as a silver lining...

this last week was ending relatively badly for me, which is unfortunate... but on saturday to my surprise the near fatal prognosis took a turn for the good. I have been in slow contact with a guy here in green bay, but we couldn't catch each other at the right time to be able to figure out the best time to meet... well it worked out that we could do it saturday night... He was in possession of what i had thought to be clay in bags that my students could use. as it turned out though, i was completely wrong... he did however have 1,000's of clay pieces that had come out of molds that i could take pretty much for free...

he (let's call him steve), steve had recently picked up the hobby of glazing and painting ceramic materials just before a local store that he bought his materials from was going out of business. the store was such a fan of steve that they simply had him pull up his truck to the back of the store and then they loaded tons of clay pieces and molds onto it for him to take for free. well now steve had all of these random things that he is more than willing to give away, and who better to pick through them than me. it was awesome! i felt like a kid in a candy store. steve had the most random stuff and it was stored all over his house. from teasets to easter bunnies, easter eggs, and boxes full of hands that looked like mickey mouse gloves. I found a lot of cool stuff & it really put a good upward spin on the end of the week... plus i now have my next project for my art classes all figured out.