Another bowl in need of some more carving. I mean, there was a solid band of slip screamin’ out for a little sumthin’-sumthin’!!! So I did a bit more carving here too… after camp & before class tonight!

A quiet & hazy morning ride with a bit of a chill in the air. With a low-flying “marine layer” of haze on the horizon, it took awhile for the sun to finally appear… but when it did, the shimmering reflections were well worth the wait!

Just a little early morning stamping session in the studio. Adding a bit more detail & texture to my already “not-so-basic” bowls from last week’s class demo! You know my motto… MORE IS MORE!!!

Quiet skies & shimmering reflections. Another beautiful morning along the lakefront… perfect for a quiet morning bike ride.

Colorful lilies in the garden to brighten your day.

Looks like it’s the start of a “berry” good day… with Kristy picking some fresh berries from her yard with her favorite “berry-picking bowl.”

After the rain… err, or should I say “between” the rain as it looks like there’s more in the way later tonight. Cool raindrops caught in the crazy-fun flowers of my front garden’s smoke bush!

And with that… another week of Summer Camp comes to an end! Five days of fun teaching kids to make their own pottery on the wheel… like this ADORABLE cat bowl that C.C. made this week!!! The cutest.

Christmas in July??? … too soon???
Never too soon for another batch of holiday ornaments thrown off-the-hump
before Sumner Camp this morning!!!

After just three days of wheelthrowing, my campers did their trimming, texturing & finishing of their pots today… as tomorrow is our last day to be spent painting everything with colored slips. So imagine my excitement to see camper Sophia pull off her very first teapot!!! Super cute & she did it all by herself. I was just there to teach, encourage, inspire… and yes, I might have brought some clay stamps for them to use too!!!