I notice that everythig I make at my pottery class is fast fast fast. I have few things on the go, I have a to-do list, I rush things and don't look at the finer details, I want to get things complete. This is something I've been trying to change this term, but turns out, it ain't working! Not planning m pottery sessions has left me twiddling my thumbs and time-wasting (something I find super-irritating) because I have no plan.I think for me, the secret is within finding a way to have a plan, but to not rush within it. Don't over-commit by starting lots of new things at once, but start the term with a few items in mind and devote the sessions to them.These two were made very quickly, by wrapping around a tube. I forget the name for this. The decoration on both did take a long time, using a technique called inlay. Lots of scraping away and digging out. If you don't smooth it all down after, you get this scraped effect - see it below?With both pots, I used transparent glaze, which looks crap! And dipped the bottoms in Tin White glaze, which looks equally crap! I like the patterns though. I took some of my drawings and translated it onto pottery, which was exciting. I need to find a way of drawing directly on rather than using the inlay technique though.See, I'm all about the timesaving. The focus and time needs to be on building the foundations I think. That's where the skill is.These are both functional, wahey! One is a pen pot and the other, in the bathroom used for tweezers and the like.

pottery class

Fast pot making