Another fun week of Kids Pottery/Art Camp started today. The campers did great! We spend the majority of time on the potters wheel. After snack, we handbuilt mushrooms and started our art journals.
I'll try to remember to take some pictures tomorrow. Another fun morning planned with glass fusing and more time of the wheel.
Teresa
Monday, June 28, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Peace, Love and Pottery Kids Camp
Summer Camp started this week, what a blast we are having so far. The kids are between 6 and 12 yrs old - are all such characters!
I've been so impressed with how well then all have done on the potters wheel the past two days. The youngest ones throw standing up since they just can't get close enough to their wad of clay while sitting. Older kids sit with blocks of wood under their otherwise dangling feet.
I've been so impressed with how well then all have done on the potters wheel the past two days. The youngest ones throw standing up since they just can't get close enough to their wad of clay while sitting. Older kids sit with blocks of wood under their otherwise dangling feet.
Check out what the campers made on the wheel...
Great stuff!
Today the kids trimmed and painted glaze on their ceramic pieces. After snack we used glass to make sun catcher peace signs. The glass is in the kiln now.... stay tuned to see the results!
Teresa
Monday, June 14, 2010
Summer
Summer arrived yesterday... and is leaving again tomorrow. So sad. It has been wonderful having the big roll up door open, it is South facing, so the sunshine beams in all day long. The studio feels so much larger.
With summer comes all sorts of activities, "Truckee Thursday" begins this week. New this year, Donner Pass Road will be closed off to cars. Stop at our booth to say "hi".
The first Raku firing will be this Saturday from 2 - 7 pm at the studio. It is so exciting! Probably not an issue this year.... if you are going to Raku fire your own piece of pottery be sure to wear long pants, long sleeve shirt and closed toe shoes. Using tongs, we take the pottery out of the special Raku kiln when the pieces are around 1500 degrees! That is hot!
Kids Camp starts next week with a 60's theme- "Peace, Love & Pottery". I'm so excited, have some really fun projects planned. This first week, we will be playing in clay, both handbuilding and on the wheel, doing some fused glass and so much more.
And, of course, ARTour, North Lake Tahoe's Open Studio event. Two weeks of fun are planned July 9-11 & July 16-18. I'm really looking forward to ARTour this year, with the new studio, I can leave the "working" area as is without to much interruption to production and class schedules.
Lets hope summer comes and stays for a while!
Teresa
With summer comes all sorts of activities, "Truckee Thursday" begins this week. New this year, Donner Pass Road will be closed off to cars. Stop at our booth to say "hi".
The first Raku firing will be this Saturday from 2 - 7 pm at the studio. It is so exciting! Probably not an issue this year.... if you are going to Raku fire your own piece of pottery be sure to wear long pants, long sleeve shirt and closed toe shoes. Using tongs, we take the pottery out of the special Raku kiln when the pieces are around 1500 degrees! That is hot!
Kids Camp starts next week with a 60's theme- "Peace, Love & Pottery". I'm so excited, have some really fun projects planned. This first week, we will be playing in clay, both handbuilding and on the wheel, doing some fused glass and so much more.
And, of course, ARTour, North Lake Tahoe's Open Studio event. Two weeks of fun are planned July 9-11 & July 16-18. I'm really looking forward to ARTour this year, with the new studio, I can leave the "working" area as is without to much interruption to production and class schedules.
Lets hope summer comes and stays for a while!
Teresa
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