Tuesday, January 24, 2012

I swing my wheel at thou.

Blah, Blah, Blah. Yes, I have not posted in 2 months, but I have been BUSY. Hobbit Hole renovation (sounds like porn, sorry), The holidays, etc. However, we have good news Marge! I aquired a long lost friend, the Brent C pottery wheel!

This one is about 20 years old, and falls into the era which I would have used in high school. Up to this point, I have been gratefully using a Creative Industries "Clay Boss" that G.E. bought be a few years ago, had she not done this, I don't think I would have ever revived my work. I can say that it has been "Okay", it got me back into throwing, but I was never able to get the wheel head to level, or center properly, even after sending the wheel head in for replacement. Apparently other people have had this problem on that model. I just felt that I got as much as I could out of that unit, and moved on to something else. I was able to pick this one up off of craigslist, mildly used. I guess he purchased it 20 years ago, used it 10 times, then stored it away!
Be prepared for the thickest, best pottery our studio has ever seen!

I leave you with a picture of the hobbit hole, not scary anymore..