Even though I've been at the pottery gig for a few years now, I can still catch myself doing stupid things.
Just the other day I was making handles for a batch of mugs. Because I was a little distracted while I was making them, I ended up recounting how many I had already at least 4 times.
Finally I got so fed up with myself that I reorganized the handles into groups of 5 on the board so that I could see at a glance whether I had enough for my 2 dozen mugs yet...
Since this was a doing stupid things day, I made a couple of extra handles too, just in case...
I didn't need the extra handles, but the groups of 5 is going to be a new regular studio practice.
4 comments:
Very smart idea :)
I guess that's how we become more efficient-- we get sick and tired of our own inefficiency! I still do many things that make me think "that was dumb" afterwards. Thanks for saving me from this if I am ever in the same situation!
So - I'm getting back into clay after a bit of a hiatus and I throw some handles the other day. Arghhh...I forgot the simple nuance of matching handle to mug & the act of waiting a respectable amount of time till a handle firms up to just right. I ended up having to rip all the handles off and I had no spares... smart woman!bres
You're well organized. good luck!
sam
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