Making Friday… is now on Monday?
I started my Making Friday routine because I didn’t seem to have any time to spend in the studio, so I had to schedule it in. In particular, I needed time in which to tackle non work-related projects, as I find these “just for fun” things seem to inevitably provide the basis for future design work. To use a gardening metaphor: Making Fridays are compost days, so even if what you make is a bit shit, it’s there to feed the things that grow later 🙂
Lately, thanks to my hotshot studio and shop team, I don’t need to schedule in studio time any more (it feels like a miracle!), but I do still need the discipline to put down the task at hand and do something non work-related. So for the last three weeks, I’ve started my Monday morning with a pottery class at Louise Gelderblom‘s studio.
It’s all been pinch pots and fingers so far, and I don’t have much to show yet, but oh my goodness, I’m having a good time! I LOVE clay, I LOVE starting Mondays on a whole different track, and I’m so excited about working in three dimensions for a change.
Jenni Karlsson
I’m intrigued to read about how you came into an orbit of pots and now your start-up with pottery classes. Clay is such a fun medium. I started classes with Lynette Morris-Hale at her home studio in Westville (Durban) in January this year when I needed something in my life which was completely different from my day job and which would give me joy. I’m still in the baby steps and learning how to work the clay to form all sorts of pots, bowls and plates and learning more about glazes every week. And the joy is there! Some of your pot designs also remind me of a vase I have by Victor Shabangu, from the Rorke’s Drift Art Studio. Coincidentally the Rorke’s Drift artists also have a history of Swedish design influences in their studio. I think, next to yours, their screen-printed fabrics are the stand-out designs for me from South African studios at the moment. Love your work!
skinnylaminx
Thanks for your lovely comment, Jenni. I do know the Rorke’s Drift work and it is amazing. Many thanks for the kind words.
My mom did pottery when I was a kid, and I have very fond memories of accompanying her to her studio. She made beautiful things, and encouraged us a lot. It’s so nice to have my hands in clay again. I enjoy the patience required. There really are no quick results, which is curiously satisfying.
Best,
Heather
frauschoenert
I love the things that I see in skinny. They are so inspiring. And, thanks for the metaphor… 😉
Wish you a nice 2. Advent! See you.
skinnylaminx
Thanks so much! Happy Advent to you, too.xx