#treadlewheel

#throwingpots

I took a page from the notebook by @cynthiabringle and threw pots on my birthday. Not twenty pound bowls but just a board of tea bowls. Throwing on the wheel has become so part of me that when I recently broke a finger and couldn’t throw pots, I felt off balance. I worked on hand building instead, but if feels good to be working on the wheel again. No soda fire this weekend because of the heat danger but soon I hope. #throwingpots #treadlewheel #michaelcardew #teabowls #ceramics #studioartist #cloverdaleca #vincemontague #crackedpot#writing #memoir (at Asti, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch_E_6xrY1T/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#oncefiring this soda kiln, slowly glazing greenware, soft hands, delicate touch. #pottery #llamas #whales #sodafire #sodafiredceramics #treadlewheel #leachtreadlewheel #slowpottery #throwingpots #handbuiltceramics #figurativeceramics #ceramic #ceramics #ceramique #keramic #contemporaryceramics #norcalpottery #bobcatstudioceramics

Bottle. 16”h. Stoneware, slips, cone 10. #ceramics #ceramicbottles #californiapots #treadlewheel #light #norcal #sonomacounty #voteforbidenharris2020 #studiopotter #writing #griefjunkie #cloverdaleca https://www.instagram.com/p/CFiytDpjzOR/?igshid=981d6n4pldvl

As of February I told myself to slow down. I am still waiting to feel as though I am, but I have been making all the red clay work off of my #treadlewheel , and where I haven’t noticed a decline in volume or my left leg any larger or more muscular than my right, I have noticed I enjoy the process even more. Perhaps the sound of the wheel or the full body concentration involved or perhaps I realize parts of this wheel are as old as I am and it will still be just as strong long after me. Life may be a long marathon of making work, but #tools and #instruments run longer. As I post on this modern instrument- #instagram - I can only hope my work holds a recognition to the #pots this tool use to make, and will make. . . . . . . #liddedjar #gatestreadle #handmade #handmadeceramics #excusethemess #urn #urns #slowpots #slowpotsforslowfood #potsforuse #metime #toolsofthepastpresentandfuture #instrumentsofjoy https://www.instagram.com/p/B9ZQ-KDg78p/?igshid=165tru7cvbp1q

Throwing pots on the treadle wheel. That left leg kind of dies it’s own thing. . . . #pottery #studiopottery #treadlewheel #studioceramics #throwingpots #meditating #thinking #flasks #bobcatstudioceramics #vincemontague #sonomacountyartist (at Cloverdale, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqvUfZ-gNlk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=j3xgdwpycru4

It's ALIVE. I spent the day throwing whiskey cups and tumblers on the new 23 year old #treadlewheel. In fact, this treadle and I started working with clay the exact same year. I am so lucky to have this in my life. And I just found out that I got accepted @craftyfeast this December. There is whole lot of #hellyeah going on today. #wip #madeonatreadle #slowpots #whiskeycups #tumblers #columbiasc #columbiyeah #indiefair #indieshow #southernliving #CraftyFeast

So I am buying this wheel next week and will be @thevillageatwoodside tonight for 4th Friday, 6-8 pm, and @visitaikensc Saturday's morning farmers Market 7am-12. Help a brother out. #farmtotable #treadlewheel #farmanimals #handmadeceramics #handmadepottery #artistsupportingartist #artistofinstagram #helpabrotherout