So over the last 5 weeks The Family Betts - plus Tom - have been attending a pottery class in the village. Me and my hubby, John, watch The Great Pottery Throw Down, every year and have often said we would love to have a go. Recently there has been a class advertised taking place in the village so we all signed up. Unfortunately, due to work pressures, John has only managed to attend the one class but we very kindly (lol) used his four classes up between us and I have taken some photographs of some of my finished items. There are more of them but as I only finished glazing the remaining pieces this evening, I will have to add these to a second post.
I have loved every single second of it. I was very happy doing the slab building (tea light house) and the coil pot (photograph pending as it is currently being fired) but did not enjoy the pinch pot class even though I managed to make my little gnome - again photograph pending - or the potters wheel. I think I totally zoned out on the wheel as I can not remember actually doing it but I have, as you can see one finished pot and two others (photograph pending).
Lynn has been a fantastic teacher and support and her positive comments have done my confidence the world of good, so much in fact I am hoping we can go again and this time, John finish the whole five weeks. I would love to revisit the coil pot week as I completed my 'piece' over 2 weeks and going back to it I obviously had lost the keenness and there are a couple of coils which have 'dropped off'. Once the piece has been fired, now it is glazed, I should be able to stick it back together, hopefully without losing its shape but I shall photograph it for the second post.
So here goes, my first pottery pieces since Mrs Garfield's infant class when I was around 6 years old (a very long time ago!!! LOL)
Note the duck, had to have a duck(!), on the roof.
