Today in class we received a reading and some questions with which I will be dealing in another entry, to follow close upon the heels of this one. Also, we discussed applying for $ to help with our projects. I am not sure what I need money for, except to but the $31.99 Greenstar seaweed, but I haven't yet ruled out other options. I need wood and sawdust and a metal lid for the kiln but I think I can get all those for free or dirt cheap. But I'll keep thinking.
As for progress: Here are the four pieces (eggs!) that I made on Friday. The littlest one, alas, is no more. But I have the others!
No mentor meeting today because Jocelyn was some kind of busy, but I did go to the studio and find my pieces from Friday (pictured above), which were bone dry and useless, but I did not despair. I sprayed them periodically with water for ten minutes and gave trimming them my best shot and only lost the one. Jolly good. That brings my tally of made & trimmed pieces to thirteen, though the finished count is less than that because some are still awaiting burnishing.
In other news, here I thought I was the bee's knees having caught up with all my entries in one week, but apparently three per week is the "bare minimum" (read: grade of C). So I am going to write more, no problem. Here's a list of what I hope to cover this week because that worked out well last week:
1. Mentor meeting tomorrow
2. Reading from class today ("Happiness Revisited")
3. Info from The Complete Potter (research)
4. Info on the potential toxicity of silica (I have my reasons. You wait. More research here)
5. Freer/Sackler research
That, plus this one, is probably enough to be getting on with for now.
As for progress: Here are the four pieces (eggs!) that I made on Friday. The littlest one, alas, is no more. But I have the others!
Some more progress. This picture is from Friday, so add three to it and you will have an idea of where I am. You see all the pots lined up at the back of the damp box. They are quite a bit larger than they appear. The ones on the right have been burnished with the spoon you can see, which is why they look funky. The white one has been bisqued.
Closeup of a lovely shiny burnished egg.
No mentor meeting today because Jocelyn was some kind of busy, but I did go to the studio and find my pieces from Friday (pictured above), which were bone dry and useless, but I did not despair. I sprayed them periodically with water for ten minutes and gave trimming them my best shot and only lost the one. Jolly good. That brings my tally of made & trimmed pieces to thirteen, though the finished count is less than that because some are still awaiting burnishing.
In other news, here I thought I was the bee's knees having caught up with all my entries in one week, but apparently three per week is the "bare minimum" (read: grade of C). So I am going to write more, no problem. Here's a list of what I hope to cover this week because that worked out well last week:
1. Mentor meeting tomorrow
2. Reading from class today ("Happiness Revisited")
3. Info from The Complete Potter (research)
4. Info on the potential toxicity of silica (I have my reasons. You wait. More research here)
5. Freer/Sackler research
That, plus this one, is probably enough to be getting on with for now.
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