This weekend Jeremiah's family friends visited Chattanooga along with their two children. I traveled to Chattanooga to meet the family and brought some special ice breaking ammunition with me- clay! I have been itching to do another firing in my kiln and thought the kids might do me the favor of helping me create enough pieces to do so.
From the moment I mentioned I had clay in my car, the 12 year old girl, becca, was on my heels asking me when we got to play with clay. She even decided to forgo her manicure (changed it to a pedicure) in honor of making pots. That night I threw a piece of canvas over the table and Becca, her 14 year old brother, Jacob, Jeremiah, his 20 year old sister, Lauren, and I went to town hand-building some very unique pots! The whole group had an amazing time. The kids' dad even came and played with us a while- his first time touching clay! Becca made a beautiful wall hanging with Angels on it and a cute little pig. Jacob pieced together his school initials and Jeremiah made a birdhouse. Lauren made earrings with a matching pendant, the dad made R2D2, and I made a triangular bowl and a leaf tray. I was so carried away I forgot to take pictures! Luckily I caught Jeremiah the next day working on his beautiful bird house and captured his work and some of the finished pieces.
It was a great night and encouraged me that someday this might be my everyday activity- sharing my love and knowledge of clay with enthusiastic beginning potters. We had a great time and I can't wait to get them in the kiln!
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