A bit of everything

So it's been a while. And a bit of everything. Nice autumn colors at the dog park. First frost. Dogs really feel much better and more playful compared to hot days. For us it's not so fun because much more mud in the house. But we (dog people) are thinking positively it's not +30 and not -30 and it's good enough :) 

 Me                                   and mini me

Thanksgiving was very appreciated mostly by Archie. He got full turkey, well... it's the cheapest and best quality raw meat available and the offer doesn't last long. So we cut it into smaller pieces to prolong the pleasure. Such an awful dog's life :)

 

Some excitement came from small, but very cute Cobourg town. The owner of local art gallery/shop suggested to bring in some of my jewelry and slippers. Check this gallery/shop out, really really very cool place. Full of local artists' work, some concerts and exhibitions happen there too. 

Some things from kiln .... 

finished locker from the post below

  

 

forgot that metal clay doesn't shrink too much, instead of earrings, got two pendants, but with beautiful kiln patina

... some experiments. Not sure if I like them or not. Tried a new form and a new closure for locket. Mighty internet has it all. Was looking for 2-3 mm magnet - found it :) here is the result

magnet closure

Felting experiment wasn't very successful :( Apparently my felting table is not big enough for long booties/slippers (that was not smart of me not to think about shrinkage, when constructed table), but I prised myself for being smart and thinking about waterproof basement floors :)

 

And the biggest excitement was - I made my concrete table lamp work. If you remember my attempt of using all kind of leftovers from reno, this was made from bathroom tiling thinset and plumber's piping work leftovers. Metal color spray was applied, lamp cords from ikea, shades made using balloons, PVA glue and jute twine. But the most important question was - how to connect all four bulbs into one connection without blowing fuses. I would say "Don't try that at home", but it wasn't too dangerous as I thought, problem was, that this time internet wasn't too informative or let's say very clear, because that part in high school I definitely skipped out. But anyway, it works, just need to tidy up all connections