I'm Not Dead Yet

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So for unknown reasons I more or less stopped posting in this blog 2 years ago. Obviously. I'm not actually sure why... I failed to document several pottery sessions, which is a shame.  I kept meaning to start posting again as I took pottery this summer, but then kept getting busy and forgetting. But I figure now's as good a time as ever. I will attempt to document what I did this session and then hopefully I'll keep it up moving into the next session.

The format for the pottery classes has changed slightly, in that now we actually get a personal stock of clay with our supply fee, and then if we use more we can purchase more. I, being a perfectionist, always end up with not many projects because I spend loads of time on each. So I used only about half of the 25 lbs of clay we were allotted. I have a decent amount of 1/2 and 1/2 left, plus a small amount of red raku clay and 10 (or was it 5?) lbs of porcelain. The latter I didn't touch at all. Oops. My goal before the next session is going to be to try and actually use up as much of that as I can at home, although as it starts in September, we'll see how far I get!

Anyhow, I shall document the projects I did in individual posts divided up by firing method. I had 2 pieces made from red raku clay that were raku fired, a saggar-fired piece made from saggar clay, and 4 high-fired pieces (cone 10), 3 from 1/2 and 1/2 and 1 from stoney white clay. So. There you go.

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