Is a blog worth it?

Since blogs have started they have just exploded with people wanting to communicate with the cyber community. Personally I started my blog as a record of my journey not really expecting anyone else to read it. Mainly I record when I have finished work so I can look back and see when I did what. Now I also record some process. Mainly so it keeps me going. I know I'm going at a snails pace at the moment but that's all I can do. I am working two days a week doing some work experience which I enjoy and even though it's not my own work its great to have my hands in clay and see work going through the kilns. I am learning a lot about the business of clay. It's an eye opener.

It is funny how I came to this point. When I thought about having kids I thought all my personal aspirations would be put on the back burner. However for me it's been the opposite. I have been able to explore different avenues. Of course it couldn't be done without the help of my family and support of my husband and of course bruiser himself. He is a very happy contented and flexible boy. Without all of these things wouldn't be able to do much aside from parenting.

I don't read many other blogs or sites. Which probably shows and I really should. However I do flick through them. I read a blog here or there, but in saying that I think that's how I use the Internet and come to think of it I also read magazines the same way so maybe that's just me.

I think a blog is worth it at the end of the day even if it just ends up being a personal journal which people can choose to be a part of.


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Update

Stripes have been made!

This is the side plate. No dramas with this one.



This is the big plate. This has taken two goes. I have found that I need to rest the plate on its edges with some support in the middle.




Lately I have been doing some work experience with a local potter. It has increased my knowledge so much within a such while. It's such valuable experience. Just small tips like how to treat edges. Different ways of making tools and shapes. All add up to a wealth of knowledge.

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Very worthy cause!

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Dinner set

I have found a method I want to use to make my dinner set. It involves stained plastic clay and results in stripes without using neriage.

You roll out coils of clay to the same length.

You then twist all of the coils together into a big sausage shape.

Then you roll the slab and you get this.


I love the looseness of the stripes. Something I was wanting to get away from with neriage. My biggest concerns are warping of the clay although I have tried my first plate and I made sure to turn it over and dry it on the rims so it reduces warping. I also have a tip to bisque the plates rim to rim also.

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Neriage on the shelf

Although I have had some success with neriage I am putting it on the shelf for the moment. Instead I am going to explore some inlay techniques.

I have decided to go for two colors with the neriage and use oxides to do some experiments. It was hard to play with neriage using stained clay because I was nervous about waste etc...

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New mugs for cone 6 clay

I have loads of coloured slip which I have decided to use on some mugs. Now just need to find the time to make them!




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My stamp

I spent ages messing with pottery stamps. Only to decide that I prefer to use my signature. It's so much quicker and can by etched into the clay with a pencil or just scribbled on with a ceramic pencil.

Here it is:




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