Upload, Update, Uptight!

Blogger is a never ending challenge for me, but I do love the archive of my work that I can create and so here I am. I was trying to Blog from my phone where most of my photos reside but Google made life difficult. I managed to move photos from phone to laptop without Google getting a hold of my album contents....so invasive of Google to hold photos hostage unless I use their app on my phone. Hence...Uptight in title. Upload...I did manage...yah me, and now for the update. The November Soup Bowl fundraiser was a great success. All 107 bowls were sold and they ran out of bowls before they ran out of soup! This was the 4th year it was held and I think that word finally got out about what a fun event it is. Every year people, tell me that the soup bowls are better than last years'. Personally, I get bowl blindness! After making 50 bowls for each event, I can't even tell. So I will take their word on that. Our new challenge is to make 150 bowls for next years event.Yikes! The Clay Class is not that large but I see how creative and skilled everyone is. I am sure we can do this. "Determination" is our middle name, and, to make sure, we are starting right now! And by the way, that's my new 34 oz. teapot. Happy New Year to all!

Tech Wreck Makes A Keeper

I finally figured out how to use Blogger again. It acted flaky on my old iPad but works well on a Windows laptop after hours of messing with it. In the meantime, I did create a Mom Cave Pottery page on Facebook since almost everybody has got one of those. But now I'm told by my tech savvy children that I need an Instagram! Instead of setting up an Instagram account, I made this very red garlic keeper for a friend. Much more fun getting my hands muddy, than typing and clicking.

Not Fazed by a Vase

While a friend of mine was making this vase, a well meaning instructor, without permission, used the piece to demonstrate the stamping and carving of the flowers. Since the piece no longer had my friends "style", she abandoned it, saying it no longer felt like hers. About a year passed and the vase was brought over to my clay class. Since this time a year is a good time to donate pieces to the center to raise funds, especially with Christmas just around the corner, I gladly glazed it and passed it on. Sure to be seen at a fundraiser near you, if you live in Draper, Utah, that is.

Party Platter

This is a piece I made to donate to the Draper Senior Center. I believe they will sell tickets to raffle it off soon. I threw it on a pottery wheel from about 4 pounds of clay. The wall is split so that a portion of clay is saved near the center to make the cup. The platter is about 13 inches wide. Plenty of room for chips, cheese, crackers, etc. A lady who purchased one told me she was going to fill the platter with strawberries and fill the cup with a sweet sour cream sauce. Now I can't look at it without getting hungry.

It's Time For Soup

 It's time to have soup and salad with a $12 purchase of a fabulous handmade ceramic soup bowl made by yours truly and members of my clay class. We've all worked very hard to make this happen. The date is Saturday, November 5 at the Draper Senior Center (Utah) starting at 11am. All ages are welcome,

Catching up

Since Blogger changed some things, I've had trouble keeping up with this blog. Then Clustermaps lost all my data of visitors from around the world.....ugh. So since this is on my business card, I will make an effort to maintain this.
Meanwhile, the soup bowl fundraiser was a great success. Thank you to all the local Utahns that came by to participate. I was ready to be lazy for the holidays in the beginning of December but I got invited to do a Christmas market at a church. No booth fee; lucky me! No potters had signed up and they wanted variety for their event. So I was forced out of my lazy mode and hustled to make a batch of snowflakes to add to existing inventory. I would do that event again only if it was free. Table fees are too high to make it worthwhile otherwise. And now we are in May! Saturday is the day....rain or shine....hopefully shine! I'll be under the pavilion in spot #3. Come visit if only to say hi!

This Saturday, November 7 !

For my local Utahns:  this Saturday at the Draper Senior Center, 1148 East Pioneer Road, near IFA and just down the hill from the Draper Library. For all ages. Buy a soup bowl made by yours truly and my Clay Class students, and fill and refill with soup, salad, bread....all you can eat for $12 and a beautiful stoneware soup bowl to take home. All proceeds go to the Draper Senior Center activities. For all ages. See you there.