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Mar. 18th, 2011 05:21 pmWent off to Trader Joes and Target this morning with Jack. Probably needed adult supervision since I spent stupid money there. Well we have some food now and I have flowers and herbs planted in pots on the porch... also wine, white. I'm a wine weenie... give me white or rose please.
I had a great time at pottery class last night. We used a different clay that is half porcelain, half stoneware and I much preferred it. This clay was a lot firmer, or less "cream cheesy" as our teacher said. She showed us how to make plates, I made three small ones and then made two pots. One is basically what I meant to be and once trimmed will look like a ball with a small spout on top (hopefully), the other was more 'vase-like' but I am not happy with the proportions. I think even once trimmed it's going to be bottom heavy. I should have pulled back and looked at it from some angle other than top down.
Pottery is so much fun that I'd really like to be able to get to do it more than once a week for two hours. I might be going to check into an open studio that you pay a monthly fee for and can go when you like (well when they are open). It's not incredibly close and the hours are clearly geared more towards people working normal 9-6 type jobs but it looks like my only option. My class ends in early April and this place doesn't have open studio space (it's a co-op that is currently full and all experienced people anyway).
I may end up with a wheel in my garage one of these days. Not soon though... too expensive for a n00b hobby.
I had a great time at pottery class last night. We used a different clay that is half porcelain, half stoneware and I much preferred it. This clay was a lot firmer, or less "cream cheesy" as our teacher said. She showed us how to make plates, I made three small ones and then made two pots. One is basically what I meant to be and once trimmed will look like a ball with a small spout on top (hopefully), the other was more 'vase-like' but I am not happy with the proportions. I think even once trimmed it's going to be bottom heavy. I should have pulled back and looked at it from some angle other than top down.
Pottery is so much fun that I'd really like to be able to get to do it more than once a week for two hours. I might be going to check into an open studio that you pay a monthly fee for and can go when you like (well when they are open). It's not incredibly close and the hours are clearly geared more towards people working normal 9-6 type jobs but it looks like my only option. My class ends in early April and this place doesn't have open studio space (it's a co-op that is currently full and all experienced people anyway).
I may end up with a wheel in my garage one of these days. Not soon though... too expensive for a n00b hobby.
