Last night in my Beginning Wheel class, we were celebrating the end of the Fall session with a potluck… as we like to do. The theme was “dips & the vehicle to get it into your mouth.” I made my friend Kelly’s favorite recipe “Texas Caviar”… and had just the perfect bowl to serve it in along with tortilla chips!

Just finished doing a bit of quick garden work… a tiny clean-up before the bad weather hits tomorrow! Back porch plants safely tucked away in the basement… and I pulled off the last of my yellow cherry tomatoes before chopping down the plant. Kinda hoping a few more of these will ripen in a sunny window??!

With an extra “bonus” Fall-back hour this morning… I thought it would be a perfect chance for another 10×10 Challenge. This time with some small bowls… ten thrown before 10:00am.

Just a little early morning stamping in the studio!
Some sweet little bowls… now even sweeter with some textured patterns!

Just a little Saturday carving session. This green slip ombré bowl has been under wraps for awhile… finally found some time to finish it up. Carving a detailed pattern using my favorite P1 carving tool from DiamondCore Tools.

After the orchard this weekend, I came home with a full “peck” of farm-fresh apples. It’s amazing what a difference “fresh-off-the-tree” can be. These apples are delicious!!! And luckily, I had a great bowl to put them in!!!

Melts in your mouth, not in your hands! And one of my favorite holidays…
celebrating NATIONAL M&Ms DAY!!!

So the bowls that I made with my class this week have been “living under plastic” in my studio… and I finally got around to doing a little sumthin’-sumthin’ with them. Sure, I coulda left them as they were with their simple altered rims… but you know I’m a MORE IS MORE kinda guy! So I added a little more…

Just a quick flashback… to last week’s demo fr my Beginning Wheelthrowing class. Where we worked on making “bowls on purpose and not cylinders gone bad”. Towards the end of class, we spent some time altering some of the bowls & adding some surface decoration. So this is where we left them last week… ready for just a bit MORE!!!

Kristy’s version of a Sundae-Sunday! Sure most of us would think ice cream… but Kristy went with yogurt & some toppings with great colors & textures! Food always tastes better in handmade pottery… thanks for sharing Kristy!