I decided this evening that I am "in a slump."
I looked up the saying and found this-
1 to be suddenly reduced to a much lower level
2 to suddenly fall or sit because you are very tired or unconscious
The bowls I've thrown lately have all collapsed. Perhaps I am pushing the limits of the clay (maybe that should be obvious), and maybe I'm pushing my own limits. Either way, as soon as I hit a particular point, down they go. There is no fixing a flopped pot. The best one can do is wire it off and settle for a much smaller pot, or scrape it off the wheel and start over. (I ended up with two small bowls.)
I looked for a photo for a fallen pot. This was about all I could find. (It looks a little like a cowboy hat...) Maybe I'll take my camera inside for my next wheel throwing adventure and get one of my own. How's that for positive thinking? Ha ha!
April Come She Will Willy-Nilly Take #439.
38 minutes ago
Jeremiah 29:11 <3
ReplyDeleteAlways a favorite verse.
DeleteHonestly, I was really thinking about my flopped pots and realized where the saying may have originated.