Hooray for Saturday! Potentially, wouldn't we love to get everything we need done prior to Saturday so we can leave this day to ourselves! I know it never really works out that way but this is just another goal I have this year that is for ME.

School will be starting up for me as well as many other college students this coming week. So, the past few days I have been working my butt off going back and forth from the main campus setting everything up so that my first week of school will go as smoothly as possible. But I must confess I had to get all that out of the way because I could not wait to get started on my pottery and craft projects.

Talking with friends and family has severely and sincerely inspired and motivated me to really push my creative boundaries. It's so funny that the people around me in my life can see what I could have the potential of making, yet I cannot haha I think we're all good at looking at each other and pointing out the good and even bad things but we can never look at ourselves. Reminds me of Jennifer Lopez's movie The Wedding Planner. She explains why she has never gotten married when she creates such beautiful wedding events. "Those who don't wed, plan." Enough said lol

I'm so lucky to have such artistic, creative and loving people in my life. Hopefully, once I can put more work out there to the public my audience will see that with every item there is a story and a connection to myself in some way. The people in my life as well as my own self inspire the creation of my artwork and if my artwork were to sell I hope that every purchaser or receiver knows and feelings the story behind every piece.

January 10, 2011

What a roller coaster. You know, today I started with the idea of a mug. Tall, cylindrical, round handle. I attempted this mug 4 times in one sitting at my wheel with no success. I consider myself a talented and growing artist, why could I not make this mug?! I let myself step away from the problem and rest, think, and EAT:)

Why was I trying to make this ordinary, plain mug? Why did I have to make this ordinary, plain mug? Who's rules was I following?! And then it hit me.

There are no rules in Art.

So after a little realization and motivation I went back at it, letting the clay help lead my hands into the form it was supposed to be. Simple as that, I made an identical 4 piece mug set. Yes, you must think I'm crazy. I'll agree it's not that simple to create and form an object. But yet it happened.

It happened because I let myself go. I let my mind roam free. I gave myself permission to not make a stereotypical object. I gave myself permission TO BE ME!! Just being able to allow myself to not follow any rules overjoyed me. I feel such happiness and contentment knowing I was able to portray the artist, I know, I am in my art.

Allow YOURSELF to let lose and remind you of who you are and what you can do. Tomorrow's a new day; explore this new lesson and exercise. I hope it opens your eyes, like it has mine.

With this post, I will tell you Good Night.

Genius... is the capacity to see ten things when the ordinary man see one.

-Ezra Pound

When I was a child I used to love drinking my beverage out of one of my mother's big mugs. When searching for one of my own I could never find one big enough.

I love a big handle, a cup that fills out the size of my growing hands. This has been my visualization of comfort and warmth in a mug my whole life.

So, instead, I made myself one. Given it is not perfect but the idea and concept are there. One day it'll be my ideal mug but until then this makes me happy.

This piece, The Dipper, was one of my first pottery items that I made in college. Working with glazes is almost always an experiment, (TO ME), so for me to actually "like" the final outcome of colors... it means a lot. So far, this is my favorite. You will notice that I used this pot in my business cards, so hopefully one day this will be THE item that everyone will be jumping for.

Hey, I can dream can't I?! :)

Better Late Than Never

Happy New Year!! 2011 is here! And so is the first post of Jacie's Pottery Blog!! Pottery has been a big love of mine for a very long time and I have continued to put this on the back burner telling myself that there are other priorities that need to come first. But not this year of 2011. This year pottery, a medium that let's me relax, decompose, and reflect, will be one of those priorities for me.

Maybe you can try it too. Not pottery per say, but a medium that lets you relax from the everyday. Do one thing everyday that makes you happy, that keeps your spirits up. A bubble bath, read, draw, playtime with the kids or family, or a walk.

Join me in 2011 to celebrate creativity and happiness! Pottery is just one element that brings out MY creativity and happiness. What's yours?