so happy i don't care i'm only making 7 dollars an hour
two reasons i'm crazy happy:
1. when i loaded the kiln today, i finished and thought, "I am a kiln MASTA! Someone ought to take a picture of this amazing kiln!" Every day it's like a huge puzzle to get everything in correctly -- it takes a lot of instinctual planning and it's just so . . . beautiful when it all comes together.
2. Yesterday, I taught a lesson on wheel-throwing. Now, those of you who know me know that I am HORRIBLE at this and have never ever thrown anything worth firing. It was like an out-of-body experience, though. Not only did I teach the lesson, I threw a mug, a round rice-type bowl, a wide bowl with a rim, and a plate. I was dancing with that clay. It was like ghost, only without patrick swayze. To make sure I didn't fall into some sort of ceramic black hole yesterday, I threw anther pot today, first thing this morning. It just dried enough to take off the wheel and now I'm going to do another one. I can't believe it. I really can't. I'm mailing Steinkamp a bowl as soon as their fired, since every day I use at least two bowls she had thrown.
just call me . . .master of my pottery domain.
1. when i loaded the kiln today, i finished and thought, "I am a kiln MASTA! Someone ought to take a picture of this amazing kiln!" Every day it's like a huge puzzle to get everything in correctly -- it takes a lot of instinctual planning and it's just so . . . beautiful when it all comes together.
2. Yesterday, I taught a lesson on wheel-throwing. Now, those of you who know me know that I am HORRIBLE at this and have never ever thrown anything worth firing. It was like an out-of-body experience, though. Not only did I teach the lesson, I threw a mug, a round rice-type bowl, a wide bowl with a rim, and a plate. I was dancing with that clay. It was like ghost, only without patrick swayze. To make sure I didn't fall into some sort of ceramic black hole yesterday, I threw anther pot today, first thing this morning. It just dried enough to take off the wheel and now I'm going to do another one. I can't believe it. I really can't. I'm mailing Steinkamp a bowl as soon as their fired, since every day I use at least two bowls she had thrown.
just call me . . .master of my pottery domain.