–box of cookies

We just loaded (and unloaded) a kiln full of goodies this week.

I couldn’t help but photograph this box of Tracy’s freshly baked goods.  This wonderfully cheerful box is full of her little tiles–all about 2 – 3 inches in size.  Instead of chocolate chips, they are loaded with funny images of cats, dogs, frogs and other stuff.  The best part?…they are very low in calories, and you can have lots more than one!

I thought I would try something a bit different with our photos.                                                                       I thought I might turn them into a slideshow instead (at the bottom of this entry).

So…you’ll see our kiln shelves loaded with glazed tile in the raw, (unfired), followed by a view of each  just-fired-layer as it is revealed to us during the unloading process.

And, just for fun, I’ve included a photo of the many boxes of tile all lined up in the car to take to the kiln.  The actual location of the kiln is only about a half-mile away from Ramona Paloma  Studios, but we still have to get all these little precious clay chunks of our labor over to Lori’s place for firing.  It’s like driving around with nitro-glycerin strapped to our belts–well almost.

so here goes…

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