bike

ここ数日肌寒い日が続いていてたけど、今日は暑いぐらい天気が良かったせいもあって、陶芸教室に自転車でいくことにした。

この自転車はシャノンが私のためにパーツを買いそろえ、組み立ててくれたもの。だからって訳じゃないけど、でもだからきっとfix gear bikeなんだろう。ママチャリ慣れの私としては自分の足が車輪の回転と常に一致固定っという状態に最初違和感があった。
今はどうだろう？

違和感はないとしても、まだまだストップするときの足の筋肉がないのを感じたり、バランスよく停まってられなかったりっと色々トレーニングしたいことはあるけど、自転車が身体，足のextensionって感じでとっても気に入ってる。そしてやっぱり天気の良い日は自動車より自転車が気持ちいいね。

I love Lucy

Angel Oak

This is Angel Oak which is near Charleston, South Carolina. It's a 1500 year old tree and some of its branches are touching the ground. They almost looked like extended arms sprawling all over to cover the big area.

It was just amazing to see how beautiful and how much vitality this tree has.

finished pieces

My winter ceramic class is finally over and here are some of my new pieces.
I noticed all my pieces shrunk as they were dried, so I'll have to take that into consideration next time.
Gradually I am gaining a control of the shape of pieces and am starting to feel whether I can push and pull more of the clay. Though I still have unexpected results from glazing, some of my pieces turned out better because of the choice and mixture of glazes.




















These are some of the colors that I dig for now and also the idea of making sets would be nice.