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lethargic_man) wrote2008-05-18 06:42 pm
Plate tectonics!*
Seven years ago, my friend Lesley WISNOLJ, Sara (likewise) and myself went, at Lesley's suggestion to the Clay Café in Temple Fortune. I looked around the various pieces of pottery, ranging from garden gnomes to household crockery, on offer to decorate, and eventually selected a simple plate. But now I had a plate, what was I going to do with it? I looked at its shape, and inspiration struck:
Not bad, I thought, for an impulse choice of decoration... but I was not entirely happy with it either: Failing to realise the extent to which the bottom coat would fade when the clay was fired and the glaze added, I did not put enough paint on, and the ocean is not the uniform deep blue it should be. Also, the outline of the continents leaves something to be desired, though I still maintain it's not at all bad given that I had to do it from memory, without any preparation at all. Finally, it was a bit of a rushed job, trying to get it finished before the Clay Café shut.
So I intended to go back at some point at do it again, doing a better job. Only I didn't. And then one day, years later, I caught the plate against my kitchen tap and put a crack in it. And then the other day, I forgot about this crack, put pressure on the plate, and it came apart into two.
So I was thinking maybe I should go back and do it again. But then I thought, what with my capel, it would probably come across as harping on the same theme a bit. So then I thought maybe I could go there early in the day and do a series of eight, one for each of the planets†. But then I thought: what would be the point? I already have all the plates I need. But then I thought—or maybe it was ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
lavendersparkle who came up with this, I forget—I don't have any plates bar paper ones for Pesach; and sooner or later I'm going to want to throw a big meal, or possibly even *shudder* a Seder, at Pesach.
So who would like to spend a Sunday with me at the Clay Café putting this suggestion into practice?
* Yes it is appropriate; go look "tectonic" up in the dictionary if you don't believe me.
† Well, in this solar system, at any rate. And assuming the planet I call Krishna isn't actually discovered...
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And colour me impressed about your visual recall; that is a mighty fine map you have created.
I'll put in a good word for a series of _nine_ plates, though. (See icon).
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And colour me impressed about your visual recall; that is a mighty fine map you have created.
Africa is way too small and tilting to the right. *shrug* I like maps; I find them fascinating. I can stare at them for ages following the rivers and suchlike; I try to draw them myself and express awe at professional mapmakers' ability.
When I was little, people would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up, and I would reply "a cartographer". And people would say, "Where did you learn that big word, Michael?"
I'll put in a good word for a series of _nine_ plates, though. (See icon).
Pshaw! I'm one of those people who've been arguing there's only eight planets since long before Pluto was officially demoted. It's the largest of the known plutinos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutino), and the nearest large Kuiper Belt Object, but nothing more. Even beforehand, when it was considered a planet, it was the odd-one out in the Solar System.
Besides, if Pluto is a planet, what's that make Eris (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/136199_Eris), which is larger than Pluto?
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And yeah, lots of things could tempt me, it's just that other factors are conspiring against me.
*Do* remind me, please.
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"Plutoid (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7449735.stm)", now, apparently.
*Do* remind me, please.
<reminds>
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I have got a nice Milk plate I made at the one in Richmond and would like to make a Meat plate.
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