Last night in my Beginning Wheel class, we had a little birthday celebration for Kay…
who also brought her own birthday cake?! So sweet…
especially as it was an Oreo Cake from “Sweet Mandy B’s.”
We love good reason to have a party in class!!!

Last night in my Intermediate Wheelthrowing class, we had wonderful demo about mocha diffusion as a kind of surface decoration. Spencer had “requested” a demo on mocha diffusion… but then I flipped it and challenged them to do the research, give it a try & then share a demo with the class. Spencer practiced over the weekend, I offered some advice along the way… and I made a bunch of trimmed cylinders for my students to play with. Spencer did a great demo… everyone was excited… and they made some really cool pots with their new surface technique. Thank for a fun demo Spencer! You rocked it!!!

Finished “drying” these to leatherhard so I could trim the cylinders.

Trying to get them ready for class…
but I think they need to be a little drier & firmer for the demo to come!

With cooler temps & falling leaves, Autumn is definitely in the air. So last night in my Beginning Wheel class, we did a little “pumpkintizing” of the enclosed forms they threw the week before! My demo pumpkins with warts… and a trio of “smooth” pumpkins by Kaitlin!

I mean… who doesn’t like when the celebration continues & your pottery class decides to take you out for ice cream at Margie’s down the street. I did a demo, they made some pots… and then it was moose tracks & hot fudge for me!!! A fun night hangin’ out together on a beautiful Fall evening.

Did I mention hot fudge???

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.

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.

Heading into another new pottery class for Intermediate Wheelthrowing tonight. And a new class means new OREOs, right? Let’s see if this class is as daring as my Beginning students were last week. And if their “reviews” are the same!!!