by Melanie Mena | Dec 30, 2010 | The Orange Teapot
Prompt: Achieve. What’s the thing you most want to achieve next year? How do you imagine you’ll feel when you get it? Free? Happy? Complete? Blissful? Write that feeling down. Then, brainstorm 10 things you can do, or 10 new thoughts you can think, in order to...
by Melanie Mena | Dec 15, 2010 | In my studio, Inspiration, The Orange Teapot
The One Of A Kind Show was FANTASTIC! I had such a wonderful 4 days (check out these photos on Marlis’ blog). I’ll write more about the details of the Show in another post. This post is all about Reverb10. Below are the past 9 prompts along with my...
by Melanie Mena | Feb 5, 2010 | Pottery, The Orange Teapot
I feel like I have a wee confession to make. I really, very much enjoy throwing pottery on the wheel (obviously) but all of the other stuff (trimming, attaching handles and spouts, decorating, glazing) is not nearly as enjoyable for me as the actual throwing part. If...
by Melanie Mena | Jan 12, 2010 | In my studio, The Orange Teapot
When you start learning how to throw on the potters’ wheel you have to be taught how to centre the mound of clay. This is the most challenging skill to learn for some people and it’s also a tough one to teach, but it’s the foundation of making your pot – you...
by Melanie Mena | Nov 29, 2009 | The Orange Teapot
“The Orange Teapot” is a story I’ve had knocking around for the past couple of years. I’ve written quite a bit about it, but not publicly. I’ll be posting parts of the story here as I think this will push me to make all of the bits and...
