How to test your willpower … buy Hallowe’en candy early. I was good … and then I wasn’t. ☹️
I hit my one-year weight loss maintenance anniversary, but have slipped on ten pounds. I sure feel it. Funny how your brain mocks you when looking in the mirror. At my lowest weight I looked hollow, with saggy, wrinkled skin on my upper arms and thighs. It wasn’t a good look. I felt old. I have filled in those saggy bits and feel healthier now. Amazingly, I still fit into my new sized-medium clothes. I do still want to lose those ten pounds, but at a slower, healthier rate, without the saggy bits.
I am finally playing in my studio. I say play, because I don’t mass produce, sell or preconceive what I’m going to make. Here is my October inspiration. The process is called raku. This clay can withstand going from hot to cold, and the glaze is “reduced” (starved of oxygen) to create a brilliant copper finish. Raku is not food-safe and remains porous. It is usually done in a propane kiln, but my little electric works just fine, and is very quiet in comparison. It is unplugged before I reach in with metal tongs, for those of you wondering. Safety first!
