For me, there is nothing like the rush that comes with learning a new skill. Last Fall I started taking pottery and I have been deep in it. The studio where I am taking classes allows student to use the space at any time there is not a class going on. My husband might be regretting extracting the promise from me not to get any new large equipment.
Being a skill unlike any I have yet attempted, the learning curve has been steeper than I am used to. Here are some of my first works.
This cup is only as even as it is because my teacher helped me pull it. 
This one started as a pot that collapsed because I pulled unevenly. It collapsed so elegantly I decided to try painting it like a rose. 
Unfortunately, it is impossible to tell what the colors are going to look like once it’s been fired. My son says that it looks like a bloody heart. 🙁 
After practicing all of December and starting a new class, I am getting marginally better.
I got started in this in order to produce a piece for my persona pentathlon, so I am also working on some medieval forms. Some of these were done before I decided to actually make the pottery and were instead painted at one of those paint your own pottery shops. The forms they supply are slop cast rather than thrown which is an 18th century technology, but the painting is in the style of the 14th century and we are currently using those for our feast gear.
These colors don’t appear until later in the 15th century. Most of the pieces I am emulating are from the late 14th and early 15th century in Italy. 
This form is not Italian like most of the other historical pieces I have recreated. 
Instead it is similar to Raeren Stoneware. I’m not 100% happy with the proportions. 
This one started as a mug that buckled. I recovered by creating a pitcher. 
The painting is based on a find in Wales, but is very characteristic of Italian/Spanish/Syrian white ware. 
Here I am experimenting with the right colors to get an effect similar to the Mn and Cu used in period pieces. 
