Precious Metal Clay

When I was looking at the prospectus for details of pottery courses, I spotted classes on Precious Metal Clay - I had never heard of it so I did a quick search on the internet, and was instantly hooked.  I enjoy making jewellery and doing pottery, what could be better than silver in clay form!

Pinch pots #1

One of the options I have chosen is pinched forms - not something I've done very much in the past or had any great success with, but on the first week of the course I had a go at one with everyone else and loved the technique and the finished article so much it seemed like a good idea.  Plus it works very well with the nature theme I am going for, being far less strict than something like throwing, less severe than slabbing - just perfect.

The story so far

I  have loved creating things since I was a child.  I usually lack the imagination required to come up with something new and unique; I am more of a copier - I will happily draw something that already exists, or play written music, but if you ask me to produce something entirely from my imagination I will most likely produce nothing at all.

I have flirted with a variety of art and craft techniques, and while I have found some firm favourites and have abandoned others, I find that experiencing one thing usually ends up helping in some way with another thing.  Like everything in life, I suppose.

Welcome

I am planning to use this blog to record my City & Guilds pottery course, as a record for myself separate from the sketchbook, journal and whatever else I need to produce for the course.  As I am frequently distracted by other things I will undoubtedly flit about doing other things, like jewellery making and crochet, so I might as well publish stuff about any other arty crafty nonsense, hence the blog title.

I am hoping that this way I will be able to order my thoughts and compile useful information - let's see if it works...