Flagstaff Open Studios weekend was a success! A lot of people came through. I had fun showing people around Z House, giving pottery demonstrations, talking about future plans and of course talking about my ceramics. Here are a couple of pictures of my displays:

Today is the final push - Open Studios starts tomorrow!

I spent a few hours finishing things up at Z House yesterday, cleaning and rearranging. It looks great! Paul and I are going to transport a bunch of large, heavy items to the house today, including my potters wheel, tables, chairs, etc.

The studio is sheetrocked now and the taper came by yesterday to do the taping and first coat of mud. It looks so good, I can’t wait to start working in that space.

We’re getting so close to being finished with the studio! The contractor is coming today to prep for drywall, which will be installed tomorrow. They may be finished with tape and mud by the end of the week.

Then I’ll paint the inside of the building, and the electrician will come in to finish the electrical - install outlets, etc.

I just called to order the garage door! Yay!

The main gallery room is finished. It looks so nice and I can’t wait to see it full of beautiful artwork!

Here’s the postcard I made and had printed. I’ll be sending it out to a list of people early next week.

Zizziba Studio is livewired! We’ve been working so hard our heads are spinning. Last week, the studio got power. This necessitated an upgrade to the electric service for the whole property. Here’s the Electric Man installing the upgraded feed and a picture of the rough wiring.

This weekend, we’ll install the floor and window trim in the house and plant more flowers. I forgot to take pics of the flowerbeds last weekend - will do this weekend! I spent a couple of hours painting trim in the garage last night.

Lots of work to be done this weekend - we’re on the countdown, one week to go!