Pottery as Gifts or Stuff

Along with my recent theme of letting go of

s-t-u-f-f,

I've decided to come to a decision about these two pieces.

I made these free-form bowls with melted glass and marbles

back in the early 2000's when I was taking pottery classes

through the adult education department.

Blue Glass

Musty Glass surface

Crack goes around the outside

I made many of these bowls.

One I will not let go of.  It belongs to J. and is a favorite.

A second larger one is here too, another one I really like,
beautiful glass and a one day (when I finally do it) driftwood handle.

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Beautiful outside

Musty, dusty cracked glass

Unclear glass

One was gifted to someone a year or so back.

It was a favorite too.

I gave one to my daughter and one to a friend I used to know, as a graduation gift.

I had an absolute ball making them, especially looking for glass bits 

to melt during the second firing.

But, I won't be making them again.  

That class resource is no longer available.

Pottery was a bit too much for my elbows, even back then.

So then there are these two. 

Two I was never real happy with.

Didn't like the way they came out.

Marbles Melted

The thing with CLOTH is that if you don't like it...

seams can be removed

pieces can be cut

other cloth can be added

(and so on, as Jude has taught us)

But with fired clay, it is set.

Done.

Cracks don't go away!

Blue Glass

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Gift for a friend

 I loved making these out of the sample package, all earth colors 

- clear glaze only - beautiful glass inside -

I used to make "diversity hands" out of this sample package too.

They hung from ribbons and have all been gifted.

Melted beach glass

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This one above, this one that was gifted, I love.
But, what to do with these two I do not love?

Here are my thoughts/choices:

→ Throw them away.  Bye-Bye!

→ Keep them 

(I keep thinking of Wabi-Sabi ideas...love the ugly like that cactus J. saved)

→ Gift them to someone who does not think they are defective or ugly (as I do)

→ Or????

Honestly, I keep going back to just tossing them.

Not everything one makes is grand.

That's okay.

We don't have to keep it all.

 May all of your decisions be fairly easy.

May all of your gifts be appreciated.

xo

Photos by NAE ©2018