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Pot club

25/2/2014

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About a week ago I got my first potters wheel. A dream come true, always wanted to play with clay. While my painting is progressing I am endlessly experimenting with new materials for the soul purpose of combining the unconventional, that means eventually introducing this material in to my paintings. Like with all forms of art I believe before you start breaking the rules you need to master the basics. So here I am going nuts with basic pottery and believe me it's not as easy as it looks. I encountered flopping clay, flying clay, droopy clay and clay that somehow makes it in to the living room. I can't get it centred, the walls are too thick and the desired hight of a pot is not happening - but I tell you, I am having so much fun with it that I barely sleep, this is the first time I sat by the computer in a week; family and friends think I am sick or on vacation - and me? I never want to stop. Finally become a pot head.

These pieces that you see here are not planed, they somewhat happened (by themselves). They are not firerd yet, glazing is another step I am looking forward to. Stay tuned I will post the finished pieces - that is if they don't explode in the kiln first. 
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Flight Plan

1/2/2014

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One cold evening, I was feeling a little bit nostalgic and decided to look through some of my old photos; old meaning baby pictures (missing my mom). I came across a series of photos my mom took of me on a beach where I was running free of care and with endless possibilities in my mind. Funny thing is, I don't remember much from my childhood but for some reason this day stuck. There were seagulls flying around, sand rubbing between my toes and very, very cold Baltyk water. I remember running as fast as I could, trying to mimic the flying seagulls and I swear I almost took off. That little flash back got me wondering why I don't do that any more. See, I think a lot of us think about what people might think and they probably would say "oooh, there definitely is some mental disorder". Well to hell with consequences I say, care free thinking can open up a world of possibilities. So this is the flight plan; get an idea and run with it, most of the time it will not succeed but one of these days there will be lift off and feet will not touch the ground again.
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    Iwona Dufaj

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    I believe in the Magic of Creation... this is my world, where ideas are born and their journeys tell the final story. The good, the bad, the happy and sad, just plain old crazy.

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