Class, Candlesticks & Critters

Ron led a great class last night at Clayworks. I took a lot of mental notes (which probably means I’ll forget everything he demo-ed) but spent my time making candlesticks. He had some great advice on that, as did Susan, so I’m feeling a little more confident about the form. The biggest challenge for me is throwing the tops off the hump. The next time I have several hours to throw I’ll do the tops first and then bases.

After class I spent a couple of hours playing with this little gal. She’s under plastic at the moment; there are still things I need to finesse. But this is how she looked when I put her away for the night.



The babies were an afterthought but I like them. The whole point in making this was to have a tangible reminder of the day we helped rescue Mama Possum. Apparently she had been nursing two babies but there was only one when we found her. It seemed somehow fitting that both babies should be included on this little memory piece.