Instead of cleaning up (as I probably should have, at that point), I took some clay that I had failed to throw earlier in the morning and tried one more time :) I feel middling about this one. I don't love the proportions, but it may end up as a lovely coffee mug. If I can figure out handles :D - ThreadSky

cherrywine.bsky.social • 498 days ago

Instead of cleaning up (as I probably should have, at that point), I took some clay that I had failed to throw earlier in the morning and tried one more time :) I feel middling about this one. I don't love the proportions, but it may end up as a lovely coffee mug. If I can figure out handles :D

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cherrywine.bsky.social•492 days ago

I realized that it would make a really nice record for me to keep the journey off each pot in its own thread, so I hope it doesn’t make it completely unreadable. Sorry!

At any rate, got back to the pottery wheel today for open lab hours

cherrywine.bsky.social•492 days ago

(Really not sure this is going to be readable - not terribly familiar with how this platform will work yet)

Due to schedule conflicts (and an unexpectedly long refueling stop at McDonald’s), I only had an hour and a half, rather than the two and three-quarters hours I had been planning on

cherrywine.bsky.social•492 days ago

I figured I would just spend the time trimming last week’s pots, since the clean up would be minimal and I’d be sure to be able to get my daughter’s car back to get in time for her to get to work…

But I really wanted to throw something, so… 😏

cherrywine.bsky.social•492 days ago

I scraped my first attempt once it got a weak spot in the side and started going all ripply on me. My second attempt, though, is intriguing (the put on the right in this photo). It’s definitely lopsided at the top, and I may end up hating it, but for the moment it’s one I hope survives the process

cherrywine.bsky.social•492 days ago

I threw one more pot before switching to trimming. I wasn’t fully on board for this one (but it was easier than wedging and returning the clay because I’m never 100% sure whether to bag it, or leave it, or put it in the bucket and make it someone else’s problem)

cherrywine.bsky.social•492 days ago

I don’t hate this one, but I doubt it will make it. The clay was a bit lumpy when I started working it (see: I didn’t feel like wedging wet clay from a failed throw)

The bowl is passable, I think (if lopsided), but the bottom suuuuper thin. We shall see

cherrywine.bsky.social•492 days ago

I did manage to trim this one today. I’m still not sure how much I love it, but that makes it a good candidate for practicing handles, at least 🫠

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