reinventing yourself as a violent act
destroyed by hippie powers, car seat headrest // @/angelcommunist // portrait of fryderyk in shifting light, richard siken
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Have you taken any pottery classes or were you entirely self taught? I REALLY want to get into it but classes are quite expensive
I took some sculpting in undergrad, but it was in the context of casting and mold-making, not ceramics. So I'm fairly comfortable with clay as a medium but not so much with clay as an end product--not being able to do armatures and having to think about firing is weird. (If I had the opportunity to do bronze casting again, though, I would, no hesitation.) That puts me in the minority of my current pottery peers, who are largely self-taught or only learned in our studio.
I do pottery now at a co-op studio space, and technically that means that I'm taking classes there--but the classes are more like guided lab time? There's not really assignments or anything, and there's only a couple other people who sculpt, none of whom are in my class. Mostly the class just means that the person in charge demonstrates a technique or two once a week and then lets us do our thing.
Personally I think that shared studio space is the absolute best way to go. You spend less in startup costs (kilns are EXPENSIVE, running kilns is expensive, glaze is expensive) and it plugs you directly in to a group of fellow artists who can help and support you at whatever skill level you're at. Yes, classes are expensive--my class is $250 per season. But for me that includes lab space, 50 lbs of clay per season, almost all of the glaze I use, kiln time, and other people doing all the maintenance and kiln loading/unloading etc. Very much money well spent.
Artist-run shared spaces are often not turning a profit on anything with studio fees, just covering operations costs, so while it's pricey, it generally is just...what it costs to do that hobby. And it is sooooo much easier to be motivated when you're going to what is, basically, Grown-Up Art Club.
But if costs are prohibitive for you to do pottery via classes, and you want to learn to sculpt, then get some polymer clay and see what you can do. It's a different game than actual clay, but form is form, and the medium is secondary to figuring out how to translate an idea into reality.
Polymer clay is relatively affordable and doesn't require nearly the infrastructure of ceramics. If you can't spend the money on classes or a shared studio, then polymer clay is a great way to develop technique and an eye so that when you're in a position to spend the money, you already have the skills to make it worth what you're spending.
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Brindleton Bay - Community Lots.
01 | Sea Life by kellyhartx
lot size | 30x20
02 | The Whale Bar by biancml (CC)
lot size | 20x15
03 | New England Chapel by pixelglam (CC)
lot size | 30x20
04 | Club Calico by OlliiillO
lot size | 40x30
05 | Lighthouse Restaurant by Wafl
lot size | 20x20
06 | Brindleton Bay Dog Park by crisldicrisl
lot size | 40x30
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Restaurant Recommendations by Amelie
El Árbol by NicoleSimblr
San Myshuno Restaurant by sweetandsyrupy
Rooftop Bar Restaurant by shabrilar
Sushi Restaurant by sweetandsyrupy
Skye Sushi by Ivy_and_Wisteria
Brindleton Yacht Club by Simprehend
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saw my son develop eyebags on @creantzy 's comic and bolted
if i had a nickel for every cult ptf fyodor has killed id have two nickels which isnt a lot but its odd it happened twice
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Age: YA
Traits: Artistic, Coffee Lover, Socially Awkward
Aspiration: Soulmate
Presets: Body | Nose | Head (n°7)
Skin details: Skintone | Skin overlay | Pores | Eyebags + Dark circles | Nosemask | Nose definition | Blush | Face contour
Eyebrows (n°9) | Hair
Make-up: Eyeshadow | Eyeliner | Lipgloss | Eyes
Clothes and Accessories: Top | Skirt | Shoes | Necklace | Ear piercings
As always a big thank you to all the cc creators ♡
Sim available on the gallery (ID: gzb_naomi)
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