today was spent wisely.. sort of. i was torn between this and tumblr. the site hosted a couple of my friends but i had seen some potters with blogspots i wanted to follow/read/subscribe too so i had a foot in each door. actually more than a foot. i spent last night debranding someone's template, uncool i know, for tumblr and tonight editing the one i chose for this site. i'm happier here, the somber warm and cool of the background are an image, not taken by me, of an west facing cliff at the grand canyon. i sort of think it looks like tatooine, sans the other stars. i'm pretty pleased with the color pallete (i've already backspaced this word half a dozen times, i'm over it.)
classes started monday at mt sac but i strategically placed my classes so i would have maximum use of the pottery studio at school. i was able to make some great pots last quarter beacuse i was in studio every day, i'm hoping to keep up the trend this time around as well. sixteen weeks is a long time though, maybe i'll tire out my kiln elf and instructors before then. here's my favourite pot of the semester, faux soda firing because of the soda ash i added to the glazed pot before firing.
i had a couple novel ideas today. one was for a sculptural pieces, there is a scene at the end of the reepicheep storyline that haunted me for a while. the adventurers have reached the end of the world and reepicheep, ever in wont for the next gambit makes a break for the end of the world. here the flat land breaks like a waterfall, but it's still and shallow water where the world ends. here coating the placid surface of the water are lillies that blot out the blue of the ocean. reepicheep climbs in a mouse-sized boat and says goodbye to the sons of adam/eve and in a last show of i guess it's enlightenment he throws his rapier behind him as he goes over the precipice. if i remember right the story ens with an image of his his tiny sword piercing a pure white lily lotus.
i think i could do it well in the babu porcelain, or maybe even buy a block of the northern ice stuff that's supposed to be blue when translucent. i wish i had a large sketchbook. i also wish i knew how to sketch. it's supposed to be half the battle when figuring out a form to throw or build. i imagine it's like brainstorming for a paper. something between doing tons of research and making your own opinions.
