I blog, I paint, I do DIYs and I do pottery!
Blogging, paintings, and DIYs don't have any one specific space,
I use my entire little apartment to do do these.
But for pottery/ceramics, I go to Sunnyvale Community Center every Wednesday.
It will be complete one year since I am doing pottery there,
but seems as if I am there since many years.
The people, the instructor, the ambiance, the views, the facilities,
I love everything about my Pottery Zone.
So today I thought to share my weekly work zone with my blogger friends!
Recently I read somewhere "clay is the way", and this turned out to be true for me. I fell in love with the material. Similarly, I love the Pottery Studio where I work with clay. I am not an early riser, but become one only on Wednesdays! Come with me on the tour of my Pottery Zone!
The Studio and people working there
we even have a small Microwave, a coffee maker and a tiny fridge
mini Library
even music!
Tour with Process
the clay storage, we get clay from here
my tool bucket
clay waiting to be re-born with creative hands
Wedging Table
Potter's Wheels with stools
Slab Roller for hand technique (which I use too)
clay taking new shape with Potter's Wheel
Clay taking new shape with hands, slab technique
after giving clay it's shape, we keep our creations on these shelves to dry for couple of days.
since we go once a week, so they dry over the week
the next week, we put the products on the Greenware Shelf for their first Bisque Firing
(as shown below)
The Kilns in Kiln Room, where products get fired
inside the Kiln
After the Bisque firing, we collect products from the Bisqueware Shelf
to put Glaze or Stain and put on Glaze Shelf
Bisqueware Shelf
stuff ready to be waxed and glazed for the second firing
waxing the bottoms of each and every product
products waiting to be glazed or stained with waxed bottoms
Glaze Buckets
Glaze color/sample board
getting Stained
getting glazed
glazed/stained products back on the shelf for second and final firing
my products waiting for second firing!
final colorful Pick-Up Shelf
The beautiful views we get while working!
Even Children come the for classes in the evening.
See their cute little creative stuffs:
me with my Instructor/Guide Barbara Brown
who made me fell in love with the clay!
see my products here
linking to 'In the Zone' on Colors Dekor
