I sometimes use a hair dryer (and also a blow torch) to speed up the drying of a pot. The rate that a pot dries depends on a number of factors, from the type of clay, to the humidity that day, to many others in between. And so in an effort to keep moving with the piece, I might try to speed it up.
Especially on rainier days.
However, if the humidity is too high and the clay is not drying as fast as I would like (and I do not want to use the heavy hitter of the blow torch as I am worried the piece may be too fragile), then I will sometimes have to simply . . . . . . . . . . . . wait.
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Wait for the weather to change;
wait for the rain to pass;
wait for a sunnier day.
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And then after leaving it away from my awareness and giving it some time – it is ready.
Fragile creations can require patience. We can try to speed things up, but often, they just take the time they take.
What is something fragile that has required your patience?
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This is great. I always wanted to try pottery and your tips are very useful! Thank you for sharing!
Glad I could help, Monika!
How hard it is to wait! We understand the logic of the steps, but we also understand our creativity! And it is one long string of wait and rewards. Excellent!
It sure is, and so much to learn and enjoy along the way!
Hi, in between blowtorches and paint burners at one side and a hairdryer on the other side there are blowers used to fast dry gesso or acrylmedia. Most of them can be soft blowing on a cooler temperature ( but much hotter than a hairdryer) or hard blowing with hotter air. They are called heatguns. I do not know the brand of mine ( to much paint at the outside), works fine for years now, but it ia very noisy thing. I did hear that the heatgun brand Tim Holtz is a very silent one. Maybe it is sold by Ranger. But I do think most hobby- or artist-shops will sell many branches.
Thanks Cecile! I have seen them used but do not have one just yet! Thanks for the recommendations!
Something that I was having a hard time waiting for was my sister’s baby’s arrival. I was so excited to this baby. My sister wanted the gender to be a surprise, but I always had a vibe that she was going to have a girl, and I was right. I cant wait until she is older so we can have tea parties together.
That sounds lovely. Thank you for sharing your story with me!
Waiting seems to be the hardest part of many endeavors.
It sure can be, especially if focusing on it! Hope you are well, Roger!
Interesting post!! 😍
Thank you for your kind words, Dilini! I hope you are keeping well.
No worries.. keep writing keep reading 😍
Knitting Lace shawls takes patience, if you don’t pay attention or try to speed through them you can miss read the pattern or miss a lace stitch which means you have to either FROG (that is ripping back rows of the knitting, hehe think ribbit :P) back to the life line, yeah life lines can be very necessary :P) or TINK back (tink is the word knit backwards which is undoing one stitch at a time until you get to the place you need to rework. I think most things worth doing require some patience or you would get bored and not do it. I think the enjoyment of the piece is the effort it took to make.
I had no idea of the fun wordplay in knitting! How wonderful! Thank you for sharing! Sounds like there is much to learn from knitting lace. I appreciate your comment and hope you are keeping well.