Last night was my first week back at Mud Slinging… this time the advanced class!
I had some trepidation to be honest, had I really progressed that much in the twelve weeks of wonky cylinders?
My fears were laid to rest when I walked into the studio and found six of my original classmates all having the same concern. We had a new teacher and I would say, first impressions were very good indeed. It would seem we could work on anything we wanted so it was on with bowls and cylinders for me.
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| Warm up cylinder |
One of the added challenges up until now has been working right handed. I’m fairly ambidextrous so having talked to the new teacher, it seemed like a good time to have a go at reversing the wheel.
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| Right handed bowl |
Standard throwing is done anti-clockwise except in Japan where throwing is done clockwise. Left handers throw clockwise and so it was time to have a go at throwing Japanese!
And so off I went…
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| The left handed pot… turning to come |
In this year of Integrity I’m aiming for quality over quantity and so threw back a couple of pieces which didn’t cut the mustard but over all, I felt more confident in starting off and will continue left handed next week to see how things progress.
Back on the wheel!
