First Plate

Little Things Please Little Minds

   I know this will sound really silly to most but yesterday evening I made my fire ceramic plate and boy was I pleased. Just like my lampwork I'm learning a bit at a time with the ceramics, small steps but sometimes those little steps mean a lot and yesterday was the first time I had thrown a plate on my wheel, I didn't try anything silly or too large just a small plain plate to start with and was so pleased with the results.
   At some point I hope to place some pictures here on the blog of the finished items to see what the feedback is like. To be very honest with you since I started doing the ceramics it has helped take my mind off some of the problems we face here at the moment, the fact that I'm learning something new gives me more confidence and I guess in my head I'm thinking, hey if you can do this you can cope with the crap life has presented you with, so even if my pieces of pottery turn out crap I'm still getting something good out of it plus everyone I know will get ceramic Christmas presents for the next ten years haha !
   It was a long day yesterday having started at half six in the morning and working through until half seven last night but I got a lot done and this evening I get to list a lot of new focals on ebay www.stores.ebay.co.uk/Beads-Of-Glass  and some new beads in my etsy shop too www.etsy.com/shop/pebbledreams  I need to get more listed this month building up the ebay shop more with sets as well as focals.
   Those dark grey skies seem to be staying with us here in the fens and over the last week we seem to only get drizzle and not a sight of bright weather. I can understand why some people get down in the winter months needing light boxes etc, it really has changed big time here in the last month. We seem to be getting a lot of those days where it never seems to get light, you wait for the day to develops but it just never happens and before you know it that half four darkness is approaching.
   We are having a treat this morning, we are off out to a local store to pick up a few shelving brackets for the clay room and to see what felt is available for the barn roof, sometimes an hour away from the barn does us the world of good, not only do we get a rest but we get to see how the rest of the world lives haha, well it feels like that sometimes, it feels like we live this little life away from the rest, with the world passing by not knowing we are here, a nice feeling sometimes and all part of living out in the countryside away from the busy streets of town and city.