Tried a pottery wheel for the first time tonight after getting off work. Did not expect my hands to shake that much just from centering a lump of clay.
Collapsed 3 times before I got one bowl that actually held its shape. My instructor kept saying slower, slower while I kept speeding up out of nerves.
Neck and shoulders didn’t bother me once during the whole class, which might be a first in weeks. Apparently sitting hunched over a wheel hits different than sitting hunched over a laptop.
It’s past 9pm now and there’s still clay under every fingernail. The bowl leans slightly to one side but I’m keeping it anyway.