Remember those 3 large fabulous pots for my friend? I had a complete and devastating loss of all of them. Remarkably nothing else in the kiln was effected. It looks as though those beautiful reinforced feet weren’t quite dry. I posted about this in a wonderfully supportive FB page called Clay Buddies. I had done everything right, yet still deep in those feet there was just enough residual moisture to explode when the water turned to steam. I was heartbroken when I opened the kiln for many reasons. One…ALL THAT WORK! There was hours of work invested in those pots. Two…I loved the design and now I fear it. Three I now had to back up completion time on this item. Four…UGH cleaning the kiln. I seriously lost my mojo for a few days. I couldn’t even go into my studio and even though about 10 pother pieces came out wonderfully, the loss was hard to bear. I didn’t clean my kiln out for more than a week.
Fast forward two weeks. I cleaned out the kiln and started on the new pots. I adjusted the design elements a bit. I found it difficult to throw them at first, I really struggled. As mentioned in an earlier post, I like to throw live. I love the interaction with people. And then something ridiculous happened….my phone fell INTO the pot I was throwing live. It was funny and just the laughing at myself made it all better. I was back in the groove. So the design changed a bit. I still need to decorate the bigger pot, but this is what I have so far. Still on feet, still have drainage holes all those practical design elements. Similar, but different.
Trust me, these suckers will be drying for a few weeks before they go in the kiln! I’ll post the results…good or bad. If you want to see the silliness of dropping the phone in, head to my Yellow Door Pottery Facebook page. The word disaster is in the title!