I was perusing the store website of a t-shirt I liked. I'm in the habit when buying anything online of looking at the "About Us" or "Who We Are" of a company because I like to know the provenance of my objects even if they're manufactured in China or to know which American city the designers are based. Here's their blurb (with my additions in parentheses):
A field school is the place where everything you have learned meets the messy world.
Fieldschool is about all the things in life you just have to get out and do. Like riding a bike (or paddling a canoe or throwing on a wheel), there comes a time when you have to start pedaling (or paddling or throwing) and see what happens. The learning is in the doing.
And promptly made that past Tuesday, 3 Black Mountain plates with the 1 plate mold I had while making the other 2 plate molds. I can now have 3 plates at one time drying on their mold in the sun. Next up is my damp box.
And here's my sculpture candelabra. I like the simple form and its contrast with all the ornamentation. My friend, Jeff says to fire it anyway and let glaze fill in the gaps. And so I lifted and carefully placed that sculpture into kiln, and we’ll see you in two weeks:)
I may stop at Clay People in Richmond to buy a white engobe and then maybe use the studio's Duncan Stroke and Coat, or find a yellow overglaze which means I need to make test tiles.