clay time for happy making

here are the 3 "assignments:"

1) figure out something you want to make e.g. cup, mug, casserole, etc.

2) figure out a potter you like, or figure out a style of pottery that you're interested in.

try these websites:

akar design

ferrin gallery

lacoste gallery

frank lloyd gallery

there are many others... clay studio of philadelphia, blue dome in silver city... jeez there's so many online ceramics resources really!

oh yeah, one more little gallery--Terra Incognito. check them out if you get a minute.

these first two assignments are just simple things to help me understand what you all want to accomplish in the studio. some things might not be achievable in the first term, but it's nice to have a jumping off point and a goal.

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3) throw a small pot, 1 lb., roughly squareish in overall dimensions (3X3X3 or 4X4X4 or somewhere in there), with a SWELLING BELLY and a FLARED NECK.

this assignment is DIRECTLY ripped off from a book by potter Clary Illian. the purpose is to have several different potters making the same pot, without TRYING to make the pots different, and then to come together and analyze the differences.

of course, these are all optional ideas. Art is a choose-your-own-adventure activity. I'll only cry for one night if nobody does assignment 3.

ok, now I'm going to put up the coolest pottery demo ever:



and the riveting conclusion:



get loose!