Category Archives: Throwing

Shooting Freethrows

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Rae

Basketball players practice free throws a lot – and they still miss.  I think centering is a lot like free throws – at first you miss a lot , then you get into a cycle of improving and relapsing.  Finally, … Continue reading →

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Recipe for Dessert Plates

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Rae

When I make a new pot (a new design or different form), I consider several things: Glazes (yes, this is a consideration from the beginning) Pot function Pot scale Foot, rim, and appendages Part of the design process is working … Continue reading →

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Pottery – There’s an App for that!

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Rae

It is 7 in the morning and you are itching to get into the studio but it isn’t open for several hours.  Here is something to tide you over until you get to a wheel… Virtual Wheel

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Resources or Distractions

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Rae

There are so many pottery resources.  It is a very generous community –workshops, books, blogs, YouTube Videos, Websites, Galleries, Open Studios, classes, guilds.  So much sharing.  One could get sucked into the vortex of reading/talking/learning about pottery and never do … Continue reading →

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Intentional Pursuit

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Rae

“You can choose what you do, but you can’t choose what you like to do.”       Grechin Rubin I exercise but I wish I liked to run.  I have tried to like it.  I got better at running for … Continue reading →

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Set and Match

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Rae

We finished a commissioned order of dinnerware which included 16 dinner plates, 12 salad plates, 12 bread plates, 12 cereal bowls, and 12 chili bowls.  So I wanted to review some things that we learned while making the dinnerware order. … Continue reading →

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What’s Your Number?

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Rae

In order to make good pottery, you have to make A LOT of pottery.  Everyone has a number, i.e. the quantity of any given pot you need to make in order to make the pot that you want.  In the … Continue reading →

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Multiples – overcoming fear

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Rae

When I began making pottery, it didn’t take long for me to realize that I needed to make a pot several times before I learned to make the pot.  At first, I made multiples to improve.  It was like shooting … Continue reading →

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It’s Resolution Season!

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Rae

I am a Resolutionist.  I can’t help it.  Numbers are very motivational for me.  And, a new year just plays into my already heightened enthusiasm.  So in a brave, new approach, I am sharing some of my 2011 Pottery Resolutions. … Continue reading →

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2010 Resolution Reviewed

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Rae

One of my resolutions for 2010 was to stop saying, “good enough”. In a previous lifetime, I was a frustrated perfectionist; and, in an attempt to bring a modicum of balance to my obsessive approach to life, I had begun … Continue reading →

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