Monday, October 2
Oct. 3rd, 2023 02:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
Sunny and cool.
My Sweetie continuing to work steadily on the siding. There is a ton of fiddly work, like trim around windows and so on that take a lot of time.
I went to pottery today.
Pretty much the moment I walked in, a woman there was showing signs of frustration at not knowing how to throw taller pieces. Well, I'm pretty darn good at throwing fairly tall, so I offered to work with her a bit.
Sure, I did some of the work, but I explained what I was doing and she did some of it too, and she got two forms; a nice shape for a mug, and a taller vase-ish piece.
It's funny, people often say to me that they want to sit down with me to learn how to throw something taller, or how to use this one tool (similar to a wooden spoon) to get rounder shapes, but they never actually commit to sitting down with me; they're always one foot already out the door.
Anyhow, I told this person I would be more than happy to keep working with her for a while each class if she needs it. What this studio sorely lacks is an atmosphere of sharing of skills. There is just no instruction for throwing at all.
I did throw a vase with kind of a cool shape especially near the top that I like.
Then we had our general meeting for the craft center, which involves news and decisions for pottery, weaving, and wood working all together.
I was a little shocked to find that our President was stepping down this year. We do "elect" the President every year, but for several years we simply re-elect this woman, because she is AMAZING.
I know she is likely tired of doing it, and has a husband with some health issues who might need her attention more these days, and I get it.
That said, we were not really prepared, and while a woman did offer to fill the office (and we voted her in because there is literally NO ONE ELSE willing to do all the work that goes with it) I don't really KNOW her, and I hope it works out. The other President is still willing to be there as an advisor, so she isn't throwing us to the wolves or anything.
It just really caught us off guard, I think. I wasn't the only shell-shocked looking person in the room.
After the meeting, I went back to my work area and cleaned up, there wasn't enough time to work on anything else.
Then I got groceries, and I probably bought more than I really needed for the week, because I was tired and hungry and in a bit of a panic (two of our friends are coming to help my husband with some higher up work, and I needed to get food for them), and also everything seemed to be on those "sales" that apply only if you buy in multiples. I do like to stock up on things I use often if there is a good price, because I would have to buy it anyways, so if you can save fifty cents or a dollar per item, well, then I buy it.
I came home and my husband made supper, and we sat and shared notes about our days.
It was too late to start a movie, but nice to connect a bit.
I learned about how an entire multi-storey building was rotated what looks like 180 degrees without disconnecting the building from power or sewer, and the people working there were able to continue working from it and continue service (it was a telephone exchange building).
This just blew my mind.
https://www.archdaily.com/973183/the-building-that-moved-how-did-they-move-an-11000-ton-telephone-exchange-without-suspending-its-operations#:~:text=In%20November%201930%2C%20in%20Indiana,600%20employees%20who%20worked%20inside.
Sunny and cool.
My Sweetie continuing to work steadily on the siding. There is a ton of fiddly work, like trim around windows and so on that take a lot of time.
I went to pottery today.
Pretty much the moment I walked in, a woman there was showing signs of frustration at not knowing how to throw taller pieces. Well, I'm pretty darn good at throwing fairly tall, so I offered to work with her a bit.
Sure, I did some of the work, but I explained what I was doing and she did some of it too, and she got two forms; a nice shape for a mug, and a taller vase-ish piece.
It's funny, people often say to me that they want to sit down with me to learn how to throw something taller, or how to use this one tool (similar to a wooden spoon) to get rounder shapes, but they never actually commit to sitting down with me; they're always one foot already out the door.
Anyhow, I told this person I would be more than happy to keep working with her for a while each class if she needs it. What this studio sorely lacks is an atmosphere of sharing of skills. There is just no instruction for throwing at all.
I did throw a vase with kind of a cool shape especially near the top that I like.
Then we had our general meeting for the craft center, which involves news and decisions for pottery, weaving, and wood working all together.
I was a little shocked to find that our President was stepping down this year. We do "elect" the President every year, but for several years we simply re-elect this woman, because she is AMAZING.
I know she is likely tired of doing it, and has a husband with some health issues who might need her attention more these days, and I get it.
That said, we were not really prepared, and while a woman did offer to fill the office (and we voted her in because there is literally NO ONE ELSE willing to do all the work that goes with it) I don't really KNOW her, and I hope it works out. The other President is still willing to be there as an advisor, so she isn't throwing us to the wolves or anything.
It just really caught us off guard, I think. I wasn't the only shell-shocked looking person in the room.
After the meeting, I went back to my work area and cleaned up, there wasn't enough time to work on anything else.
Then I got groceries, and I probably bought more than I really needed for the week, because I was tired and hungry and in a bit of a panic (two of our friends are coming to help my husband with some higher up work, and I needed to get food for them), and also everything seemed to be on those "sales" that apply only if you buy in multiples. I do like to stock up on things I use often if there is a good price, because I would have to buy it anyways, so if you can save fifty cents or a dollar per item, well, then I buy it.
I came home and my husband made supper, and we sat and shared notes about our days.
It was too late to start a movie, but nice to connect a bit.
I learned about how an entire multi-storey building was rotated what looks like 180 degrees without disconnecting the building from power or sewer, and the people working there were able to continue working from it and continue service (it was a telephone exchange building).
This just blew my mind.
https://www.archdaily.com/973183/the-building-that-moved-how-did-they-move-an-11000-ton-telephone-exchange-without-suspending-its-operations#:~:text=In%20November%201930%2C%20in%20Indiana,600%20employees%20who%20worked%20inside.
