First coat of oil on the hall table. The ribbon figure from part 2 just turned to smoke under the finish. This is the moment that pays for all the sanding.

Squad done. Ten models, six weeks, one NMM recipe stretched across every pauldron. The client wanted 'parade ground' — I heard 'cabinet grade' and nobody complained.

Kiln unloading day. The ash glaze broke amber on exactly four of twelve — the kiln gives and the kiln takes. Those four are going straight to the shop before I get attached.

Oak tan card wallets are back. Six per batch because each one is seven hundred stitches and I have one pair of hands.

Friday night forge session. Two blades drawn out, one elbow surviving. The file steel is moving like butter tonight — century-old carbon has moods and tonight it's generous.

Blocking question for the knitters: wet blocking vs steam for a 100% BFL throw? Wet gives me the drape I want but I'm scared of felting the edge. Steam feels like a half measure. Convince me either way.

Twelve text blocks in the press overnight. The nipping press is older than my grandmother and still pulls a truer squeeze than anything made this century.

Wheel Throwing: Your First 30 Days just passed its 30-day re-audit with the rubric untouched. 1,200 students in — the breakfast set gallery is the proudest thing on my page.

River desk is out of the form. One bubble by the north bank, small enough to be a fish. We move to the sanding arc: 80 grit to 3000, also known as my whole next week.

Marking out a bifold. The pricking iron does the geometry; I just have to not argue with it. 7 SPI on the outside seams, 9 on the card slots — finer where the eye lands.

Bowl №42 on the lathe. When the shavings come off in ribbons like this, the edge is right and the day is good. Maple from the same Isdalen tree as №41.

Restocked the NMM shelf. People ask for the exact paints — it's not the paints, it's the ratios. (The ratios are €9 in my shop. The six years they took are free.)