Depending upon your tastes, you might find the look of one of these tea vessels more appealing than the other.

Yesterday it was SNOWING, big fat wet flakes - so much for spring break. I took a moment to curl up around something warm.

The rare Short-Tailed Cookietoucan, discovered by world-renowned toucanologist Kailie Ponto. It's art, AND it holds cookies - what more could you possibly want, friends? Nothing, that's what, except possibly for a tall glass of cold milk.

Julia's head posing for a final portrait.

After some trouble with the gallery, and punctuation turning into gobbledegook, things are looking a little better. But, horror of horrors, I found an instance of writing "to" when I meant "too".

If you need me (and have a really long ladder), I'll be over in the Pit of Bottomless Web Shame.

Okay - so I made the campus smell like smoke for two days - I'm sorry. But look!

by Susan Le

by Kayla Randall

by Casey Stoltz

Julia Edwards' portrait bust during a moment of repose.

I tried to ignore it, but I couldn't; it's pretty sweet. By Bri Truong.

Typical: I get up at 4:30 am, look out, see a couple inches of snow on the ground, rain pouring down, and the main streets plowed clear. Since it looks like it's going to be a slush-fest, I decide to bus it rather than try riding my bike down and up steep windy roads. By 5am there's no news of school delay, so I head out. The bus drops me at Bothell Way and 68th Ave NE, and from there it's faster for me to run than wait for another bus, so I do. The street crews have thoughtfully plowed all the snow/slush onto the sidewalks, so I'm hurdling drifts and wading through lakes, trying to avoid 10-foot-high slush-tsunamis from speeding garbage trucks, and running in my hiking boots - all the way up Simonds Rd to school. The gate's open, there's a couple cars there, so I go into my room . . . and the phone rings. It's Lisa, telling me school's closed for the day.

Thought #1: Seriously? All the snow was on the sidewalks - the cars had it easy!

Thought #2: Woo-hoo!

Best day ever. I put on music, drank hot cocoa, caught up on grading, finished trimming a couple pieces, and unloaded a kiln. And guess what was in that kiln?

Emily Anderson's puffer fish! (I think its name should be 'Snowball'.

If you haven't browsed through the student gallery lately, here's a sampling of some of the other good things created lately.

by Sami Stratis

I'm in the process of moving this website to my own server (basically a squirrel in a cardboard box), so expect some nuttiness until the squirrel is trained better. I'm hoping I can teach it a few new tricks.

Today, Santa's elves went to school and fired a bisque kiln, so we're set to finish some work for the holidays. I'll be in Monday - Wednesday next week to fire the cone 10 and raku kilns, and you are more than welcome to come in, bring friends and family any time, and join the fun. I've got plenty o' clay.

Mon 12/20: 9am - 3pm. The last bisque kiln will be unloaded, and I will be loading the cone 10. If you get your work glazed it will likely get in.