Seems to happen quite often.
Sometimes with making bonsai pots you have a rough idea in your head, but when it actually comes down to it, the clay seems to want you to make it into something else. So I just go with the flow.
I guess thats why I enjoy making the rustic type pots and slabs. The traditional rules of proportion and shapes etc dont apply. With these you can be a bit more creative.
This one's about 47cm long. It'll shrink alot as it drys.
Sometimes with making bonsai pots you have a rough idea in your head, but when it actually comes down to it, the clay seems to want you to make it into something else. So I just go with the flow.
I guess thats why I enjoy making the rustic type pots and slabs. The traditional rules of proportion and shapes etc dont apply. With these you can be a bit more creative.
This one's about 47cm long. It'll shrink alot as it drys.
I managed to take these photos on the way to the laundry. No I don't leave clay pots sitting on the kitchen table (not any more)
It'll be covered with a black rubbish bag and left to dry very slowly.
The freezer in the laundry is now covered with drying pots. Its a bit of a mission getting meat out for tea at times. I hold the lid up gently, while my daughter puts her little hand through the gap and grabs whatever she can reach. The pots havent managed to slide off yet - touch wood.
Those potters that have a studio are soooo lucky. Maybe one day (sigh)
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