Another chilly morning… another 10×10 Challenge! It’s warm enough in the studio this morning for another productive morning of wheelthrowing… making more than ten before 10:00am! This time embracing a new mug shape. Sure, I could’ve made “one” prototype to see how it works… but that just not my style! Here we go… full-speed ahead!!!

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.

By the end of class last night, my THROWDOWNERs had completed all of their polka dot platters… ready for discussion critique & judging. We even had my friend & fellow teacher Nicole stop by for her choices!

Scroll through to see them all.
And in the Comments section please let me know which one was your overall favorite platter.
Remember the category was “polka dots!”

You know how I love a good holiday… so last night in my LILLSTREET THROWDOWN class we celebrated NATIONAL POLKA DOT DAY!!! As part two of their challenge was to decorate their platters with polka dots!!! They had 45 minutes to finish their masterpieces! And I loved all of the creativity & different takes on polka dots. Some went big, some went small… some more colorful & some more minimal… and one that made me think of Pringles!!!

Last night in my LILLSTREET THROWDOWN class, the first challenge was to throw a simple 12-inch platter in thirty minutes. Always fun to watch how different students approach a simple piece… with so many shapes & variations. Some were “spot-on” with their dimensions, some didn’t quite make it. But this was only the first step…

I can always tell that it’s way too cold outside when I can’t see
through the windows to my front porch! Just a little chilly today…

Tonight was a “double-whammy” in my THROWDOWN class. A two-part challenge…
and two packs of OREOs!!! A perfect pairing for our pottery class!

Clear skies tonight with a beautiful crescent moon… and temperatures plummeting overnight!!!

Another 10×10 CHALLENGE… restocking “the basics” for my summer art fair inventory.
Today by throwing more than ten spoon rests before 10:00am!

After an afternoon of attaching handles… I now have a new batch of hybrid mugs.
And all of them with the popular coneflower pattern from a MKM Pottery Tools handroller.