Well, summer finally arrived in spades for the last week or so of August. Triple-digit temperatures made for a tough job for our warehouse & delivery staff. The heat also challenged me…As you may recall, last month, I competed in my first triathlon here in Lawrence. This month, tomorrow, in fact, I will be competing in my second – the US 5150 National Championships up in Des Moines. I’m thinking there will be some kind of September special that will relate to my finish time or place or something, so stay tuned to our social media for more info on what’s in store there. In my spare time when I haven’t been training, I’ve been working on some new sections of the Bracker’s Blog. I think they will be fun & informative, and I’m really excited to share them with you. Watch for information about the first one in a couple of weeks….it’s *almost* ready, and it’s going to be beautiful!
August Recap…
Back to school season begins! This past month our delivery schedule really heated up, but things went very smoothly because Anne W always starts planning for this month sometime in May. It also helps that she’s been doing this for over 30 years. 🙂 We enjoyed hosting Josh Novak in our studio this month as our featured artist for August. This Fort Hays third-year Graduate Student demonstrated several techniques, including the sodium silicate surface. We shot a short video of that one:
Looking ahead to September…
If you haven’t already circled the second saturday of EVERY month on your calendar with a big silver sharpie, you’ll definitely want to put a giant red star on this month’s second Saturday. Join us September 13th for our annual Fall B’Raku event! Dave will be benched as a fire master for B’Raku because he will be competing in his first triathlon the very next day. Don’t worry, he’ll still be around to answer any questions you might have, but keep in mind, his answers are usually given in the form of a story, and I think we all know that no-one can spin a yarn like Dave! New glazes of the month, and other specials are planned for September, so stay tuned!
Vivacious Videos…
New on shop.brackers.com
We’re very excited about the new line of low-fire metallic glazes from Spectrum! They are already up on our website and our first order for stock came in on Thursday. Click the picture on the right to go there! You can always find the freshest additions to our website by clicking “NEWEST Products”, AND, just to the right of that, “FEATURED Items” will contain all of our current specials, so you’ll never miss a great deal!
