Focus on Life week 12
Thought I'd take you back to Costa Rica for this weeks prompt!
These pictures were taken in Guaitil , where the entire town is dedicated to making pottery from local clays in a pre Columbian style! Picture # 1 is pounding the clay .... remember the air temperature is 34 C ... 94 F not my idea of a fun job!
Throwing the pot... the wheel was being turned by hand and was made out of old bicycle parts (wonder where the pre Colombians got their bicycles!) I love the curves you get making pottery on a wheel... however I was somewhat hopeless when it came to building pots on a wheel the one class I took! Which is why I became a fibre artist... Wool doesn't fight back! Glass however does!
Think this is a decorated version of what he was building...
Thought I'd throw in a piece of my work this week too... this was a prototype I did for a residential commision... I don't think that some of the curves flow at all well in this panel... but it was the curviest thing I could find in the house! And the rondels were all made by me on my minor torch
To see how other people observe the curve check
Sally's blog!
