You know I’m LOVING Ari’s version of tie-dye on one of her bowls today…
painted with colored slip!!! Looks like I’m inspiring them in more than one way this summer?! HA!!!

Another week in the books! Another week of Summer Camp done!!! So much fun this week with my teenagers… while they were wheelthrowing & handbuilding through the week… and painting with colored slip today. Five fun days to make a LOT of adorable pots!!!

Just doing a little sgraffito carving in the studio after Summer Camp…
with my favorite carving tool from DiamondCore Tools.

It was intended to be a sgraffito class demo, but we ran out of time…
and the bowl was drying too fast! So I just had to carve it today… sorry my class!!!!

More flowers today at Summer Camp! Handbuilding day with my teenaged campers… making flowerpots with handbuilt clay flowers. They did a great job…and tomorrow they’ll paint them with colored slips!

Not much of a sunrise… just clouds & humidity.
And a very tiny “smudge” of orange at the very end?!

Yesterday in Summer Camp, a few of the kids challenged me to throw the smallest pot on the wheel. They gave me a small “gumball-sized” ball of clay. And you know I’m always up for a good challenge!!!

Not the most stunning of sunrises… just a lot of cloudy haze & humidity out there along the lake this morning. The air was “thick” and I was sweaty mess… again!

Last night at Lillstreet, someone brought in some free flowers for the taking… presumably from their garden. We were all so excited… I mean, who doesn’t like brightly colored flowers to brighten their day?! For FREE!!! I grabbed a bundle …and then got a couple more that were left behind. Sure, I could have put them in a big vase… but I thought a line-up of my drinking tumblers might be more fun!!! Thanks again to the anonymous flower fan… we all loved them!!!

With a thick layer of clouds (…or haze… is there a difference?) lying low on the horizon this morning, it took quite awhile for the sun to finally make an appearance up & over the cloud mass. I “gave up” a couple times thinking it was never going to happen… and pedaled on. But finally towards the end of my ride when I was almost home, the sun finally peeked out… and it was worth the wait!

Looks like my friend Tom Wheeler has been busy in his woodworking studio again!!! Crafting this beautiful side table out of donated pieces of black walnut & red oak. So beautiful… loving the joinery… and so proud to be the chosen “prop” to sit on the table for the photo shoot!!!

Especially since his wife Nancy also makes pottery… and some of you may have met her as an occasional “cashier” at my Holiday Home Show! A very talented couple!!!