so i made a first attempt at creating some porcelain spoons.  it was so totally fun.  here are the spoons in progress.

i'm not sure yet what i will do with glaze, glazing has always been my least favorite part of the entire process. when i was a student, i thought i would be a painter or a printmaker, then i found clay.  i realized that i really found painting to be very frustrating.  i could go over and over and over something, which made it difficult to find a place to be done.  i found that i am much more well suited to the process of forming actual objects than creating the illusion of objects on a surface.  the process of brushing a glaze onto the surface of clay objects is just not interesting to me.

A group of new pieces that have been stained with a glaze (will be sepia colored after firing.)  Next they will be glazed in the interiors.

i have mostly refined my glazing process down to staining textured areas with a glaze, wiping it off, then glazing other areas, say those that contact food, with a contrasting color.  This has been the way of it for some time now.  since the spoons are a new thing, maybe i will try a new glazing thing.  maybe i will dip them?

Alright, I confess, I'm addicted to Pinterest.  I mean, how can I possibly resist all of the fashion, home decor, art, not to mention all of the wonders I wasn't even aware of (see this post.)  Well one of the things that pop up that really caught my attention is the spoon.  Not just your average spoon, but those made by artists.  I decided to showcase the really wow spoons here.

This beauty is by Julia Smith out of Scotland.  It is red earthenware... love it.  She sells her ceramic work in her Etsy shop, JuliaSmithCeramics.

I just love this whimsical porcelain piece by Erin of erinswindow on Etsy.  She lives and works in Australia.

Perfectly finished bone china lovelies from Caroline Swift Ceramics.

Twig spoons by Michiko Shimada.

I wonder what it would look like if I made a spoon... sounds like a whim in the making, I'll keep you posted.

I finally published our Etsy shop "about" page... check it out!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/peifferStudios/about/

I'll be honest.  Life is super complicated.  I really long for a much simpler one.  I don't see it happening in the near future, but I am attempting to craft a better tomorrow.  When I think about  that tomorrow, I go to pinterest, where I browse through my boards... and daydream.

Source: themetapicture.com via Brooke on Pinterest

Source: theselby.com via Brooke on Pinterest

Source: blogs.babble.com via Brooke on Pinterest

it was foggy the other morning when i woke up.  on a whim, i ran outside and took a few pictures.

this blog has been stewing for a while, and obviously the only way to start it was, well... on a whim. it seems that in my life, planning is futile. so i just do what i can when i've got a second. this has resulted in about a thousand unfinished projects, many of which will never get completed, and others that will. i am looking forward to sharing them with you...  lately i've been on a "barnacles" whim.