Saturday, May 15, 2010

From The Ashes

Rises a few things Blindbeard didn't know about herself. After my darling little doggie died, I wanted to make him a headstone, so I bought a ton (at least it felt like a ton) of plaster of Paris and have been fashioning headstones for him and for the members of my family who want headstones for their lost pets. I was enjoying the plaster of Paris so much I wanted to branch out into other areas of clay-like stuff that will add to the mess of plaster and paint all over the place. I found out that I enjoy clay as much as plaster and have been going around with clay all over me, my clothes, all over the house, crusted into the dogs' fur, etc etc. I think my new found love of clay is due to the fact that humans have been working with clay since prehistory and I am one generation away from a cave man. I am so adept at hunting and gathering that last night I slayed a box of lemon wafers after gathering a bag of Fritos. The whole village ate good and we even have some left over to get us through until our next expedition into the wild jungles of my kitchen.

The only downside to my clay fixation is that I need a pottery wheel because I'm pretty sure cave men didn't use a kid's pottery wheel. They knew those things are not meant for serious clay workers and invested in a grown up pottery wheel. Too bad I am so poor, but too good that my mom is always willing to fan the flames of any creative spark we may have, so I think a real pottery wheel is in my future. Thank goodness because I don't need any more lopsided ashtrays. I need some lopsided "vases" and "pitchers" and whatever else one makes on a pottery wheel. I'm not sure what but I intend to find out.

I would love to continue my foray into the nonsensical, but the flea market is here and I must get ready to go buy useless crap. If there is anything I don't need more of, it's useless crap, so of course I have been drumming my fingers and checking the time every 38.6 seconds in impatience to go spend my $2. Tootles.

1 comment:

MS Day Dreamer said...

cool.
I have not played with clay in years. And I didn't know there were kid's potters wheels out there. I am pretty sure the one I used in art class all those years ago was a "grown up" one - but I could be totally wrong. I do know I made a really awesome lopsided pitcher - I was trying for a vase, and it went so lopsided and made this lip on one side that my teacher was really impressed at how I managed to make a pitcher, so I did what any aspiring art student would do, I put a handle on it, and called my vase a pitcher. My mom was impressed too. She most likely still has it somewhere on display in her house.

I can see how playing with clay or something like that could be relaxing, as long as you didn't get too stressed on whether your end product was lopsided enough...

Enjoy!