Doing a little trimming in the studio tonight… on the new batch of mugs! I love trimming… even more with some of my favorites from DiamondCore Tools & Giffin Grip. A perfect duo for a fun night of trimming!!!

Just finished assembling my “class demo” casserole… as my Intermediate Wheel class has been focused on casseroles this session. No one ever said a casserole has to be oval, right???

Just a quick update! I’ve noticed on several of my past Facebook posts that this “person” has been dropping her account Link into the Comments section… “attaching” their info responding to the Comments left by my actual Facebook Followers. I don’t know if it is a “cyber-bad” issue or not. But I just don’t want MY Followers to get barraged by “ads” from some other person… or Ai Bot?! I’ve been sending them direct messages telling them to stop… and I’ve been deleting their messages for awhile now. If it keeps up, I will have to report them to the folks at Meta asking them to block or take down her account.

Just be careful… and please feel free to share this with other potters who might not be aware. As the author of my posts, I would never have seen these posts if I weren’t opening every post for reviewing & responding to the Comments left for me. I’m glad I noticed this… and I apologize if any of you were among the people who was “contacted” through the Comments section with this inappropriate tactic. Thank You.

But then this happened?!

After a fun night with friends, I somehow decided to back out of her curved driveway “straight” into the culvert ditch NEXT TO her driveway!!! With the snow blowing all around us, slippery conditions & no tow trucks available… I spent the night at “Chateau Monroe.” This morning it was still snowing… but I got towed out, all good, drove home safely on the roads & am now how safe & sound!!! Coulda been so much worse… luckily we were safe at her house & the bed in her guest room is very comfy. Thanks again Melissa!!!

Don’t forget I brought brownies… but Melissa had also bought me some Cinnamon Bun OREOs at the Japanese food store! Yes, the info, ingredients & nutrition were all in Japanese! Very tasty… and I also came home with some “lovely parting gifts” from Melissa’s pottery studio. A beautiful set of four bowls… raw clay on the outside & a beautiful green glaze on the inside!!! Thanks again Melissa!!!

Dinner last night with some of My Talented Friends…
getting together for some “non-art fair” fun & frienship. We met at Melissa’s house where she treated us to a wonderful “hot pot” meal… my first time… served out of her own handmade “donabe” hot pots… and handmade dinnerware! Plenty of great food & great fun… especially for those struggling with chopsticks!!! Lots of yummy meats, seafood, veggies, dumplings & broths… including one she made out of corn? I’d never even heard of “corn broth” before?! Yummy!!!

Enjoying the heat of the oven yesterday as I baked a batch of brownies to share with friends!
I figured a dinner party with friends can always use some homemade brownies…
and the hostess “might just” get to keep the bowl too!!!

Another chilly morning… another 10×10 Challenge! It’s warm enough in the studio this morning for another productive morning of wheelthrowing… making more than ten before 10:00am! This time embracing a new mug shape. Sure, I could’ve made “one” prototype to see how it works… but that just not my style! Here we go… full-speed ahead!!!

One last thing before they dry… I added a layer of colored flashing slip to my batch of hybrid mugs. At some point, these mugs will be soda-fired so they should change to shades of oranges & yellows during the atmospheric firing.

By the end of class last night, my THROWDOWNERs had completed all of their polka dot platters… ready for discussion critique & judging. We even had my friend & fellow teacher Nicole stop by for her choices!

Scroll through to see them all.
And in the Comments section please let me know which one was your overall favorite platter.
Remember the category was “polka dots!”