Photo by Quianna Douglas

I just did something I've been wanting to try for a while ... I held a class at my house! I only have one wheel and a limited amount of space, so there aren't many subjects I could actually manage to teach here. So this first class was about reeds, and how to transform them into sturdy and lightweight handles for pottery baskets and teapots. Four brave potters came to my house. Things were said like "this would be easier if we had three hands" and "if only we could use our feet." There was some minor cursing. But before too long, everyone learned how to wrestle and squeeze their reeds into gorgeous handles! 
 

The finished handles from left to right ... mine, Judy Goldberg-Strassler, Jeri Holloway, me again, Melanie Choe, and Quianna Douglas.
 

And here's the gang ... Judy, Jeri, Melanie, and Quianna. I thought this was really fun!