(In fact, ten weeks ago I thought throwing pots was about expressing anger.
And if you are wondering who on earth Sam & Molly are they are the characters from that famous scene better know as Demi Moore & Patrick Swayze. Right now, I am experimenting with glazes and color gradation. It’s been ten weeks since I threw my first pot. ‘Throwing’ is the term used to describe the entire activity of shaping the clay on the potters wheel. I have created lots of pieces within the past few months. However, when Sam is murdered by friend and corrupt business partner Carl Bruner. From beginning to end, there are several steps involved:ġ) Acquiring the clay – Some artists find their own clay sources from the earth, but clay can also be purchased, ready to use.Ģ) Wedging – The purpose of this step is to create uniformity and consistency in the clay body, eliminating air bubbles.ģ) Throwing – Developing the shape of the piece on the pottery wheel.Ĥ) Trimming – Removing excess from the bottom of the piece to create a finished look.Ĥ) Glazing – Glazes are applied on the “bisque-fired” piece (fired at a relatively low temperature)…this is the most mysterious step as the glazes look completely different when they’re applied than when they’ve been “fired”ĥ) Firing – The piece is cured in a kiln (an extremely hot oven) to make it impenetrable and permanent. Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) is a banker, Molly Jensen (Demi Moore) is an artist, and the two are madly in love. The film begins right off of the bat by introducing the audience to Swayze('Sam') and Moore('Molly') as two young lovers that are navigating a notable step in their relationship: moving in together. The process is labor intensive and difficult, requiring focus, precision, control AND flexibility. Ghost (1990) is a romantic thriller starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, and Whoopi Goldberg.
The goal is to control the clay just enough to create the desired form but not to overwork the clay. Throwing pottery is an incredibly physical process–but not in a sexy kind of way. As audiences fell in love with the film about a young woman and the ghost of her murdered boyfriend. The couple created palpable sexual tension in the movies.
Aside from becoming 1990’s highest-grossing film globally, Ghost also had many of us eyeing that local pottery class. Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore brought together a romance that broke the boundaries of life and death in Ghost.
Test your credulity as our beloved Patrick Swayze trades in his dirty dancin' shoes and his blue collar bartending meat hooks to give a turn in the role he was destined to play: an intelligent, educated, high-powered account executive.įeel his pain when he is prematurely ripped away from Demi Moore while she is upstaged by her own Hobbit haircut.ĭrown in misery as you discover that the only way he can communicate with her is through a scenery-gnawing con woman.īut cheer up! You also get to feast your eyes on some of cinema's worst special effects in the form of crudely animated shadow demons.*Ĭole Stratton and Janet Varney return for another Swayze classic with Ghost, a movie cloaked in profound questions about the existence of an afterlife, whether the living can communicate with the dead, and how in the world Whoopi Goldberg ended up with an Oscar.If your first thought of throwing pottery involves a certain scene featuring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore from the movie “ Ghost“, I hate to disappoint you, but it’s nothing like that. On July 13, 1990, Ghost, starring Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze and Whoopi Goldberg, was released in theaters. ‘Throwing’ is the term used to describe the entire activity of shaping the clay on the potter's wheel. If messy wet clay and the brothers Everly are your idea of foreplay, look no further than this Jerry Zucker-directed (yes, THAT Jerry Zucker) surprise smash hit of 1990.