on February 10, 2011
I have been going to physical therapy for my shoulders…seems that I have been hunched over the computer the wrong way, and hunched over the potter’s wheel the wrong way, too! It has been fantastic at therapy, the professionals there have helped me immensely. I have much better posture now, and I am pretty much pain free ( except for the last snow storm that messed up my neck and shoulder – again!) and have been making pots and listing them on ETSY. Luckily, the in-between times now and again I get the opportunity to sub at my old school in various grades. It is so gratifying to see my previous students and touch base with new ones as their guest teacher. It is a wonderful touchstone to visit and see and feel the enthusiasm of all the students. I really see them in a different light as their guest teacher. Afterwards I arrive home to my studio refreshed and ready to work again.
I was inspired to use my chocolate molds, the antique ones that were just being decorative and not being used. I realized I could use them to make some wonderful ‘chocolate’ clay bunnies and chicks! I used red clay, low fire, and covered them with a warm brown slip then decorated them with dots of white, yellow and green as Thomas Toft would have done to his pots in the 17th century.
Check ’em out! They were fun to make and these will last forever. And for sure..there will be no biting off the ears or calories added to your hips.
