Perhaps these images lend a hand.
Dana and I working on what would become one of her best bowls to date. My only wish for our studio is to have a wheel whose height was easily adjustable. Dana needs a wheelhead about 4 inches higher to allower her a more comfortable throwing height.
That feeling of finally NAILING the centering process!! The joy of seeing the clay stop bobbing and weaving!!
What was I just saying about bobbing and weaving? Oh, yeah. Sometimes it's a bugger getting things to go into center.
And then it happens. A light goes on and all is aglow with that awesome feel-good moment of knowing the clay is right where it needs to be.
Justin makes his um-teenth bowl of the afternoon. Once he got the hang of things ZOOOOM ! Out came the bowls and whoosh went the mud!
5 comments:
before i left my job i had that same mantra which always reminded me of the bumper sticker about fishing... a bad day throwing pots beats the best day at the office instead of a bad day fishing beats a good day at work
Same here. When I left the library job I had at Cornell University, I kept telling myself that ANYTHING here in the studio would be better than my best days in the office. It has been 6 years away from Cornell and things here keep getting better each year. All I can hope for now is that the economy recovers quickly and we can get our feet back under us.
Fantastic pictures. I think Justin will get a lot of mileage out of that zoom technique!
Dana-
Remember: With great zooming technique comes great responsibility! It can only be used for good, never evil.
I make no promises! Mwahahaha!
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