Here We Are Again

.... after a brief pause in blogging,with a rather Cubist panorama of the studio. The year's wine is made,bottled and partly drunk- a bumper crop this year, close to 40 bottles, twice what the vine has been giving for the last couple of years.
Not a lot has happened in the studio [hence lack of blog] since the last salt firing at Tel Hai,but now I see a few gaps in the formerly-overstuffed gallery shelves, the Holidays are behind us,the succah is dismantled, Minerco have Coleman porcelain again,and even my French clay- out of stock for 6 months, is reputed to be in the country,though not cleared through customs yet- all of which suggest that a gradual return to making pots is indicated. Tel Hai starts next week,with the Symposium coming at Chanukah [news of Guests soon] and a new apprentice waiting to start in the studio: I have plans to make some Chanukiot this year,and also to take another run at the crystal glazes with my new porcelain [and new kiln elements]. Happy New Year!