Dr. Seuss-ian
November 15, 2007 at 11:30 am | In ceramics | 2 CommentsTags: ceramics, handbuilding
Because I need new crafts like I need more shoes (i.e., not at all), I took up ceramics a couple of months ago. I’m taking a class at Clay Design and it has to be the most fun thing EVER.
This little guy is one of the things I made at the beginning of the class when we were working on handbuilding, before we started the wheel. I rolled out a slab of clay with a rolling pin, and then used a stamp to make the repeating design on the surface.
On the underside, I attached little feet and signed my name:
I enjoy handbuilding. More than the wheel. Although, let’s be honest, the wheel is super frustrating and I can never throw anything even halfway decent, so I’ve sort of taken myself off of it for the past few weeks.
Things I have done lately
September 10, 2007 at 10:26 pm | In knitting, life | 2 CommentsTags: ceramics, hobbies, knitting
1. Finished the first sock of a pair of Red Herring socks for Heather.
Socks were started in, oh, April. I got mad at this one and had to put it down for several months, but I finished the bugger and started on sock 2.
2. Had my first ceramics class. It was possibly the most fun and liberatingly, unrestrictedly (word?) creative time I’ve had in a while.
3. Saw Across the Universe late last night as part of the Toronto International Film Festival. I am a sucker for twisted, vibrantly melancholy and/or macabre films, and if they are musicals I am sent into paroxysms of delight. It’s like Moulin Rouge, except happier. It’ll be interesting to hear other people’s impressions of how the Beatles’ songs were interpreted. I especially liked ‘Let It Be’ and ‘Strawberry Fields.’
4. Work. Lots of work.
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