Another school year has come and gone. They go by so quickly and before we know it
we will be back in the classroom. It was a good year. We met some great kids and teachers, we saw
some great work and I think that Mr Clay and I are responsible for more pinch
and coil pots that some civilizations. We helped a lot of kids make a lot of
pots and had a lot of fun doing it... We have the best job. We play with kids, play with clay, we don’t
have to mark or judge anyone’s work, everyone likes us and everyone wants to
participate. It is so much fun to go into the schools because we get almost
rock star status at times as Mr. and Mrs. Clay.
Today we deliver the last of projects and Mr. and Mrs. Clay
go into summer hiatus, however, that doesn’t mean that Jim and I do. We are
excited to be working with amiskwaciy Academy
http://amiskwaciy.epsb.ca/
to get their studio
and new ceramics program up and running for the fall. We will start City Centre Potter’s Guild http://www.citycenterpotters.com/ established
and working in the space to help with some of the cost. It is exciting. I have
always liked building studios. I have, for now at least, lost my interest in
making functional pottery, but I will never lose interest in starting up a new
studio.
We are vendors again at The Edmonton Folk Festival http://www.edmontonfolkfest.org/
in August. That show is a real hoot to do.
They bring in the best entertainers so the music is wonderful. The
customers are all families and left over hippies. Everyone is in a party/festival
mood. We never make a great deal of money but it is a wonderful weekend. We make some funky things, listen to the
music and meet a lot of really good people. We will spend July getting ready
for the show, that means playing in the clay. I will post some pictures as the
work gets done.
It is going to be a busy summer, but I do like
busy. We will take a week off and go to Virginia to visit family and our
newest grandson. We have taken a bit of down time since Friday, but that is
quickly coming to an end. We have a few other projects on the go, but I will
leave that for another post.
Cindy Clarke
The Clay Teacher
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