
I don’t know science, but I know what I like.
Posted on Aug 21 2009 by maggie under art, science | Permalink | | Leave A Comment |
This thing is freaking cool.
I don’t know what it’s for, but it’s better than a lava lamp, and I want one in my living room. It’s in one of the labs with the freeze dryers and centrifuges, but this is the first time I’ve noticed it.
In other news, I finally managed to make something on the wheel in pottery! Okay, there was that one cup thing a few months ago, but it’s way too small to be useful. Tonight I made 3 bowls! Actually I made 4 bowls and a cup, but one of the bowls collapsed when I tried to knife the bottom, and the cup was too thin and would have cracked during firing. I present to you my new cereal bowls:
I also picked up a bowl that I glazed last week which may yet become a christmas gift, so I don’t want to post it, and Mom’s birthday present is finally finished. I’ll post that before the end of September, but I don’t her to stumble across it and ruin the surprise.





10:23 pm, 28 August 2009
[...] are a fair bit bigger than the 3 bowls I threw last week, and I did a much better job of trimming the bottoms before they came off the wheel. My goal is [...]