Ceramic Pottery Making has come a long way since it’s beginings in the dark mists of time. From the crude bowls and pots of ancient civilization long since gone to the modern masterful works of art that now grace our homes.
The soil around my childhood home was a heavy clay and although this made it a challenge to grow vegetables for my Dad, it was a mud pie bakers delight!
Who would’ve thought that my favourite pre-school penchance for making mud pies and leaving them in the sun to bake (much to my Dad’s dismay) would develop into my latest passion of ceramic pottery making.
My reawakening happened by chance when a work colleague invited me to join her on a short term ceramics night class at a local high school.
It didn’t take me long before I reaquainted myself with the delights of working with muddy hands, first with hand building and then with working the potter’s wheel.
It’s like returning once again to the innocence and creativity of childhood.
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