Babs Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 Any favourite tips when the energy is low and you need to shake up and get on with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 I have found a cup of expresso gets me in production mode. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 break that not quite good enough to keep thingy that you made a long time ago and trash it. very liberating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted September 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 I have found a cup of expresso gets me in production mode. Mark How strong?? Just finished a big batch of work and my other life is pretty busy so I thinking it is going to be a bit hard to get a start on another batch. Drunk in you r work area? break that not quite good enough to keep thingy that you made a long time ago and trash it. very liberating. Tha sounds ok to me, I'll go down tomorrow and borrow my partner's hammer, he says that I destroy the surface of the hammer, is this possible?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Bridge Pottery Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 I put on some music will a good beat, that gets me moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 I drink iced green tea. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEP Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 I don't think I could function without coffee. What really energizes me is to take a day or two off from work. When I do this I end up missing the studio and feeling eager to get back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joy pots Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 Doing something different. Yesterday a couple of friends came over & we did a raku firing with my old electric kiln. We had awesome results. A very satisfying day. It was only the second time I have done this. It worked much better with 3 people with quick opening & closing of the kiln kept it nice & hot. Joy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 I do not eat or drinkmuch ever in studio I do have a 400 stack cd player going most times I'm working. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJR Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 I have found a cup of expresso gets me in production mode. Mark How strong?? Just finished a big batch of work and my other life is pretty busy so I thinking it is going to be a bit hard to get a start on another batch. Drunk in you r work area? break that not quite good enough to keep thingy that you made a long time ago and trash it. very liberating. Tha sounds ok to me, I'll go down tomorrow and borrow my partner's hammer, he says that I destroy the surface of the hammer, is this possible?? Hammers are inexpensive. Buy your own, paint it pink so your partner won't borrow it, and smash away. Cheaper than getting a new partner. TJR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusty Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 Stevie Ray Vaughn or any good blues with some drive to it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted September 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 Thanks I prob needed comments from a clay driven mob! Feel motivated already but i have to sit in a com. Gallery today make take clay and hand build out the back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc McMillan Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Music works. Or get out of the studioe for a short time. I go joke around with my wife. That's always fun and a good laugh always moves my spirit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudslinger Ceramics Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 A strong coffee and dance music....LOUD....can't throw then at all, but gees the clean up sure gets done at the end of the day! Irene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Smith Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 I keep a visual journal with glaze recipes and testing and photograph things I like. When I have lost incentive I look through my journal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChenowethArts Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 Nothing happens in my studio without coffee first...then, if I need a B12-level-motivation, it is either an oldies station on the radio or 2-3 of my favorite Chicago or Blood, Sweat & Tears CD's. And I feel so much better knowing that this is a recurring theme among clay artists that I have come to respect here on CAD. This morning, it is definetly Chicago time...cranking up Saturday in the Park,WARNING: Attempting to clap with the music while wheel-throwing can get really messy! -Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 break that not quite good enough to keep thingy that you made a long time ago and trash it. very liberating. Ha, I used to do this often in the classroom, with my own pots that did not turn out very well in the greenware stage, sometimes even bisque, just drop them on the floor and let them shatter. So empowering, so shocking! Of course our standards, and student standards are miles apart. The other trick was to throw that recently thrown 25-30 inch jar into the Walkers hopper all in one piece while it was running. I used to love to carry it from the wheel room into the back of the main room tossing it in a big arch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 At home here, right now I have a bisque cooling, so the shop is toasty warm, time to get changed and get out to work on throwing some patens and bowls. Bye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 Just turned off packed tight 35 cubic car kiln bisque. Drying some press molded platters and square plates in our last 74 degree sunny days-also drying pots in sun to fill and electric in am. Looks like a rainy week next week and we need it. It will be a short work day as I have to BBQ 75#s of albacore tuna lions for 300 people later tonight for a fund raiser-dinner /auction (also donate work for auction)-I'm one of 2 fish cooks. There is a seperate tri-tip cook on another bbq as well. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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