I now have 3 of the 137’s and 2 of the 22-D’s in pressed red terracotta almost dry, I think I’ll fire one of each in two weeks they should just fit the kiln together, and then repeat the same loading of two each weekend until they are all done. I still want to make one more of the little 22-D keystones so she can go in with the third 137 and I can get two pieces done together for the same cost. Think I’ll do the 22-D to-morrow so it can start drying out. Those 137’s are pretty thick and weigh 30# each.

I decided this stunning keystone- a cast I made of the original 1895 one I had years ago, is small enough it can be done in pressed terracotta too, but I have to make a new mold of her first, as the old rubber mold I have which was made with a brand of silicone rubber I stopped buying a decade ago when it started tearing real easily is pretty well on it’s last leg, one more cast out of that and I’m sure by now just removing the rubber from the cast will just tear into pieces. So I need a new mold, and then I’ll need to make…