Some days are like that.

Went back to coiling a pot this past weekend. Mostly because I was struggling to centre on the wheel. Some days are like that.
I like to coil on the days when I don't want to be messy, or don't have time to clean up the mess, or when I don't have any ideas about what I want to make. Coiling is slow enough, that by the time the pot starts to take shape, I know what I'm making. Which is a bass ackwards way of going about it, but some days are like that.
This shape emerged from the coil. It reminded me of a traditional Greek pot shape, except the handles which remind me of that singing demon from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.




Some days are like that.
But the pot shape got me interested in finding real ancient Greek pot shapes that I could try to make. One of the classes I took a few years ago had us make composite shapes based on traditional Greek designs. Remembering this put me onto a new idea of what I could make as a series. Which lead me on a merry Internet search for several hours. Some days are like that.
The usual way to go about these things is to think about the shape first, draw it and then execute. But last weekend I executed, then researched and drew, and now I'm ready to begin, if you see what I mean. Some days are like that.
Tomorrow, Wednesday, I will try to throw some bits that go together to make a Greek-like looking thing. I can do it tomorrow because our electrician called to say the new power upgrade scheduled for tomorrow is postponed, again. Some days are like that.