The other day we turned a bend in the road and came upon a sea of sunflowers, acres and acres of them. They're growing near the quaint village of Townville, SC. When I normally think of sunflowers I think of the giant ones but these were a very short variety.
I suspect they are being grown for the seed or oil. Notice the silo to the right. There were four of them probably for storing the seed temporarily. The flowers above look less vibrant as the flowers are facing the other direction, to the West.
Here's closer look at the diminutive beauties with their faces turned to the West to capture as much sunlight as they could.
Above is model for the pattern for the florets of the
sunflower proposed by Vogel in 1979. It is a form of
Fermat's spiral. There is beauty but also science and mathmatics in nature, so much to learn. Click the link for sunflower to read about the uses of the sunflower, a truly amazing plant.
Seeing all the sunflowers reminded me of the sunburst platter I made some time ago. I must make more of these, was contacted by someone just this week about purchasing one. Hopefully I find a new place to land soon. OK, what does a potter do whose living in a motorhome? Why read an ad for a shimpo and be prepared to drive five hours to get it. But wouldn't you know it I just missed out on purchasing a shimpo wheel I noticed for sale on the
Clay Club. Hopefully another one will show up one of these days. This post is part of
Mud Colony what's happening in the studio. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.
