... And yes, clay has its own rhythm, its own way, and its own timing. You must listen to and monitor it carefully. Just like when you knead bread, you also have to knead clay until you have squeezed out every bubble of air, until the water has mixed with the earth, until you create a mass that’s ready for shaping. If you rush, your work will crack in the kiln. This process is simultaneously re- laxing, while the feeling of elation that you feel when you viewing an object created from a pile of clay can neither be bought nor easily described. It must be experienced. Perhaps you want a hobby, perhaps you need an activity that will bring you back in- to balance with yourself, perhaps you need to overcome a need for everything to be done your way and when you want, or per- haps you want to learn patience? Maybe you just want to materialise your work. Which- ever of these you want to do, enrol in a pot- tery course. Of course, there’s always the option of buying a designed, hand-made piece of pottery and bringing a piece with soul in- to your life.
I f you are tied to technology all day, to an o ce, dealing with intellectual jobs, it is clear to you that expansion comes with courses for sculpting, knitting, cook- ing... Pottery leads the way because it re- turns you to those natural children’s needs to push your hands into the soil, to kneed it and form some shape. When we say pot- tery, ceramics, porcelain, we do not mean ab- stract sculptures, but rather functional hand- made pieces of kitchenware, lamps or plant pots that bring individuality to every space. That which you make with your own hands has no price. In this way you exercise your mind and body, whilst simultaneously creating something personal, original, and also useful. That which you make yourself is something you’ll love and value in a di er- ent way than some impersonal but perfectly symmetrical piece that you took from a shelf lled with examples of the same. Making ceramics is actually a form of meditation. You must concentrate seriously on that little piece of clay from the moment you take it in your hands, starting to knead it until the moment the desired form begins to take shape on the potter’s wheel. When painting or knitting you can take a break, but there’s none of that with clay. There’s no room for mobile phones, emails, messages
Clay is alive; it has energy and texture and will respond to your every touch, shaping, pressure Glina je živa, ima energiju i teksturu, odgovoriće na svaki vaš dodir, kalupljenje, pritisak
gline od kada ga uzmete u ruke i poč- nete da mesite do momenta dok na točku ne počne da se nazire željeni oblik. Kad slikate ili štrikate, može- te da napravite pauzu, sa glinom to- ga nema. Nema tu mesta za mobil- ni, mejlove, poruke... I da, glina ima svoj ritam, svoj put i svoj tajming. Morate ga pažljivo osluškivati i pra- titi. Kao kad mesite hleb, i glinu mo- rate da mesite dok ne istisnete sva- ki mehurić vazduha, dok se voda ne poveže sa zemljom, dok ne dobijete masu spremnu za oblikovanje. Ako požurite, vaše delo će ispucati u pe- ći. U isto vreme, taj proces opušta, a ushićenje koje osetite kad ugledate predmet nastao iz gomilice gline ne može se kupiti niti lako opisati. Tre- ba ga doživeti. Možda želite hobi, možda vam je potrebna aktivnost koja će vas vra- titi u balans sa samim sobom, mož- da vam je potrebno da suzbijete po- trebu da sve bude po vašem i kad vi hoćete, možda želite da se nauči- te strpljenju? Možda samo želite da materijalizujete ono što radite? Šta god od ovoga da želite, upišite se na kurs grnčarije. Naravno, uvek je otvorena opci- ja da kupite dizajnirani ručno rađe- ni komad keramike i u život unese- te komad sa dušom.
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