The NorthWesternBelle

It's Monday, so I'm not actually getting muddy today, so this is going to have to be a decent substitute. Writing about mud is the second best thing to actually being in it, I figure. I like to make functional pottery more than anything. Stuff that's both pretty and useful, you know. That's my kink, so spending time on artistic pieces has never been high on my to-do list. Especially now that I'm trying to be a full-time potter while also running a small business on top of that, it's hard to find time for artistic expression for the sake of art. But, I still have been trying because I know it's important for my sake. Back in the summer, my friend and fellow potter, Jeannie Awesome, asked if I wanted a lot of slip cast molds from an estate that was looking to donate them. Of course I said yes. She showed up with a whole grip of them shortly after, and there was much rejoicing. No, seriously a WHOLE GRIP of them. That's after we got them all conso