I also am learning to be thankful. I would love love love to have a permanent studio, but by having somewhat of a space to create is better than having on space at all. -I hope this doesn't turn into a wacky public journal :/
Hummmm...
There's something soothing about repetition. For the last two days, slip casting and trailing have been my go to style for working with clay. It's so wonderful...I've grown to appreciate my time between jobs and now, forcing on art instead of blowing time just feels like second nature.
I also am learning to be thankful. I would love love love to have a permanent studio, but by having somewhat of a space to create is better than having on space at all. -I hope this doesn't turn into a wacky public journal :/
I also am learning to be thankful. I would love love love to have a permanent studio, but by having somewhat of a space to create is better than having on space at all. -I hope this doesn't turn into a wacky public journal :/
Thankful
I've been gifted a lot of things for my pursuit of ceramics...and one of my gifts were buckets and buckets full of earthernware slip. Its fun trying to think of interesting ways to create things...now I can use bright colors in clay.
Gosh, things have been so busy. My glazes preformed very very well...AND my kiln fires to cone 5! I'm feeling rather overwhelmed with work and tasks that I need to stay on top of, but things are going well.
Making test tiles felt annyoing to me. I'm slowly realizing how hurried I am and how I push to finish things. I then realized I need to relax and enjoy the process. They came out very well too...
I name my tiles silly, stupid things. I didn't want to convey my immaturity haha.
Thanks to a wonder friend, I now have several buckets of terra cotta slip and over a dozen low fire and mid range glazes. I was so excited my tummy ached with happiness.
I hope life is well with you...whom ever is reading this. :)
Making test tiles felt annyoing to me. I'm slowly realizing how hurried I am and how I push to finish things. I then realized I need to relax and enjoy the process. They came out very well too...
Thanks to a wonder friend, I now have several buckets of terra cotta slip and over a dozen low fire and mid range glazes. I was so excited my tummy ached with happiness.
I hope life is well with you...whom ever is reading this. :)
Sleep would be nice
I'm so nervous. Firing the test tiles with glazed pieces probably wasn't the smartest thing to do... But I've been so excited to create these ceramic pieces.
Maybe I should think about applying to graduate school in the fall...I want to get away for a long time. Plus, I would love to create in an environment where everyone is pushing themselves to try new and artistic things.
Well, for right now, I'm excited to see what the glazes will look like tomorrow.
Maybe I should think about applying to graduate school in the fall...I want to get away for a long time. Plus, I would love to create in an environment where everyone is pushing themselves to try new and artistic things.
Well, for right now, I'm excited to see what the glazes will look like tomorrow.
Tonight.
I graduated in December. I feels so freeing to not be in school.
I also started to create jewelry. I love creating small items that people can wear. Ceramic mugs and cups are beautiful, but there's something wonderful about someone placing a necklace around their neck to wear daily. It suits their mood for that day.
This is such a departure from my chiseling that it scares me a bit.
The glazes are going to arrive tomorrow and, hopefully, thurday night, I will post photos of the pieces.
Gosh, i love this.
I also started to create jewelry. I love creating small items that people can wear. Ceramic mugs and cups are beautiful, but there's something wonderful about someone placing a necklace around their neck to wear daily. It suits their mood for that day.
This is such a departure from my chiseling that it scares me a bit.
The glazes are going to arrive tomorrow and, hopefully, thurday night, I will post photos of the pieces.
Gosh, i love this.
I haven't posted on here in awhile, mainly because i love the sleekness of my tumblr. I've had tumblr for a little over a year now, but i've been enjoying it for the last couple of weeks or so. But, this is a pottery/ceramics blog and i'm tumblr seems...a bit general..so i suppose i will just use both.
New work:
New work:
I have wonderful friends. We went bowling today, which was fun, and i allowed for myself to let go a bit.
So....no glazing as of yet. I keep thinking i need to test one strip of the bark texture and try both celadons (dark and light) and the Dolomite white over derek Eems red on a couple of strips.
One thing that always amazes me is the endless thoughts that clay can bring. I was thinking about uploading parts of my sketch book onto this blog because it's interesting...well to me it is lol. There are so many scattered thoughts and pictures. I have the wackiest ideas...and sketch books seem to be so beautiful in general.
So....no glazing as of yet. I keep thinking i need to test one strip of the bark texture and try both celadons (dark and light) and the Dolomite white over derek Eems red on a couple of strips.
One thing that always amazes me is the endless thoughts that clay can bring. I was thinking about uploading parts of my sketch book onto this blog because it's interesting...well to me it is lol. There are so many scattered thoughts and pictures. I have the wackiest ideas...and sketch books seem to be so beautiful in general.
Wow
Hi. Hahaha.
Lately, i've been wary of blogging. I think it comes from me being wary of life in general, but blogging just seems kinda selfish..you know? It's like...attention whore-ish.
I guess i'm being an attention whore for mah potz.
Gosh i love pottery! I don't know what it is about pottery. It's so beautiful and random...there are so many possibilities in clay. I love the texture and feel of the clay in my fingers. I love the complex process you have to go through when you're experiencing clay. I love the pain that it causes when you're so in love with a piece and it breaks. You start to lean that things are so fragile and lovely, and that nothing lasts for ever. I think that's why i became not so attached to my work.
They're so beautiful. I think it's my most varied but beautiful batch of clay i've created in all my semesters at FMU. I've been very experimental and i hope it pays off after the firing. I'm worried because i would like to get my glazes down correctly.
I'm the type of person that takes complementary colors and tries to apply it some sort of color scheme for my pots...i want it to look appealing. haha. Of course.
I'm trying to decide if i should go ahead and do a small firing, then put the rest of my pots into the large firing my professor will do a couple of weeks from now...humm...the small kiln doesn't like me much. Haha It's so temperamental.
I'm been obsessing over glazes and a friend of mine told me to calm down because it's all i've been talking about over the last week or so. I was even trying to explain my love for glazes and the complicated process of firing ni general to my professor...but the words came out of my mouth in a jumbled mess and i felt so incompetent. Oh well.
I love clay.
Lately, i've been wary of blogging. I think it comes from me being wary of life in general, but blogging just seems kinda selfish..you know? It's like...attention whore-ish.
I guess i'm being an attention whore for mah potz.
Gosh i love pottery! I don't know what it is about pottery. It's so beautiful and random...there are so many possibilities in clay. I love the texture and feel of the clay in my fingers. I love the complex process you have to go through when you're experiencing clay. I love the pain that it causes when you're so in love with a piece and it breaks. You start to lean that things are so fragile and lovely, and that nothing lasts for ever. I think that's why i became not so attached to my work.
They're so beautiful. I think it's my most varied but beautiful batch of clay i've created in all my semesters at FMU. I've been very experimental and i hope it pays off after the firing. I'm worried because i would like to get my glazes down correctly.
I'm the type of person that takes complementary colors and tries to apply it some sort of color scheme for my pots...i want it to look appealing. haha. Of course.
I'm trying to decide if i should go ahead and do a small firing, then put the rest of my pots into the large firing my professor will do a couple of weeks from now...humm...the small kiln doesn't like me much. Haha It's so temperamental.
I'm been obsessing over glazes and a friend of mine told me to calm down because it's all i've been talking about over the last week or so. I was even trying to explain my love for glazes and the complicated process of firing ni general to my professor...but the words came out of my mouth in a jumbled mess and i felt so incompetent. Oh well.
I love clay.
My brother made buttermilk blueberry pancakes today.
THE BEST THING EVER
I inhaled the pancakes before going to class. lol
So i made some jewery and fired it over the weekend. Everything was neat...the kiln shut off , like, 4 TIMES...grrrr, but when that cone melted to cone 9, my butt turned the gas OFF and stormed to my apartment.
I will show pictures later.
THE BEST THING EVER
I inhaled the pancakes before going to class. lol
So i made some jewery and fired it over the weekend. Everything was neat...the kiln shut off , like, 4 TIMES...grrrr, but when that cone melted to cone 9, my butt turned the gas OFF and stormed to my apartment.
I will show pictures later.
I wish there was a college course that stated how to be a successful artist.
There are so many things to think about and dimensions to consider when one wants to be an successful artist. I don't know...i mean...i would love to start and sell my work regularly before i graduate, but i have so a many aspects of myself to work on before i can be a success.
Today i walked into the ceramics room and stared at what was in the drying cage. I need to make a couple of lamps...everything is set.
Translucency is the main goal for my pieces. It feels like a guessing game to know how far to chisel into the clay, but it's fun and exciting.
There are so many things to think about and dimensions to consider when one wants to be an successful artist. I don't know...i mean...i would love to start and sell my work regularly before i graduate, but i have so a many aspects of myself to work on before i can be a success.
Today i walked into the ceramics room and stared at what was in the drying cage. I need to make a couple of lamps...everything is set.
Translucency is the main goal for my pieces. It feels like a guessing game to know how far to chisel into the clay, but it's fun and exciting.
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It's been forever. :)
New pot's are out!
Actually, these are older pots...so...lol
I'm excited today, despite the weather...there's a tropical storm brewing about.
One thing that is really bothering me is faith. I'm believe in Jesus Christ and i feel ashamed to admit it. I know that's horrible...but one of the reasons is because i see so much pain going on in this world and the excluding people from heaven bit bothers me. Also, i feel like a hypocrite because of my thoughts and the things i say.
I guess i want to see if it's real.
I've decided to try my hardest at being a devout follower of Christ and closely observe anything that changes in my life. Which means, reading the bible and doing devotions. Praying constantly and seeking God in EVERY aspect of my life. I have a list of things that i would like to work on that deal with my inner most being. By next November, we'll see if being a follower of Christ is worth it for me.
Going natural with my hair and being okay with it (it's who i am. I need to be okay with who i am)
To not feel the need for love, intimacy and acceptance
To stop catering to people and work on myself
Lets see what happens :)
New pot's are out!
Actually, these are older pots...so...lol
I'm excited today, despite the weather...there's a tropical storm brewing about.
One thing that is really bothering me is faith. I'm believe in Jesus Christ and i feel ashamed to admit it. I know that's horrible...but one of the reasons is because i see so much pain going on in this world and the excluding people from heaven bit bothers me. Also, i feel like a hypocrite because of my thoughts and the things i say.
I guess i want to see if it's real.
I've decided to try my hardest at being a devout follower of Christ and closely observe anything that changes in my life. Which means, reading the bible and doing devotions. Praying constantly and seeking God in EVERY aspect of my life. I have a list of things that i would like to work on that deal with my inner most being. By next November, we'll see if being a follower of Christ is worth it for me.
Going natural with my hair and being okay with it (it's who i am. I need to be okay with who i am)
To not feel the need for love, intimacy and acceptance
To stop catering to people and work on myself
Lets see what happens :)
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