When I have been working a whole day, the last pot is usually WONKIER than all the rest! Hehe!
I don't do series yet, as I don't have enough control. I am really still in the very early stages of learning. Besides that, where should I put them to dry and when they are finished??!! I try to give away as much as possible, but there are only so many people who like my wonky pots ;-)
Have a great Sunday!
Marianne
you know, an OOOOPs pot when laid on it's side makes a good wall hanging vase. add a hole for the nail to hand on a wall.
~ i make lots of them...
see ya
steve
I began enjoying my throwing a whole lot more once I stopped trying to make every pot perfect and to instead enjoy the imperfections that made it not a perfect ''extrusion' process. Lee had a pot on a while back that I didn't get the chance to post on. I really liked it because it had the look and feel of having existed since the beginning of time.
I know a lot of people like things similar to what Corning produces with its Correlle ware or bright primary colors and I see nothing negative or positive about that. It is simply a matter of taste. Myself I like what is well crafted but that clearly has the mark of being crafted and not mass produced. I love the look of being part of the earth and not synthetic. One of the reasons I will always miss reduction firings.
Donna
You can't center fast on a low momentum kickwheel. On the korean style wheel I use, you are more like treading, than you are kicking, while centering.
Lee in Mashiko, Japan.
Yeah - I actually still get a bit annoyed when my slab built stuff isn't 90 degrees all the way round, but then I realize that I am not a machine and clay is ORGANIC, and I chill :-)
You are right - part of the earth is what clay is and we are.
Marianne
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