| My addiction. |
I am a huge fan of painting your own pottery. My mom used to do it a lot when I was really little and I'd go with her and watch. Sometimes she'd let me paint a little bit. During that time though you had to sand down your pottery piece so that it was smooth before you could paint it. There was this one piece I really really wanted to make. It was a kitty curled up or something. So she bought it and let me try my hand at it.
| That kid is about to fuck something up. |
A few years ago in my town The Accidental Artist opened up. It's a paint your own pottery place too. Since it had been so long since my melt down I decided to gather up some friends to go. An addiction was born. I was going every Friday night, every other at the very least. My friends got tired of it. I kept going. Then, something happened. I stopped going. I just couldn't afford my habit anymore. I found my self curled up quivering outside the stores doorway begging to help people paint their mugs, vases, picture frames. Just...one...brush stroke...please! (Not really, but I wanted to)
Tonight...it begins again. I am going to paint some pottery for the first time in over a year and a half. Since June 27th, 2010. That's right. I know the exact. fucking. date. This place ain't gonna know what hit it tonight. I'm going in there and I am going to paint!!!
Share some of your creations! There is a build a bear workshop in a town near me, and I really want to have a go, but it would be incredibly awkward seeing as I don't have any kids of my own =/
ReplyDeleteOhh! I should do that! I'll post some of my creations soon!
DeleteOh, and who cares if you don't have kids. Go and have fun!
DeleteI've never painted my own pottery before, but I have always wanted to. I'm not very artistic, but it still looks like fun! Have fun!!
ReplyDelete@Cranface-I don't have any kids either. We'll go paint our own pottery together dammit! Haha!
Pottery is fun!
ReplyDeleteI've always wanted to do this! I used to watch my grandmother paint ceramics back in the 80s when southwest home decor was all the rage and the ladies were hard at work painting anything and everything in shades of pepto bismal pink and sanitarium turquoise. I think we have a Color Me Mine here in Wichita. I should totes go!
ReplyDeleteWichita? You're in Wichita? Yes! Hi Jess. I, too am in Wichita. Very nice to meet someone in the blogosphere that is also here!
DeleteI tried my hand at this once, and my hand ruined everything. I ended up with this brown mess I gave away. The thing is, I didn't use brown paint at all. I just colored over it one too many times.
ReplyDeleteYou will paint that pottery so hard it won't know what happened to it.....
ReplyDeleteI want pottery pictures!
I used to do this as a kid, and I loved it. My wife wants to get into it. She's looking around for good places that offer classes.
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