Bears, Pigs and Pugs...Oh My!

I just picked up the last creations from our Pottery 101 class. I have banks and jars to show you. I am very happy with how they turned out. The really exciting thing for me about ceramics and the glazing process is that I have absolutely no idea what they are going to look like until they come out of the kiln. The bears are Melanie's creations and the pig and pug are well... mine. I made them each a dog biscuit too in case they get hungry.

Melanie's Pottery 101

I am so excited to post Melanie's pottery. She just sent me the pictures of her handbuilt, slab basket, pinch pots and corgi sculpture. I also had to show you her Corgi, Moe. Isn't he a cutie!

Pottery Class 101

Good Morning! I am so excited! Melanie and I got to bring home some of our pieces from our pottery class we started 1 month ago. I will have 5 more of my pieces to show you soon, and I will get some pictures of Melanie's wonderful work too. She is a really talented sculptor. She would just grab a glob of clay, start pinching and molding and within minutes, she would have a perfect sculpture of her Corgi, Moe. As she was doing all of this, I was still squishing the clay into a ball. :) I promise pictures soon.

Here are the shots of my first pinch pot, slab pot and pug. I am very happy with all of them. Mudslinger's studio in Louisville, CO is the coolest place ever. If you ever get the opportunity, I highly recommend taking pottery classes. It is fun and relaxing to stick your fingers in some clay and make something 3D. The objects are beautiful as well as functional. I like that there are several stages in the process and they transform after every firing or glazing.