I have a cancellation in the 3rd Moon Jar Workshop on the 31st Jan/1st Feb. If you are interested in the spot. Please contact me.  $300 all clay provided. 

I have been making use of the empty workshop for the last week, and have been making Moon Jars for myself. I love them to bits. They are so round and fat and gorgeous. I get such a good feeling as they come together and appear on the wheel as I assemble them, then adjust the form.

The trick is to make the correct shape bowl form to begin with. Practice makes perfect. I’m still learning, and enjoying every minute of it. I’m not a master thrower, more of a hard working slogger. I keep at it until I get something that I can live with. 

Of course not everyone of my jars work out the way that I hope and imagine. The pug mill is my best quality control tool. Clay is endlessly recyclable until it is fired. So I practice ’non-attachment’. If it isn’t up to scratch, then it gets pugged. It’s much better to have a number of attempts to get the pre-curser bowl forms right. than to persevere with something that isn’t going to reward you at the end.

I’ll be there to assist and guide you as you experiment and learn.