This week in class I did a wheelthrowing demo on plates & platters. The platter was a bit too plain… so of course I thought a little stamping could make it a bit more special. All done with just one handmade clay stamp. More is more, right???

Last night in my Intermediate Wheel class, we tackled throwing larger bowls. I made two… one more vertical & another more shallow. Tonight I did some quick stamping to give them a little more flair! And now I’m off to teach tonight’s class… giddy-up…

Celebrating one of everyone’s favorite holidays … even if they don’t know it?!

Today is NATIONAL PIZZA DAY!!!
And I just had to celebrate a little before teaching class tonight
with some deep dish gooey cheesy yumminess!

Celebrating a little “Blue Monday” in the studio…
adding some colored slip accents to another batch of mugs.
Also fun for another Mugshot Monday!!!

With my Intermediate students, we’re all working on “chip & dip bowls.” We’ve already thrown the traditional “all-in-one-piece” chip & dip. But last night we tackled a little gravity-defying stacked version! Fingers crossed… as I always love a class demo where we’re all trying something new.

Sure… I coulda left my altered class demo bowls as they were after class.
But you know me… MORE IS MORE!!!
So I might have just done a bit of stamping & decorating up in my studio since class!!!

A plain platter suddenly stamped & textured.
All with one of my handmade clay stamps…
pressed in one by one… by one… by one…

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!!!

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.

They’re coming along nicely… a fresh batch of hybrid mugs in the works!
Next up… trimming, then handles!