I went down to the Art Barn with Jess and Corban earlier this afternoon. Corban took Ceramics I last year, so he was heading down to do a little throwing on the pottery wheel. I went down there with him and grabbed a ball of clay and a wheel. It’s been a few years since I’ve touched a pottery wheel… it felt good to feel the wet clay move between my hands and to see it take shape depending on where I put my hands and fingers. It took me a long time to remember how to center the clay. It was frustrating at first. I had forgotten how much of your weight you have to put into holding your arms still and keeping your hands firmly around the clay while the wheel spins.

I didn’t end up making anything – the clay got too wet to form anything after about an hour of me trying to make a bowl then a mug then a plate then a bowl… :)

It was fun though. It definitely takes a while to get back into it. Pictures soon to come.