Before the Holy Sabbath

One of the most gripping readings this Shabbat [for craftsmen-everyone else finds it tedious]-all about the menora [candlestick]and other appliances made for the mishkan [tabernacle] and construction nof the mishkan itself.The menora was made from a single piece of gold-but did the idea come from the potter's wheel-three concentric hollow tubes? I think so...that's the way I make them,anyhow.
Fired the bisc today after all-freezing in the studio-we're at 834 degrees C so far.Not much work today [see pic]-talked to Benjamin (in Calif.) using 1)Skype,2)yahoo messenger,3)msn messenger.Ah,technology,technology.