Magical evening at Arto Factory

Thanks to Win Win Supporters Seogwipo for such a delightful evening of group ceramics and pottery. Arto Factory’s space is pleasantly full from top to bottom of ceramic pieces. Upon arrival I took a few minutes looked around before taking my seat at the table ladened with the tools and supplies we’d need. The artists took us through the plan and we were all happily surprised to hear that in addition to the Jeju platter we knew we’d be making, we also get to make a bowl or cup of our choice on the wheel. The lead artist explained and demonstrated to us each step for creating the platter in such a clear way that I could understand all of it. We gently flattened out our clay, and rolled it into shape. That’s when my turn came to sit at the wheel and make my chosen clover cup. The artist at the wheel was expert at ensuring I was actually making the cup but that my ineptitude at pottery wouldn’t show itself in the final result :) Once that was all spun, I flew back to my station and caught up to the masses. Using a stencil of the island, I cut out the shape of Jeju and then signed the bottom, folded up the edges and sponged out any imperfections. The instructor gave some recs about decorating the platters and from there we all did our own thing. On the way over I had been contemplating painting the magnificent clouds that had taken over the sky onto my platter, but in the end admitted that I have scant experience painting on ceramic sooooo my second idea prevailed. I gently etched Jeju’s topography onto the platter. Although it’s super inaccurate, I did in fact consult a topographic map on my phone :) i decided to forego painting each height span different colors and instead chose a cute green color for the whole piece. The other participants and instructor were very gracious about letting me use all the green on their pallets and filling up the green for me twice respectively. I’m hoping it turns out uniformly or nicely patchy but either way I can’t wait to go pick it and the cup up once they’ve been fired :) Many thanks to 서귀포시가족센터! It’s so lovely you have these nifty programs to support for the Formation of Social Network for Single-person Households! Very groovy! #서귀포시가족센터#서귀포시1인가구 #1인가구사회적관계망형성지원