Here I am Trying hard to get some story from my email a?c to the blog,...select all ...ctrl c..ctrl v..But no use,its not moving from mail to the blog??
Well, I am in the learning process and will surely get there one day and then you will read the story of a BIG POT

STORY OF A POT [GOSHT EKA MADKYACHI]

I love to make really BIG pots, they are handbuilt,coil by coil, and take min of 8 to 10 days to get it all nice and pretty. Its a lot of effort and patience.
Its the challenge that I love and that makes the hard work all its worth.
So when I got an enquiry to make 25" by 25" pot,I went all out for it.
The shape was explained to me and enough time was available to take on the project.
Merrily I started building it coil by coil, checking and working on the shape, size, contours....
This method takes time as you have to go up in small bits,not all at a time, you get to say 6 inches and let it dry to hold the shape but wet enough to take the next layer of coil. So the progress is slow. Judgement comes with practice and few disasters.
took me over two weeks to finish the piece.

Then the client wanted a bit of a change,very tricky and better not done, I was sceptical,but had to give in.[hindsight its a mistake and lesson learnt hard way]
We bisque fired the pot on complete drying[almost 12 days],it was sleepless night for me before we opened the kiln,WOW,The pot came out fine,I thought it was great and I was wrong in expecting some disaster in firing.
So next step, I glazed it and we reloaded it in the kiln.
I asked the Kiln God for safety of the pot but there was still some funny feeling inside me.
we took a very slow firing, did not open the kiln till it cooled completely,and then....
Can You See What Happened???
This Is the real test of a potter
To be able to take such a disaster ,accept it ,analyse it and try to learn from it. Or else you cannot go on. Its the most heartbreaking thing to see your creation turning into pieces,it takes a long time to get over such shocks,but I think the survivor's instinct in us that makes us go on,
The challenge really is this and not in creation!!!!!

What was today lik?Well,did some exploration for so called sleeperwood,Have some ideas to use it with ceramics,need some change!!
Also going over the pictures of last trip,think i should share some with you all.

Yesterday was good,met suguna after a long time and discussed things to creat for her new house,quite a handful, but it would be fun making those large pots for her.
all I did was to go through the stocks of bisque,need to work on glazing,hope to get started today.
Sanjay,wonderful blog,I need to post more photos,may be tonight

Hi Everybody,
Finally I have a blog!!!
Do you know where I got the inspiration from? Well, I watched the film Julia and Julie,really loved the movie,and here am I writting ...
has anyone seen this movie?? I think I loved it for the way it is done,very natural presentation of the story,good humer,good acting,and best of all its about COOKING!!!
no wonder I was taken by it.
Its really fun writing your own thought,never thought it would be,so be ready to hear more from me.................