Monday, July 17, 2006

Clay therapy and barbecue

The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and the Art Village staff at DH’s employer had a really fun gathering on Saturday. The faculty and their families were all invited to a cookout over at the art village, and then we made things from clay. We could make coil things, wedge things, free-form things, or work on a potter’s wheel.

I made a bowl on the potter’s wheel. It was wonderful. It was messy and interesting and it even turned out OK. After adding the scallops on the edge, it would have made a dandy ashtray. It will be fired sometime in the next few days, if it hasn’t been already. I guess DH will pick it up at the end of the week.

The barbecue was nice. Nothing to write home about, and they were out of beverages, which was kind of lame on a hot Louisiana July day. But overall it was a really good time. The faculty member in charge said that the art faculty was considering doing something once each semester, with a different focus each time: painting, textiles, masks, etc. I hope they follow through with it.

1 Comments:

Blogger JoeinVegas said...

Sounds like fun - you get to go back to summer camp and make things.

7/18/2006 10:47:00 AM  

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