Hollyworld: A Day of Beauty

Thursday, January 17, 2019

A Day of Beauty—Pottery

Another day...another day of beauty. This time the pottery edition.

By now, I think most of you know I went back to school last year (my brother assures me that no one can miss my pottery posts and pics on social media). I take one class a term. I'm started my 4th class this week—they've all be ceramics. Since I started taking classes, I've started looking at the world through new eyes. I think I see more. I notice texture and shape. I notice beauty. I really don't have to proclaim a day of beauty. I think most days have some bit of it, if you only stop to look. But when I looked, today was especially beautiful.

I've been talking to a lovely lady about Rob Bernard. I did a report on him and blogged about him last year. I find his art fascinating. As we spoke, I realized what a gift these ceramic classes have been. The classes have impacted my writing and my day-to-day life.

On the heels of that conversation, I ran up the studio and stopped in at The Cumming's Gallery. There's a great exhibit right now by Thomas Hubert. I love how he combines wood and ceramics. I love how he plays with unusual forms and some very large forms.

His large teapots are so much fun to study. Teapots were first made in ancient China and while most people just microwave a cup of tea, they're still a classic ceramic form. (I don't microwave cups...I brew pots.) And sometimes, like Hubert's, they're not classic, instead they're unique, bold, big and narrative. my one teapot was definitely more narrative than functional. though I'm planning to make a functional one soon.

Beauty. It's everywhere. It's in an art gallery, but I also find it when I'm walking in the morning, or sitting by the fireplace on a winter evening. It's in a good book, or... Well, you get the point!

I hope as you go about your day, you find it's filled with beauty!

Holly

(You can read some of my other Days of Beauty here.)