Workshops Part 3

There are many pottery workshops available for all skill levels.   When no classes were available to me locally, I started attending a few workshops a year in order to keep acquiring skills.  Now I find them to to be opportunities for inspiration. This is the final...

Lists and Plans

It is Sunday evening and I am contemplating what I want/need to accomplish this week.  I am a consummate list maker so when a Sunday night falls on the eve of a new month, I can’t resist the compulsion to make another list. Lists help me clear my mind and to keep...

Workshop with Emily Reason

On Saturday, I attended a workshop with Emily Reason hosted at Claymakers.  Workshops are fun and give me a chance to be a student.  I was excited to go to this one because I really love Reason’s work and I was curious about her surface treatments. She works with...

Glaze-athon

Our first craft show of the year is quickly approaching.  A Bit Off Center will be participating in Peak Fest in Apex, NC.  And, we are very excited. To that end, we have been glazing… and glazing… and glazing.  In April, we made lots of pots but waited to...

Resources or Distractions

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...