Im doing more pottery this year~

After slabmaking, I went back to wheel thowing. It may look really easy, but this is hard to master. Ive had some of my clay uncentered, distorted and demolished completely to form a new one, that at some point, Im about to give up on it. But the thing about pottery is that there is beauty in imperfection. It is these mistakes that makes it a truly unique piece (and very proud to say, that you're the only one who can do that!) You see, what I've learned from the dirt in my hands is also that we learn what is right from these mistakes and that you can say, ah! this time I should do it this way. And hey, your 'mistake' is not so bad after all.

Wheel throwing has outright thought me the value of patience. We cannot rush it. It needs to be something else before it reaches its ultimate form. Everything has to be a cylinder first before it turns to a vase or a bowl or a cup. To take things at certain paces. Sometimes, when the wheel turns too fast, it would be hard to catch up and things goes out of hand. And when we turn the wheel too slow, it would be hard to pull it up. But at all times, we should take it with a gentle hand (a need of a little pressure at some point, yes, but never too hard else it does not follow). Do not be intimidated by clay and always always feel that we are in control.

Ah things I learn from the mud pit. Very interesting life lessons, dont you think?