Baking in the non-literal sense, that is. I did not run the kiln, but I did shape and decorate these pottery pieces, and that was just as much fun as working with the heat!
I recently finished a six week pottery course taught by local potter Andrea Vuletin, offered through the Thames Art Gallery. I had previously completed a one week beginner's pottery class with Beth Turnbull-Moorish through the Thames Institute for the Arts, and in that course we learned to use the pottery wheel. In this most recent pottery class, I thought I'd be using the wheel again, but when I arrived one week late (oh Paris!) I learned that we would be hand-throwing the pieces.
We started with pinch pots, of course, and quickly progressed to rolling the clay and draping over forms. The piece above is a pinch pot to which I added feet.
This piece was made by draping a thin layer of clay over a styrofoam tray, then decorated with underglaze. I like the way the posies turned out, and I'm not sure if I will keep it for myself, or post it in my shop.
The rest of these pieces are soon to be posted in my Etsy shop, so I invite you to pop by. The next pottery class at TAG has not yet been announced, but I plan to take it if I'm still kicking around town. I'd like to try making some little clay necklaces.
Jen
lovely!!!
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