Throwing My Life Away...: whew...first firing done!

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

whew...first firing done!

So Tam dropped me off tonight and got to see my one little crooked bowl...thank goodness it made it through the bisque firing, I was worried I may never be able to make anything else!

bowl-ish things

I did manage to create a few more crooked little “bowl-ish” looking wads of clay tonight...it is getting better, although I doubt there will ever be a need for my own propaganda! Ha!

Now if I can figure out how to trim these things without breaking them, I guess glazing comes next!

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I've read that every artist has an inspiration, a muse, even a calling? Well, since I am no artist...it is safe to say that this endeavor has been, for me, simply a labor of love.

My whole life I have been surrounded by clay and potters, and their legacy. I never understood the serenity involved with creating something with your own two hands from a wad of clay. After many years of people asking me if there would be a 5th generation of Hilton potters, I stopped in October 2010 and thought...why not? Little did I know what I had gotten myself into.

What better way to start this journey than by taking an introductory class from the very same man who taught my father the basics 33 years ago? So I looked up Leon Nichols, and signed up for his class. I figured it's only appropriate that the 5th generation starts out where the 4th generation did...and I really wanted to keep it a secret from dad. (at least until Christmas, anyway)

This web page details my journey from a "mudslinger" to an aspiring "crooked little potter," an adventure I started after dad's 2010 show. And one I hope to share from here forward with him. Thank you dad, for being my inspiration...