Sadly, today was the last Andersonville Farmers Market for the summer! So sad… yet another sign that Summer is over!!! Luckily, I stocked up on farm-fresh honey crisp apples… and had the perfect bowl to put them in when I got home!!!

Celebrating another national holiday… one of my favorites!!!
Today is NATIONAL M&Ms DAY!!! Plain everyday…
melts in your mouth, not in your hands!!!

Just doin’ a little sgraffito carving through white slip with one of my favorite carving tools from DiamondCore Tools. This was the “last” of my class demo bowls… finally leatherhard enough to carve!

After a wonderful weekend of fun… it’s time to get back in the studio!!!
Trimming, decorating & stacking my class demo nesting bowls… looking pretty good so far!!!

My Intermediate Wheelthrowing class is focusing on nesting bowl this session.
It is their challenge… and their “trade-exchange-game” piece for our last class this session. These are my demo bowls… and I’m feeling pretty confident so far. Even without using a caliper or ruler.

After Tuesday night’s class demo on “not-so-basic bowls”…
I just did a few things in my studio to make them “not-so-basicER”!!!
More is more, right?i

More details… more “not-so-basic” bowls! Here are all of the bowls from last night’s class demo about making bowls on purpose… and not cylinders gone bad! A little flick, a little twist, a little slip… voila’!!!

So then THIS happened!!! Last night in class I showed my Beginners some quick tricks & techniques to add some style to their pottery! A quick tutorial with rim alterations & colored slip accents… effectively turning my fourteen “matching” bowls into “not-so-basic” bowls!

Last night in class, my Beginners tackled making “bowls on purpose, instead of cylinders gone bad.” First I demo’d one bowl for them… and then I made a bunch more so we could play with some alterations & surface decorations later in class.

Looks like Matthew might be having a great gummy snack in one of my sweet little stamped bowls! And I should know… I LOVE a good gummy bear! Too addictive!!! Thanks for the photo Matthew.