One thing good thing about packing pottery is having to pick each piece up and hold it. That's what I've been doing with all my pottery while I've been packing it into boxes. I made this Spirit Bird, 5 3/4 x 5 inches, with some left over pieces of black mountains clay at the end of a day of making back in 2008. The glaze is blue flambe and it was reduction fired.
If I had to give one piece of advice to clay students it would be: "Allow yourself to play around with the clay without a particular idea in your mind. You never know how the clay will speak to you". This post is part of
Mud Colony what's happening in the studio and
Artist's in Blogland show and tell Saturday. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.
Great words of advice. When you let your imagination run wild, your true creativity will emerge!
ReplyDeleteWe rarely allow ourselves to just play with clay, or to just play. Explore to expand. good advice Linda.
ReplyDeleteAnd a great metaphor for life. I don't think we allow ourselves nearly enough playing.
ReplyDeleteyes we need to play more, I intend to do that real soon, been much too long.
ReplyDeleteI hope you will be able to continue blogging as you fly away.
ReplyDeleteGreat blog and I will be looking around now.
ReplyDeleteHi Suzi, thanks, oh I plan on taking my laptop and blogging hopefully.
ReplyDeleteHi Pam, thanks for stopping by.