Ever read an article or watch a video of someone elses studio practice and you think  Everybody knows that or everyone does that.  But best of all it’s fun to have that eureka moment when you see something that you never thought of or had forgotten you used to do that. There are so many studio practices that we have that we sometime forget that what comes naturally is a totally new concept to others.

During the summer it can get too hot to work in my studio so I use that time to work out new ideas, I do this by keeping a sketchbook of new ideas.  I use notes of possible glaze combinations, drawings of pots that I see or pots that just my imagination.  Pottery Making Illustrated has a different group of sketches of pots in each issue on the very last page.  They are a great source of inspiration.   

I also use mock ups paper, tar paper or cardboard to work out design I use a shrinkage ruler to get dimensions after shrinkage.  I also will binge on some YouTube Videos from some of my favorite potters and ceramic artists.  I recently watched a video from Vaughan Smith.  Was about the exploring different shapes of mugs and finding one style that is special for your studio.  It was so informative and can you excited for exploring more.  

Watch his video here Vaughan Smith exploring mug shapes

Hope you find this helpful and let me know if you have any studio practices you would like to share, send them to my contact page and while there sign up for my news letter.