Anny Chih

I went to a first timer’s pottery class on Saturday with a friend. I had thought we’d go in and make whatever we wanted with the help of an instructor. Well, not so much. We were supposed to make a cup first and then a bowl next (Japanese style). I went along and made the cup but I got bored waiting for instructions when we first started making the bowl so I started playing around with the clay and water reenacting the scene in ‘Ghost’ with Demi Moore.I don’t think the instructor was all too impressed. Apparently if you put that much water on the clay you weaken it to the point that it can’t be used to make a bowl. So I had to start over again.

By then I was pretty behind so I just started making whatever I wanted with the clay and came up with the turtle in the picture. It looked a lot better in my head than it looks in real life. In case you can’t tell, it’s supposed to be a turtle stuck on its back with a “uh-oh” expression and reads “Hire Anny Chih” in the middle. I was going to write “Hire Anny Chih for the Best Job in the World” but there wasn’t enough room.

I wish I had a better picture of it but I didn’t have my regular camera so I used the camera on my phone. I thought we’d be able to take our pottery home that day but it takes a couple days to fire and won’t be ready for another two or three weeks because they’re going to glaze it afterwards. I choose a nice green glaze and I’ll post a picture once I get the turtle back. I think I’ll call him Fred.