016 – Which Skill Would You Like To Increase?

Resources MudTalk Monday – Instagram, Facebook Handle With Care Workshop Notes 6 Ways To Develop Self Discipline Books (affiliate links) Mastering Cone 6 Glazes (out of print) Complete Guide to Mid-Range Glazes Complete Guide to High-Fire Glazes Mastering the Potter’s Wheel The Ceramic Spectrum High Performance Habits Start With Why Steal Like an Artist Seth Godin Amazon Page Transcript Hello and welcome to episode 16 of the MudTalk podcast! Thanks for listening. In this episode we’re going to hear about which skill you would like to increase the most. The original question was “If you could increase one skill or attribute overnight, what would it be?” Of course, you aren’t going to magically change yourself overnight. But what would you like to get better at? There were a lot of great answers. Even some that I wouldn’t have thought about. But there were many things mentioned that I would like to improve myself. As you can imagine, many of the responses were clay-related. So we’ll start with the clay related answers, including wedging, centering, throwing, trimming, glazing, and decorating. Then we’ll hear some more general, what I’ll call, life-skills. At the end, I’ll share some of my favorite resources that I’ve found for improving some of the skills mentioned. And remember, if you want to share your own thoughts or favorite resources, go to expertclay.com/mtp. As always, thanks for listening, subscribing, sharing and just being awesome in general. Let’s get to the responses and hear which skill you would like to increase the most. We’ll start with the clay related comments. Wedging Kathleenevil5 Clay related: wedging! ? Marian H W Spiral wedging Centering Kathy K Centering! Cyndi L A I’m with Kathy K, centering. Jenmf CENTERING!!! Jim49_ Better centering Darkfruitbat I would love to be able to center more than ten pounds of clay, but I’m weak! Lunetca Clay related, centering. Life related, work ethic. Throwing Merskata Throwing! Woolandclay Throwing! Sandyvanderwyk Throwing! Artofawen Throwing on the wheel. I love it, have taught it but never gotten past a certain level of expertise. And I second the life energy! Dtaylorsatm Wheelthrowing. So jealous of those plates and huge jars thrown on the wheel. Unbelievable skill. I’m just happy if i can center and create a small bowl. Oh, well…got to start somewhere. Czpotterys Even pulls EsterLipscomb_pottery Throwing speed! I have a space quota to meet each month and I wish I was as fast as some of the other potters I work with. There is a reason my family always called me the poky puppy. Lakinkceramics Throwing on the wheel! And fully developing my ideas before making a piece. I’m working on both of them this summer! Stonecropstudio Increase my range of throwing to include new forms! Blackbirdfarms2017 Shaping Kristacford Pulling walls and handles! Throwing Bigger Samyam1667 I would love to work on throwing large forms Mudandsticks Throwing tall cylinders @mudandsticks! Gingerbarrheafey Throwing LARGE pots. 10+#’s Handsinmudpottery tall forms Teresa.gagne22 Bigger pots. Mike W Throwing bigger pots. (bottle forms). :) Bridget_kiara Throwing taller vessels! (Taller than 7 inches) Miragrl22 @bkiara88 That is my height max also!!! What is that about???? GiselleNo5ceramics @bkiara88 @miragrl22ME TOO! ? We should start a club. 7 Below. Handles Octopusceramics Making handles Mcginnispottery Making handles _avonlea__ Handles haha Claye.by.jaye Handles handles handles ? Trimming Mgwalsho TRIMMING Ebboren Trimming! Glazing Studio2ceramics Mixing glazes Thats_my_art_teacher Mixing glazes! Alybee_ceramics Glaze consistency at cone 6 Barroceramicstudio Mixing my own glazes. Karamorrispottery Knowledge of glaze chemistry Iloveceramics2015 All of the above especially glazing? Pamelabarclaysatx Creating new glazes. Zephyrinmontana Glazing! Ugh. My Nemesis! Figuring out colors drives me crazy!? Decorating Bluelotuspottery Decorating Ladytokioblue I