handle and soaked up the warm sunshine. It even cozzied up to the campfire to watch the fire flicker. It had a great time so I've been told.
I was perusing around the internet for glazes and wound up on www.coyoteclay.com. I clicked on their Gallery tab and scrolled through all the wonderful customer submissions to previous contests they held over the years. I participated a few times but forgot all about it. So I scrolled down the page to Matt And Crawl Glazes and to my pleasant surprise was my large egg in nest! There's a typo in my name but I'm still 😊 thrilled.
When I created this blog, I didn't give any thought about how my pottery and pottery mark related to this site. I just had fun documenting my progress with clay projects over the years. It eventually acted as a digital portfolio for anyone who wanted to check out my work. I stamped my initials on my work with no real link to this blog unless a customer managed to keep my business card that links the two. So an upgrade was necessary. Since my son just happens to have a cnc machine in his garage, I asked him if he would make a new pottery stamp that says Mom Cave Pots. I gave him the pencil drawing and voila.
It has been a few months but I've been busy training my new assistant. Meet Allie, my Q.C.C. That's....quality control cat. As you will see in the photos below, she is very thorough with her inspections. 😅
