Total pages in book: 95
Estimated words: 88742 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 444(@200wpm)___ 355(@250wpm)___ 296(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 88742 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 444(@200wpm)___ 355(@250wpm)___ 296(@300wpm)
I pull the sleeves of my dress off of my shoulder and let it fall to the ground. It pools at my feet, and I almost cover myself out of instinct but stop myself. I want Brick to see me since he likes to look at my body so much.
And I like that he likes to look at me.
I wore a matching lacy bra and panties set. I wasn’t sure if our night would lead to anyone getting disrobed, but I wasn’t going to take any chances. I like being sexy for him.
The two of us continue undressing until we’re both totally in the nude. There are a few moments of outright staring. I almost think we’re going to totally skip making ceramics, but then Brick hands me my apron.
I smile and put it on. It feels weird wearing one of these without any clothes on underneath, but it’s also titillating. The rough fabric of the apron rubs against my nipples. They are already hard and peaked, wanting to be touch and licked.
But it’s not quite time for that yet.
Once my apron is all tied up, I look over at Brick. I can’t help but let out a laugh at seeing him like this. He’s so big and muscular, the apron looks comical on his body. If I had my phone on me, I would most definitely snap a picture.
But even with as funny as he looks, he’s still so gosh darn good looking. There’s a bulge just above the hem of the apron, and it’s making a lot of promises for later on tonight.
I actually do want to take advantage of the equipment we have at our disposal, though, so I bring my hands together.
“So, are you ready to learn how to work a pottery wheel?”
13
Tammy
I section off some clay for both of us. I give him a much smaller chunk since it’ll be easier to work with that amount. I don’t want to start him off with too much. Pottery is very easy to mess up, especially if you don’t know what you’re doing, and Brick has no idea how to do any of this. This is the very first time he has ever sat down at a pottery wheel, which is kind of exciting. I’m happy to be part of one of his firsts.
Growing up, I was never much of a fine arts person myself. I liked to draw, but I mainly stuck to flowers. Most of my drawings were just rough sketches of arrangements I wanted to make anyway. But Mamie was always trying something new, and that’s how I got into ceramics. She randomly signed up for a class one day and then didn’t want to go alone, so I tagged along. The classes were included in our tuition, which was great for me. I loved it so much I kept going for the four years I was at school. When I graduated, though, I’d had to stop. Out-of-pocket classes were well outside my budget, so it’s been a couple of years since I’ve worked with clay.
I’m extremely excited to be back at it again.
“Okay, so the first thing you do is get the wheel turning and throw the clay on. Make sure your switch is turned on and then press lightly on the pedal. You don’t want this thing going too crazy.” I demonstrate what I mean, getting my piece of clay right in the center. “It doesn’t have to be in the exact middle, but get it as close as you can. That’ll make forming whatever it is you plan on creating a little easier.”
“Like this?” Brick asks, throwing his clay onto the wheel. He didn’t get it dead center, but that really isn’t necessary. He actually threw the clay on the sweet spot. It’s forgiving enough, which is nice.
“Yeah, that’s really good.”
We’re both sitting at our respective wheels, facing one another. The whole nudity aspect isn’t really that distracting. I mean, I do catch a glimpse of his thigh or chest or really any exposed body part, and my heart races a little, but the wheel is also keeping me busy. It’s enough of a distraction that I don’t lose my damn mind.
“The next step is wetting your fingers,” I dip my fingers in the bowl of water on the table by me. Brick has his own table with water. “You start forming a shape by pushing your fingers – with some force but not too much – into the clay. The clay will automatically come out somewhat circular because of how the wheel is spinning. What you want to watch for is keeping the sides even since you’re making a bowl. You also want to watch the speed of your wheel. If you’ve got the wheel going too fast, that’s a super easy way to mess up whatever it is you’re trying to make. Too slow isn’t good either, but there’s a pretty wide range of speeds that work, so don’t get too in your head about it. You can watch me if you need a visual.”