Classes Today

I am, on the whole, enjoying this ceramics class. Today we each made a slab baking dish. It was both interesting and fun. And for our homework, we have to make a small slab box representing Valentines Day and how we feel about it. One thing I noticed about my baking dish is that the walls are not a uniform thickness. That is because I didn’t check the thickness of the two slabs I rolled out to make the long and short walls. I will do better with the small Valentine box because I will be able to make all four walls out of the same piece of clay.

Then I went to Italian and took the test. I think I did pretty well except in the section where we changed English sentences into Italian, I totally  tfroze on the Italian word for "old." As soon as I turned in the paper, I remembered  the word was "vecchio." The only word that came to mind was "vincino" which I knew wasn’t right!  Oh, well, if that is the only mistake I made I will be pleased with myself.

The only thing I don’t like about taking these classes is that I get out at 4:30 and by the time I get on the road, it is stop-start-stop driving all the way home. And, tonight it was raining.

QUOTATIONS:

"Step by step. I can’t think of any other way of accomplishing anything."

Michael Jordan

None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.

Bertolt Brecht, 1933

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February 5, 2008

Will you post pics of some of your ceramics work at some point? I’d love to see some!

February 5, 2008

Oh I hate driving in rain.

February 5, 2008

I would not like getting out of class at that time of day either! And like your first noter, I am hoping you will post pictures of your ceramics someday! :o) !! hugs, Weesprite

Here, they call it clay class. Ceramics are already made. I made a mug using slab clay….it was hilarious…totally uneven.

I agree, photos would be great! =)

February 5, 2008

Yes, pictures, please!

February 5, 2008

So you’ll be making your Valentine’s gift!

February 6, 2008

When I learned to make slab pots, we used two pieces of wood (like rulers) to get the exact thickness of the slab when rolling it out. We would put them on either side of the clay and roll until the rolling pin rested on the wooden battens. That gives you and endless supply of slabs with the same thickness. Take care,

That’s interesting about the Italian vocabulary. I remember many years ago there was a hockey played named Delvechio.