It was another productive week at Summer Camp. I had younger 8-10 year olds for Wheelthrowing & Handbuilding Camp. That’s a lot to accomplish in just five days. I two great groups of kids & they ROCKED it!!!

Lots of goopey-gloppy fun today at summer camp. Especially when I had some “early” arriving campers re-blend our slip container bucket. Sure, I coulda given them a stirring stick to mix it up… but aren’t hands a lot more fun?! I think all the giggles proved my point.

The calm between the storms!

It’s handbuilding day in camp this week. Making cool theme mugs with slabs, textures & add-ons. Morning campers just left… afternoon campers coming in!!! More fun to come… very soon!

Let me say it again… I have the BEST Summer Campers! This week they’re a little younger, but always willing to help & “volunteer” for a job. So who am I to say “no” when they ask if they can clean the floor??? Of course I said YES… as Rule #3 is “Whatever mess you make, you will be cleaning it up.” And they did… first with a few drops of water… and they wanted to keep going! Giddy-up!!!

Now if I could just get some of the adult students to follow their lead?!

It’s been another fun week of summer camp! This week I have 8-10-year olds… for wheelthrowing & handbuilding camp. Today we trimmed & decorated the pots they made on Monday & Tuesday. Tomorrow we start handbuilding! Then Friday painting everything with colored slips!

And I was SO impressed today by Nikko who did some amazing surface decoration using one of my handmade leaf stamps as a sprig to make a 3-dimensional vine on the side of his vase!!!

Another great week of Summer Camp… working with a bunch of 11-12 year olds teaching them how to throw on the wheel. I think they all had an amazing week & they made some AMAZING pots! Including Avery’s sweet little set of blue flowered dishes!

Here’s two of my Summer Campers yesterday taking me at my word… “Bigger clay makes bigger bowls.” And so they set out to do just that. Jacob & Wendell did a great job… with an assist from Simon… and ended with a fairly large bowl. Sure, it needs a LOT of trimming… but that’s a small price to pay for the giggles, friendships & memories made at camp!!!

It’s been a busy couple days at Summer Camp. Lots of fun & lots of pots!!! They’ve thrown a lot in three days… and today they started trimming, detailing, carving, stamping & decorating! Tomorrow we’ll finish up with colored slip painting!!!

The calm before the storm… err, well… before Summer Camp!!! The kids’ buckets & tools are all ready for another day of fun in my Wheelthrowing Camp! Now I just need some campers…

Another week of Summer Camp!!!
Wheelthrowing with another fun group of pre-teens!
Looks like they’re off to a good start!