Sunday, February 12, 2012

Lion on the ground...

Well, week #2 in a row that I have been able to get to dad's and turn a few pieces.  I still really suck at this whole "centering" thing and I like to blame the crooked pots on that...although I'm sure that there are other reasons! ha!  I managed to turn a few pieces that are gradually getting larger in size and scale to the others I have turned. 

lion decapitation
Sometimes it doesn't always work out...this poor lion lost his head during the bisque firing...but then again, I'd probably lose my head at cone 6 as well, ha!  I've only had a couple of the pieces that didn't make it through the entire process so I can't complain really...

Sunday, February 5, 2012

it's just like riding a bike...

...if that bike is a unicycle and you do not belong to the traveling circus performing group! Ha!  So first time I have tried to turn since before Christmas, and other than the initial "getting back into it" it really wasn't so bad.  I didn't tear anything apart today and actually managed to turn about 4 pots!


I haven't forgotten how just yet...
 I think maybe if I can get up to dad's a couple of times a month I might actually get a few pieces turned and glazed to sell in the October show? (at the rate I'm going though, it looks like I will be of much more use behind the B.R. Hilton staff tent than in the studio! ha!)

a couple that might make it to the show?