Day 2 Bowls and Pitchers, Day 3 Lidded Jars, Day 4 Teapots, Alleghany Meadows, Make, Use, Look, Think

Our schedule for the two weeks which soon changed.

Haystack Workshop Schedule

Bowl, paying great attention to the inside

Rim cut out and rolled over

Rim rolled over in two places

Cups from Day 1 with handles. This handle works perfectly for holding and drinking. Bowl ovaled on banding wheel

Pitcher spout shaped into rim

Using bull’s tongue on his pitcher

Pitcher, altered

Cut out, darting, for shape and handle placement

Finished

Pulling handles

Cut out for spout

Attaching spout made from a slab of clay

Handles awaiting attachment

Pulling a spout

Day 3 was Lidded Jars.  I particularly liked this statement of Allegheny’s  that moment of beauty such as when a flower petal causes us to pause.

What are the decisions we make in our pots that are part of our artistic expression and how can we cause one to pause?

The lids of a jar can be as beautiful as a pot so if the jar is broken the lid is still a beautiful object.

Day 4 Teapots. How does one start?  One thinks about form, about motion, about the feeling of making something beautiful.  Allegheny thinks of teapots as being feminine, the making of tea is a ritual, it is nurturing, it is the taking of a moment to slow down.  Things to think about, how do we think of beauty, what is beauty, how do we look at the world.  These inform our pots.  How a finger or tool touches the clay – those are important moments.

Teapot form

Spouts and lids

Thrown handles for teapots

Throw all parts for the teapot at the same time so the shrinkage is the same

Assembling teapots.  If the spout is too low it is hard to pour.  Place the handle high otherwise it is too much on the wrist when pouring.