tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post6490227785597973440..comments2023-11-30T09:42:16.566-05:00Comments on Whynot Pottery Blog: working out the time linecookingwithgashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11456258592273328486noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post-38978578001048620962014-06-29T06:42:21.289-04:002014-06-29T06:42:21.289-04:00What you say is TRUE, but when I have taught I hav...What you say is TRUE, but when I have taught I have also thought that a lumpy student pot remains a learning experience later: you need to practice glazing and decorating too, just as challenging to practice as throwing :)Gary's third pottery bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517401528128108791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post-20968626990237282802014-06-28T23:44:33.887-04:002014-06-28T23:44:33.887-04:00I've gotten pretty good at throwing wishful th...I've gotten pretty good at throwing wishful thinking into the recycle bucket. <br /><br />Extending the thought. I know a lot of clay artists destroy their glazed seconds. They don't want imperfect pots with their name out in the world. I don't really worry about that. I sell my functional seconds cheap and donate the proceeds to a local holiday program for deaf and hard of hearing children. I feel less crappy about seconds knowing they have a purpose. Plus.. There are many people out there who love pottery and can't afford firsts ;) DirtKicker Potteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17602931467150962399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post-45583838531023391882014-06-28T19:03:58.396-04:002014-06-28T19:03:58.396-04:00The hardest thing for me to ever get through to pe...The hardest thing for me to ever get through to people that took my beginner classes was the letting go. Get it off the wheel already! I took a hammer to a bunch of stuff the other day. I am now on the other side of the letting go, where I smash almost everything, haha! <br />It has been a challenging summer for many of us, I think. I was telling Wesley today, this has been the first summer in my entire life that I have not put on a bathing suit and gone swimming. I love the water, but the water is having to wait this one out..... sigh.Tracey Broomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14560971496423789576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post-53554376441107210522014-06-28T12:16:14.839-04:002014-06-28T12:16:14.839-04:00wish I had had a teacher like you when I took pott...wish I had had a teacher like you when I took pottery classes at the college back in California. hadn't thought about that till reading your post todayLinda Starrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364078667554676592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post-62536893350991797482014-06-28T10:35:31.807-04:002014-06-28T10:35:31.807-04:00Letting go is an important lesson. Usually you spe...Letting go is an important lesson. Usually you spend more time trying to save a pot that will never be right than it takes to make another.I would never let go of the one in your pictures today.Dennis Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01170187288282755570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post-8781778865862252892014-06-28T09:38:12.501-04:002014-06-28T09:38:12.501-04:00It is a big step...edit!It is a big step...edit!cookingwithgashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11456258592273328486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post-32564049887376054932014-06-28T09:37:46.670-04:002014-06-28T09:37:46.670-04:00Thanks Alex, it is a bid step letting go, as we bo...Thanks Alex, it is a bid step letting go, as we both well know.cookingwithgashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11456258592273328486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post-69708901020490727032014-06-28T09:32:39.291-04:002014-06-28T09:32:39.291-04:00There are so many levels to clay... and this piece...There are so many levels to clay... and this piece about sitting with the work you make... not reacting immediately to it by throwing it out or deciding to save it... those are huge parts of the process. I know that some aspect of it is grief and loss and some of it is that immediate gratification piece. Such a complex issue. I love hearing your thoughts as you ruminate on this.Alex Sollahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12222528761667893874noreply@blogger.com