ta-dah!!!

here's my finished knitted vintage capelet and some of my glazed pots :)

channeling lola pelagia

now that my schedule has somewhat normalized (for a while), i've gone back to pottery class! and i'm now starting to work on the wheel...

here i am channeling lola pelagia...haha!...


and here are the small pieces i've made in the first two sessions...


what i love about going to pottery class, aside from really getting down and dirty with my hands, is the walk from my car to the workshop. it always makes me wish i had studied here....

the row of sculptures along the path...



the human wire figures and the big yellow door to the high-ceiling painting classrooms...


the creatures hanging on the trees...


the quirky chairs by the locker area...



:)

inspired

it started out with a piece i needed to finish for class, to make it in time for "pit-firing". so i brought home some clay to work on over the weekend, and set up a little "studio" in our terrace. its quite the perfect place to work (especially in this rainy weather!) - its very quiet, has lots of cool fresh air, and tons of giant pots around for inspiration. haha. luc loves to sit with me there too :)



there was a lot of clay left after making my "tree-huggers" piece - so i decided to practice making tiny hand-built vases. i finished three today :) i kinda just decided the shapes as i went along. i think i have enough clay to make one more tomorrow :)


heehee :)

p.s. thanks for the clay tools and spray bottle :)
p.p.s. the design ideas and pieces from W are inspiring too!!!

three cups of tea

... (literally)... that i designed in my pottery class :) leaf tea cups...



... and a little teapot, with a leaf handle and bird on top... *chirp*



these should go together with the sushi plate i made a few weeks ago :) glazing and firing them next week!

p.s. i finally bought a copy of your fave book "three cups of tea" as well :)



hopefully i'll find time to read it soon :)

monday

it was a perfect way to start my week! yoga at 6am, start work by 8am... and then off to pottery class at 2pm! inspired by your earth therapy.... i finally found a class to do this year :)

here's the workshop at the UP college of fine arts. i love the super high ceiling, the big space and all that light that comes in (even on rainy days).


it has a lot of interesting pieces made by the students there. this one caught my eye right away - a fish sculpture from a materials class, made mostly of spoons forks and knives :)


here's my little workspace... where i decided to make a leaf plate patterned after a real leaf i found outside, all by hand-building....



i "pinched" a lotus flower bowl to go on top of it...


and made this little bird by hand, so it could perch on the leaf....


tadah!!! here's my leaf sushi plate, with a lotus flower bowl for the soy sauce, and a little bird where you could rest your chopsticks on :)


i'm leaving it to dry so i can glaze it and fire it in a few weeks :) can't wait for my next class....hmmm.... so many ideas, so little time....

best monday ever. haha!