the cup runneth over

yet another one of my favorite things to do is pottery!  it's been about 13yrs since i took my last class - holy moly!  can someone please slow time down a little here because i can't keep up!  any hoo - i'm back on the throwing wheel as of last week and i LOVE LOVE LOVE it!! i really missed it and i don't know what took me so long to get back into it but as many folks say about many things they love - it's good to be back.  so - i have attached a snap shot of what i produced last time around.  this time - i am aiming for wider horizons, brighter colors and more variety.  and yes you can order yours today and hopefully i will get it to before christmas!  

why do i love making pottery?  well, i am gratified by physical work on any level generally speaking, but i am fully gratified when my physical efforts are put towards creating shapes, objects, molding forms, building etc.  throwing clay on the wheel takes great focus otherwise the blob in front of you spinning away will eventually fly away off the wheel.  it took me until class was almost over before it really all came back.  the zone. the pace. the feel of the clay.  shaping. pushing. pulling. compressing.  and again.  it's a trance that you fall into and it's wonderful. it's also an art form that dates back to such early early days of man and making such simple vessels to carry food, water and objects in.  that's also what i like, the simplicity of it all.  it's clay.  period.  with or without glaze it still functions as the vessel you designed it be.  in the words of someone i admire greatly, "It's a good thing!".  i'll be back at tomorrow night and i simply can't wait!