Satisfying pottery dish made with a real hibiscus flower #vuvuceramics #flowerart #ceramics #clay

Do you look at failure as a positive thing? Failure is always a great opportunity to learn something new. Failure is a stepping stone to success, mistakes can make us experts at what we are trying to do. You are figuring out how to do it better, discovering what doesn’t work, finding a new approach. This applies to many things in life, from art to relationships to cooking to school to work. The only time there’s true failure is if you stop trying. The mistake doesn’t matter as much as what you do next. Success sometimes has to do more with persistence than anything else. In my ceramics work I know that if I started to fear failure or get discouraged by it, I most likely wouldn’t try anything new. And sometimes an idea I was imagining doesn’t work the first time or second time. This hibiscus flower plate actually cracked with the first couple I made - clay can hold a lot of tension and certain shapes can crack in the drying phase. But once I got over that moment of disappointment, there was the chance to try again - and to use what I’d learned to do it successfully. (They cracked at the raw clay stage so I recycled and reused the clay- even the clay gets to try again!). The end result was beautiful, and the learning lesson of the journey valuable. I really love the journey and creation of art (part of the reason I love sharing these videos that show the art process, not just the finished pieces). This hibiscus flower is from a plant in my garden- I love these enormous flowers. So I enjoy the bloom and once the hibiscus flower is just starting to wilt, I use it to create the impression in clay. #positivethinking #ceramics #hibiscus #artprocess