David Hendley on mon 14 apr 03
Dear Taylor, welcome to the time-warp of ceramics. I hope you
have an understanding wife because, should you continue
with your pottery adventures, she has more missed dates and
late arrivals to look forward to.
First of all, don't even get out your clay if you only have 45
minutes to spend with it. You will wind up being late for sure.
Marsha, here is a good formula for determining how long you
can expect your husband to be, when he is going to work on
pottery:
1. However long he says it will take, double it.
2. Add another 1 hour.
So, according to the formula, if Taylor says he will be working
for 45 minutes, that really means 2 1/2 hours (2 X 45min. + 1 hour).
If he says he will be gone 2 hours, that means 5 hours, and if he
is just going out to the garage for 5 minutes, "to see how things
are drying", that means an hour and 10 minutes.
After 28 years of marriage, my wife is well-versed in "potter's time",
and adjusts her expectations accordingly. Have Marsha call if she
would like some tips, such as telling the potter an event starts at
7:00, when it really starts at 8:00, and setting the studio clock ahead
on days when there is an important appointment.
David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas
david@farmpots.com
http://www.farmpots.com
----- Original Message -----
Here is another installment in a Newbie saga.
Time is precious. I know that. Hours fill up, the days book up, and
weeks roll past. Before you know it, two weeks have passed since you've
touched clay and those days seem like dead days. The other day with
just such a realization, I stole, no crept, to the garage and my kick
wheel for forty-five minutes of wheel time while my wife took a much
needed nap. She has been taking two and three extra jobs to help us
make ends meet while maintaining her PhD work, and she was beat. On
Penni Stoddart on mon 14 apr 03
So it's not just me who has a better half who comes into the studio at 2am
to ask "are you coming to bed tonight dear?". As if I was planning on
staying up all night. Okay so I wasn't planning it but it doesn't sound like
that bad an idea really -that is until I have to deal with my 2 kids in the
morning and the few hundred at work all day long.
Both the original post and this second one made me smile.
Taylor - my hubby came in one night as I was painting on the side of a bowl
and thought I'd fallen asleep, brush in hand! I guess my head was bent down
to eye the writing and from the door it looked like I it was resting on the
work bench. I heard him let out a guffaw as he exclaimed "damn she's fallen
asleep at it!". To which I responded "Who's sleeping?". Made him jump!! hee
hee hee hee
Happy Potting all.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Penni Stoddart
of Penelope's Pots
Full Time Education Assistant,
Part Time Potter
I live in my own little world.....but it's okay, they all know me here.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, because you are crunchy and
taste good with ketchup.
Ms Noel on mon 14 apr 03
Loyd Rosenfield in the 1958 Ceramics Monthly knew way back then that a
potter's time is totally different! The following was in CM in 1958 and I
have kept it framed in my various studios over the years!!
"My wife has joined with zest dynamical
A club for making things ceramical;
When I come home all tired and tottery,
I find my dinner's gone to pottery!"
Noel
Noel's Lace Clay
Canton, Ga where spring has finally sprung
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