Return of the Samurai

We are taking a couple of night off shooting to make some vases. Every year for the past six or seven years we have made trophy vases for the Dave Schultz Memorial International and USA Wrestling. http://www.themat.com/events/default.php?page=default&EventID=24076 We put their logo of the samurai on a large vases and they are presented to coaches and directors of trials from around the world. We are not entirely sure who has the vases or where they have gone, but we are happy to supply them.

The video project is larger than we all thought but we hope to be finished this week. We have been saying that for two weeks, so one of these weeks we will be right. Once we are out of the production studio there is still a lot of work to do to be ready for the Teacher's Conventions starting in February. We are still very excited about this project! I will keep you all posted.

Until next time.

Cindy

Taking Pot Shots

I just had to say it....taking pot shots....

We spent the Christmas Holidays shooting our video series and, yes, there were shots of pots. We shot the Introduction to Clay and the first one of the set, but there was a shot with pots..... so...yes ... we were taking pot shots.

It was a fun and busy way to spend the daze( not a typo, or spelling mistake) off. It is so very different to walk into a class room and lead a workshop than to walk into a production studio and make the video. The first video, of course, was the hardest. One, it was the intro and two.... well... it was the first one. The introduction was mostly script with the teleprompter. I, but mostly everyone else, was very glad we had the teleprompter. After a while, it almost got to the point where I would have had to read my name if someone asked me..... maybe not quite THAT bad but it was at times, a challenge. Now that it is done, I can say it was  fun, an education and yes... a bit stressful. We will finish up the first set this week. After that one has been out for a while, we plan to start series #2.....then 3 etc....

Tomorrow we are back in the classroom, Mills Haven in Sherwood Park. We have 109 students making Big Mouth Monkeys, Big Mouth Beavers and Grecian masks. It will be a busy day. Tuesday is back in front of the camera.

This is going to be a great year for The Clay Teacher. We are booked almost solid, we have the new logo and the video series. We are looking forward to this year and we wish everyone all the best in 2011.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!

Cindy and Jim