Waking the Studio: Preparing for the Spring Collection
Waking the Studio: Preparing for the Spring Collection Hello again. February is a strange, beautiful month here at Pottery & Pig. The kind of month that asks something of you. Outside, the garden is still mostly asleep—just a few brave snowdrops nodding near the frost-edged windows, the barest hint of green where we know the daffodils are supposed to be. The mornings come slow and grey, and the light has that particular February quality: thin, patient, waiting. The studio feels it too. These weeks between deep winter and the first real stirrings of spring are when we do our waking up. The Quiet Before the Making You might imagine a pottery studio as a place of constant motion—wheels spinning, hands moving, clay flying. And yes, when we're in full flow, that's exactly what it is. But February is different. February is preparation. These days are slower on purpose. We sweep and organize and take stock of things. We check every shelf, every bag of clay, every bottle of glaze...
