after a fabulous new year’s eve party at sara’s, our clay posse spent the next day at whitney’s house throwing our old unwanted pots out of the second story window. you know those not-quite-so-right pieces you have hidden under your desk or on the back shelf that are just weighing you down and taking up space? well, we all lightened our loads and made room for the new and improved in 2009.
look at josie hurling an old clunker out the window. what an incredible sound and feeling of the clay hitting the cement. it was very cathartic and satisfying. and it feels great to have all of that stale energy OUT of the studio.
but wait . . . i couldn’t resist rescuing just a few pieces of pots. the shards and chunks looked so beautiful lying there on the ground . . . in fact these pots never looked better.
out with the old . . . in with the new.
Comment by barbjensen — January 5, 2009 @ 5:25 am
Those shards are so great, I’m glad you saved some. Are you going to make something with them?
Isn’t there someone who makes jewelry from shards? I have a vague memory of seeing a Diana Fayt necklace…
Comment by rae dunn. — January 5, 2009 @ 5:36 am
thanks barb! yes, diana was there at the soiree and she mentioned the jewelry person. i’m thinking maybe a mosaic of some sort and in a few years….after i’ve collected enough of said shards!
Comment by ang — January 5, 2009 @ 12:25 pm
looks like time for reconstruction they do look good together and happy making for the new year….
Comment by karlita — January 5, 2009 @ 2:42 pm
what a fab idea (unfortunately felt doesn’t throw so good 🙂 – i love your shop, btw! Have a very good 2009!!!
Comment by JosieJurczenia — January 5, 2009 @ 2:47 pm
Oh, these look so much better in little bits. What a great party that was.
Comment by rae dunn. — January 5, 2009 @ 3:42 pm
hey karlita… i LOVE your felted scarves. so pretty. perhaps you could take a big pair of scissors and chop up the naughty ones into little pieces ?! maybe make confetti out of them and toss them in the air on new year’s eve !! that might feel good. happy new year.
Comment by 安徽棋牌游戏中心 — January 7, 2009 @ 5:59 am
Good article, good things, good feelings, good BLOG!
Comment by / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / — January 7, 2009 @ 11:20 am
rae, that is against the law, and if i wasn’t busy today i would have made a citizen arrest… i like the idea, almost a metaphor about moving on, not falling in love with an idea. good show. chuck
Comment by Leila — January 7, 2009 @ 4:30 pm
Those ARE beautiful. I hope you post whatever you do with them here so we can see. Happy New Year!
Comment by Noelle — February 27, 2009 @ 5:26 pm
Re: the broken pieces of your pots – isn’t it interesting how beautiful they look after they’ve been broken? Sometimes being broken is the very thing that is needed in order to bring out the beauty in all of us…
Comment by rae dunn. — February 27, 2009 @ 5:31 pm
NOELLE….exactly ! and also i find beauty in the smallest part of a whole. the teeniest part of something that is so beautiful makes the whole package unexplainably beautiful…especially in a person.