D6 – For a very long time – Zanfirico Hanks

Thursday, September 10th, 2026. Studio Uncle Fish, Irmo, South Carolina.

Buddy, day two, as a person who does not smoke cigarettes. Bound to be interesting.

Morning walk (4+ ish miles). Kinda sorta van bathe. Mozzarella and yesterday’s roasted chicken with a second pot of coffee. Let’s do this.

Studio Assessment

In a progressive future, there will be a link to a tour of the glass shop.

A good-looking morning at the shop. It was overcast earlier. Everyone is hoping the worst of the summer heat is past.

Nothing but prep from the kiln and so no split.

eBay Charity Auctions

After cleaning the studio, the first order of business is national service. Read about my 100% donation eBay charity auctions program, benefiting food programs around the United States, by clicking here. Link to live auctions by clicking here.

As of about 11 am Eastern. There is only one auction up, but it does have a bid. It will take 5 days to have a full page. I am thankful to have this going again. I want to recover from my troubles with eBay and get back to where I was on the learning curve before they nuked my charity life over $40.11 without notice.

Buddy, I got another email from eBay stressing that my situation with them is tenuous. These people are nuts, and I don’t know what to say. Why had this been such a huge issue? Hours and hours and hours of my time consumed with this.

This problem will not end. Another ~~15, 19, 22, 25, 28,~~ 32 minutes on the phone with eBay.

I get one packed and shipped, an auction that closed but was unpaid before my page was suspended.

It is 12:45 pm by the time I get here and I’m very ready to move on. It seems like my eBay opportunity is alive and that it can stay that way. Thankful.

Etsy

Shop the Zanfirico Harold Etsy store by clicking here. You buy, I backpack.

Etsy is cold and dead. No money, no horses. Not pushing to list today.

So… yeah. Not good.

Lampworking

In a progressive future, there will be a link to photograph history or plans or some shit.

I conducted a couple of sloppy experiments regarding the use of squat/suck-bowl as a marble stand. They look… sloppy. But still, it was an interesting experiment. Tomorrow will tell.

I spend much of the evening lampworking and rethinking my approach. I need to simply further.

I think the move is to be brave and be actually focused on this idea of display hanks.

Conclusion

Buddy, late into the evening, and I’ve had fast food and ice cream, and I’m smoking a cigarette. Everything progressive has fallen apart.

My business is dead. It has been dead for a long time. I’m sad as fuck. I have been sad as fuck for a very long time. What I am doing is not working. The ultimate conclusion.

Zanfirico Hanks