A conspiracy of sorts.

So, I took about a week and a half off from doing ceramics to focus on other things.  I made three books, one which I dislike, one which I like, and one which I love.  I plan to make more like the one I love, but I need to go shopping and have no money to do so.  I will photograph and post these up soon and make them available on my Etsy shop.  The problem with things I make that I dislike is that I neither want to keep them nor sell them, because I feel that some things are just unworthy.  I will readily give these away, but I know that I need to temper that desire, or just make things that I love all the time.  I also did a little crochet.  I made an elephant hat that I made up as I went.  I have always felt a little iffy about making and selling stuff from someone else's pattern, so I try as much as I can to make my own.  (Though I did read an article recently about how it really is ok to sell things made from someone else's pattern.  Which makes sense because although designed by someone else, I would be the one actually putting forth the effort to make the thing I am selling.)  I also made some coasters, and I'm still in process with this.  I need to get on top of finishing these because this Saturday I have been signed up to run a table at a "Spring Fling" event at the school where my sister teaches.  I need to have a smattering of things, business cards, and I need to figure out what I want to donate to the school for I believe an auction.  I know it needs to be something nice, but I also don't want to give away something that I worked super hard on and may be able to sell for a good amount, you know, and actually get some sort of reward for all the time and effort I put into this stuff every day.

I am getting off the topic of my brain though.  The reason this post is called "A Conspiracy of Sorts" is because I did get back on my wheel again today.  It felt so good to throw.  Best thing ever.  I had some goals today.  I wanted to throw a candle warmer, because I want to own a candle warmer, and I would rather make one than buy one - which is the case with just about everything that I CAN make, as long as I'm not feeling lazy.  The last time I sat down to try this I miserably failed.  Failed not only at making a warmer, but I did not successfully throw anything.  I think that's why I took a small vacation from it.  Today I did manage to throw the warmer base and a little dish to sit on top to hold the wax.  I was very pleased.  The warmer was made on my first try.  After this I set to work on trying to throw a teapot, but I want it to be a very large teapot.  If I was ok with a small teapot, I would have succeeded.  Basically I tried to accomplish this by throwing tall cylinders and then trying to round them out.  I failed.  Maybe I was too eager, not patient enough, I don't know.  But tall cylinder after tall cylinder eventually fell into a bowl.  and I decided I would rather have a bowl than completely scrap what I had made.  And so, the clay and wheel conspired against me and after that candle warmer the rest of everything I made were bowls.  It's not that I dislike bowls, in fact I should probably make them more.  I just wanted a teapot and I did not get a teapot.