A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of teaching three 5th grade art classes at Smithfield Elementary on how to make a hanging wall vase.   Each student had their own style with some very minimal texturing of the slabs and others went all out and stamped like crazy.  I was amazed by some of the students that had an obvious artistic talent.  I few days ago I received photos of the finished product.  I hope the students enjoyed the day as much as I did.

The teacher Sarah Lindberg has my total respect as I watched her teach three first grade classes while I rolled out slabs each day, then she helped me with the 5th grade classes.  

Last week I glazed pieces for three galleries.  In addition I made a few pieces for my show stock.  These three vases along with many other nice pieces will be taken to the Carolina Clay Matters Pottery Festival on May 14th.   

Today I started an order from a new gallery on Ocracoke Island.  At the end of  May the Village Craftsmen will start to carry my pottery.   They have ordered a great selection of my pieces.  In a few weeks I will be glazing orders for 3 galleries.  I am glad to be busy.

Next week I will be teaching a local fifth grade art class.   I will be there 4 days for 4 different classes.  So, in 50 minutes each class I have to teach a slab project on making a hanging wall vase.  I will go in early to roll out slabs for the students.  This was set up through our local pottery guild (Carolina Clay Matters)  as a way of helping out local schools to teach clay to their students.  What I found interesting is that every school in our district has a kiln and some don't even get used because the art teachers may not even know how to fire the kiln.  Check back in a few weeks to hear about my experience.

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