Cuteness… looks like my summer campers decided “The Graveyard” of dead & squished practice pots needed some lovin’ today… before re-cycling, re-wedging & re-using the clay again & again!

Kickin’ off another day of Summer Camp… more wheelthrowing camp with 8-10 years olds this week! So glad that my early-arrivers decided to “volunteer” to cut up the clay for everyone else!!!

Lots of fun handbuilt mugs for my summer campers to paint with colored slips today …
in addition to their wheelthrown pots! Including my favorite Chicago-themed mug…
well done Emma!

ou know it’s gonna be a good day at summer camp…
when your first camper asks (even before saying hello)… “Can I clean the sponges again today?”

Of course the answer is always “YES!”
Now if I could just get some of the adult students to do the same.
Thanks for volunteering Ellie!!!

This week at Summer Camp I’m teaching 8-10 year olds both wheelthrowing & handbuilding. We already tackled wheelthrowing & trimming. Today was their handbuilding day… and I challenged them to make two mugs with one theme! Can’t wait to see these come together even more when we paint everything tomorrow with colored slips!

Last day of summer camp for this week… and my kiddos were very productive! After just three days of wheelthrowing & one day of trimming… we finished well over a hundred pots today detailing them with colored slip! And this was just my morning campers!!! A whole ‘nother batch of them with my afternoon group too… another hundred pots or so! It was a very busy week.. but so much fun. Whew!!!

Today in Summer Camp, it was trimming, attachments & surface decoration day. So I brought some of my handmade stamps to class for the kids to use… and Sloan apparently embraced the “more is more” concept!!!

Another week of Wheelthrowing Camp… and my campers are doing amazing this week. Just three days in and they’re already making some great pots! Pretty good for 10-12 year olds… one group in the morning, and another group in the afternoon!

Another week of wheelthrowing camp… bring on my campers!!!

And since today was the end to another week of Summer Camp… I thought it was only fitting that they clean-up after themselves. And they decided to tackle the sink area just outside our classroom! The front of the sinks, inside the sinks, the sponges, the walls, the sponge racks, everything. This place has never been SO CLEAN!!! I have the Best Campers… well done team!!!