The Potters Wheel

  I had the best time tonight with my meetup group Girlfriends of Mid-Cities. We went to the Art Castle  There we got to try out a potters wheel...I have never done this before...I used heavy consentration to make Lucky a new dog bowl...lol....actually I started out wanting to make a cup or a vase..it ended up a bowl..heres how..

We started out making a meatball...according to  Monika..lol

Then on to mounting our clay to the wheel.

And a bit of Cottling of the clay

Then more cottling and the Karate Chop techinque

gives you the base to do this techinique..bad student forgot what it was called, but then more cottling

here is my bowl before the lift techinque

and a bit more cottling and the C techinque

After alot of cottling, lifting and smoothing

here is my completed bowl ready to dry and  fire

     ok I know they don't look much different, it is becasue I wasn't good at the lift...lol..actually I got it then I wrecked it just as fast...wasn't as easy as it looks...I will get it next time..yes next time because I will return to make another...then they have a class called Racu...I need to do that too...then they also work with glass and I need to try that some too...lol...I loved this place, Miss Betty and Miss Tracy were awesome to work with...so check out the link to thier place and if you are local ...stop in and check the place out...you just might find yourself having a bit of fun too.

I have to wait for this to be dried and fired before I can paint it....so check back in February to see my fancy art work....check out the Art Castle in the mean time while you wait...have a great weekend

DeeDee