Sadly, my trip to Dover coincided with the last day of “Fire, Forge & Feast.”
So I didn’t get to FEAST!

I also missed out on the final day of putting everything together. The kids finished
all of their projects, put all of their parts together and finished their pieces! Thanks to my
co-teacher Pam for covering the last day. For making sure everything came together…
and for sending me these photos from the last day of camp!!!

Here’s the final tally of how many saw blades were broken during the kids’ three days
of metal work. Of course, the goal was to have a low number… apparently, some of the
kids didn’t quite grasp that concept?! And no fingers were lost…

Sadly, there was a kiln malfunction while firing their clay pieces. Apparently, one of the
electric element rings decided to not work, which resulted in an under-fired kiln. No biggie.
The pieces can easily be re-fired as soon as the elements are replaced. Unfortunately, it also
means that the kids didn’t get their finished pieces back. But they will… just a little later
than we all expected! Although, here’s one that made it through…

Luckily, the metal work stayed within Pam’s control… so everything turned out great.

Even the pieces that were inserted into the clay handles that they had made. A true marriage
of clay handles and metal cutlery. A great summer camp combination for the kids!