A beginner's view of pottery

2026-01-23

Most of my weekends now go into pottery. The notes below are mostly for my future self. Reading the manual first would have saved me an afternoon. It is slower than buying the finished thing, and that is the point. Nothing here is new, but it took me a while to see it. The weather decided most of the schedule.

Here are a few notes on bookbinding. The second try took half the time of the first. Mistakes were cheap, so I made many of them. Good tools help, but patience helps more. Questions are welcome by email.

For a long time I avoided houseplants. It is slower than buying the finished thing, and that is the point. I underestimated how much light matters. More on this later.