Practice, practice, practice - and learn how to relax. If you lose a piece,
it is no biggy. It wedges back up and can be thrown or used again
(coil,slab,etc.). There are dozens of different processes in pottery.
Learn and enjoy as many as you feasibly can. If the throwing isn't working
so well today, do recycling / read about glaze formulation / try making some
tools / or whatever else might fit the moment. In other words, learn how to
shift gears but be sure to invest some time in the craft in one fashion or
another every day that you can.

Others have already recommended taking a class or finding a teacher. That
will make life easier and I imagine you already have or you wouldn't know
that you have a love of the craft. The only thing I would add to that is if
you have a teacher that claims there is only one right way to throw, wedge,
glaze, etc - find someone else to work with because they are telling you a
falsehood.

And Welcome to the Joy! Donna


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Dear all!

i am a deep lover of ceramics but know not where to start!

What do you suggest are the top 5 first things to do to get to know
this art at a beginner's level?

Thanks!

julie