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.