Yesterday I tried pottery for the first time. Judging by the quizzical reactions I got of the few people I mentioned it to, I’m not the only one who was new to pottery. Using a pottery wheel certainly wasn’t something I tried at school. But as part of my try it and see if I like it, I thought I would give it a go….and what fun it was.
The only time I’d really seen people use pottery wheels was on The Generation Game, during the 80′s. Accompanied by raucous laughter from the audience. But this time I was all on my own. With my tutor Margaret.
I have to say it was trickier than I expected. Despite Margaret’s expert tuition, I didn’t really feel that I had a great deal of know how on what I was producing. I couldn’t seem to grip the clay properly half the time! But that said, the time flew past. I was there for about an hour and a quarter, and it was well worth making a slight mess of myself, to produce a lovely bowl at the end. With considerable help from Margaret.
She’ll stick the thing in her kiln and will give me a call in a few weeks, when it’s ready. Then I’ll be able to post up a picture of the finished product. And decide what to do with the thing.
