I started a pottery course in September. I had been wanting to give it a go for quite a while and when I found that there were classes five minutes from where I live I signed up straight away. So far I am finding it quite tough. I have lots of ideas but not much idea of how to do anything! I am a bit of a perfectionist and the reality is pottery is rarely perfect or turns out how you expect.
Here is a picture of my first ever completed piece. As a first try I am relatively pleased. What I like is the shape and the cut out windows. I like the colour combination of the glazes which have come out pretty well. What I don’t like is where the clay joins – which could be tidier. The glaze is also a bit patchy. I also don’t like the green spots! Apparently this is iron in the clay which became visible after the second firing.
Anyway it’s all a learning curve. We have a project to make a bottle thinking about the decoration before the form. I started it last week and just had a nightmare and ended up ‘accidentally’ knocking it over and trashing it. I was hating it! Hopefully next week will be more productive.
3 comments:
It is very good. I too did a pottery class, many years ago. I was rubbish. I enjoyed it though.
I like it, it's a lovely shape! And I rather like all the speckly bits that just appear, gives it character. You don't want it to look machine made!
It must be a day for firsts! Today I made my first light art box. :) The glazes are really lovely in this, and I think the green spots are a cool feature. This looks instinctively good as a first try; ceramics are notoriously difficult. You've got a knack.
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