Hello there! My name is Meg, I’m Annie’s sister and she asked me to help her out with her first blog entry. She’s been a little bit busy between building her own pottery, underglazing, preparing the pieces for firing and constantly checking on all of the pieces that our family made when she opened her studio up a couple Sundays ago. She has been ever vigilant checking each and every single piece for cracks, uneven drying and anything else that could prevent an ideal firing. Let me take you back to that day, when she courageously opened her studio up to us…
A bunch of the ladies in our family were interested in learning how to make pottery so Annie opened up her studio to us. We had 12 people there total! I was a little late to the party just because of a work conflict but it was my understanding that she started out the day introducing everyone to the basics of working with the clay. Once she did that she let us loose to begin our own projects with she and her daughter, Kerry, circling around to help with any questions that we had. You can see from the pictures that we got a lot accomplished! We learned a whole bunch too like making sure that you spray your molds well with WD-40 to keep the clay from sticking to them, push the slab down hard into the mold, centering the clay on the throwing wheel is crucial and easier at a higher speed, but velocity is not your friend toward the end of throwing and a bunch of other tips! Annie did a great job at making sure her studio was cleared out and arranged to provide enough workspace for all of us. Because of this and her patience, it was a nice and relaxing day – and fun too!!
A bunch of the ladies in our family were interested in learning how to make pottery so Annie opened up her studio to us. We had 12 people there total! I was a little late to the party just because of a work conflict but it was my understanding that she started out the day introducing everyone to the basics of working with the clay. Once she did that she let us loose to begin our own projects with she and her daughter, Kerry, circling around to help with any questions that we had. You can see from the pictures that we got a lot accomplished! We learned a whole bunch too like making sure that you spray your molds well with WD-40 to keep the clay from sticking to them, push the slab down hard into the mold, centering the clay on the throwing wheel is crucial and easier at a higher speed, but velocity is not your friend toward the end of throwing and a bunch of other tips! Annie did a great job at making sure her studio was cleared out and arranged to provide enough workspace for all of us. Because of this and her patience, it was a nice and relaxing day – and fun too!!