1. A lift to the studio from my lovely neighbour.

2. I don’t particularly like my work in my class today – it smudges and skews too much. I try putting it on end – making a vase out of one piece and a … thing out of the other – which improves it — but more importantly, offcuts from making the latter inspire the rest of my afternoon.

2b. Pleasant curves appear from nowhere.

2c. I finally, FINALLY glaze a project that’s been hanging over my head for months. Who knows if I’ll like the finished piece but at least now it’s finished.

3. I eat a snack on the balcony. Kaufman, at my feet, and the neighbour’s cat a floor below want to share my ham. It’s good ham and I want it all to myself but they’re too cute to resist.