The Journey Begins

 Pottery is enjoying a popular resurgence thanks to programmes like The Great Pottery Throwdown, but for me, my desire to 'have a go' dates all the way back to pottery classes at school. I like the splosh and thump of it; the ideathat from an unpromising lump of material all manner of things can be coaxed. 

This summer, I finally took the plunge and decided to make a space for clay, signing up to a three week introductory wheel workshop for beginners with whereinspirationblooms.co.uk under the guidance of Caroline Ogden. It involved a two hour lesson in the studio each week, but with the opportunity to take a wheel home to practice between classes. Genius!  I quickly became hooked. 

There have been many failures, squashed and wobbly, and there will be many more, but slowly, I am learning. So I thought I'd create this blog to record the journey, from throwing the first few forms, learning to turn, tidy and glaze. Who knows where it will take me.