Thrown with a slap The heft of cool clay Against stainless steel wheel Etched with concentric circles. Center. Crooked, imbalanced Like the bent rim From a childhood bicycle It thumps with Centrifugal petulance Against cupped and pressing Hands slouched over the work Muscling into form As the whirl of the wheel quickens and flings droplets [...]
vase gone gravy boat
September 25th, 2009
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Tags: art · child development · poem · pottery
kneading, throwing, pinching: pottery
September 18th, 2009
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Kneading, throwing, pot pinching–this can only mean one thing–pottery class! Aidan’s asked about taking a pottery class for awhile now, and this is something that I have always wanted to explore more myself (I took a hand building class a long time ago), so after some searching I found a class perfect for us. We [...]
Tags: art · family fun · learning · pottery
