Below is our fearless (and I do mean fearless) leader Piers Watson AKA 008 James Bond.  He made this class great and I say that though I was horrified there was math and science to be worked out.  Thank goodness I could cheat and get 008 to do some of my cyphering for goodness sakes.  

Look at the mess I made of trying to put wax on my little piece.  But also, note the little heart shaped drop of wax.                                                       Someone's always with me.

The last picture shows how 008's helped explain the percentages of copper and tin to make each bronze piece.  Pretty cool.

We all love Make Sant Fe and our fearless leader.  #lutecrucible  #makesantafe

Decided I'd like to incorporate new art I've learned while here.  Why not gourds?  Beading class is a favorite.  Learn a lot from Joanie, our teacher, and my lovely classmates, artists all.  Add paint sticks from a workshop at Artisans in Santa Fe and another interesting workshop, fiber weaving.  And I fell in love with cholla when I first arrived here.  Decided to bleach this piece.  Really a great excuse to keep taking classes to add to the gourds.  My dear friend and great ceramic artist Betsy Doan decided I needed an art deadline.  So she signed us up for a couple of shows and off we go.  I owe her big time.  It's amazing how a deadline will perk me up and get the creative juices flowing.  Course she did threaten to hurt me if I didn't get my act together.  She's scares me.  I got my act together and will continue each time she tells me to.