The clay wheel progressively got harder for me for as we transitioned from cylinders to bowls. I wasn't used to using two and a half pound clay, not to mention this unbalanced clay only prevented me from achieving better constructed products. On my first day using the wheel to throw bowls, I had decided that I was going to use matter porcelain as my choice of clay-medium. I felt that it was very fluid and allowed for quick balancing/centering; however, my day didn't go as planned for I continued to mess up one bowl after another, pushing "completion" further and further away. Needless to say, I didn't give up. I had decided that I was going to complete several bowls the next period, better ones at that. On Wednesday, I arrived confident and ready to get on the wheel, but upon my arrival, I was informed that we were out of clay. After an unsuccessful throwing with porcelain the class before, I had made the decision that equal parts or some other clay medium would better suit my needs, but with no clay, I found myself another day behind. Luckily, I found a little amount of equal parts, enough to make three bowls. I then sat down on the wheel, trying to center my clay. The wheel was a little wobbly, but I was eager to balance it For those of you curious, this time around was a lot more successful. I was able to balance better because of my patients, and I knew that a good attitude always goes a long way.
Up above are a few pictures of the bowls I had constructed through physics. The bowl at the bottom got smashed because another student either knocked it over and then put it back afterward, or they set his/her art next to mine and bumped it, but in the end I always believe in my products for accidents are not "accidents" at all. They are natural and meant to be....
-I continue to challenge myself for I plan on eventually getting good at the wheel. Patients is all I need.....
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