Monday. Get Back @ It.

Monday’s are usually my most productive day of the week as far as making goes.  Today was my first serious day back in the shop since getting back from Penland.  In a couple of hours I had a test kiln going, gotten the pugmill all cleaned out and made a few boards of plates and bowls.

It feels good to get back in the groove.  Especially after I went first thing this morning for acupuncture and cupping.  Good stuff.

I am making a list of sources of  inspiration that I may use in my drawings.  We did an exercise in Ayumi’s class where we listed 50 things that we liked visually.  It had to be specific, for instance, a spider’s web in the grass covered in dew.  Then we looked for patterns in each of our lists.  Most of mine reflected some sort of rural life, a sensitivity to nature, memories, and specific places (again rural).

I’ve been drawing and journalling a lot since getting back home and yesterday the lightbulb went off and I thought that one option is for me to use actual people, events and objects to inform my decoration.  I have tons to work with.  Ha.  Pulling it off is a  different story but I think I can do it if I really dig in, have fun and not take things to seriously. (which I certainly don’t want to do).

Anyhow, I’ll share more on this later.  I’m off to make more plates and bowls for an order.