Demonstrating

Saturday Franklin hosted a festival and I was asked to demonstrate. I'd never done it, so I was a bit anxious to see how it would go. The red clay I use looks good, but takes in water quickly and isn't that great for throwing tall vases. So I bought some buff clay which is much better at that and it worked fine. It allowed me to chat as I made the forms without worrying if I would lose the pot. As it turns out, I didn't loose any - even while giving a short radio interview. Maybe the three people tuned in will come by the shop this week!

Since I wasn't keeping anything I let little kids destroy the pots afterward. That went over well with the boys.

We don't really have any pictures of the actual demonstrations. This is me warming up before the festival started. The two girls were participating in the festival as well.