Pottery klins

Hi pals!Hope you have a great day ahead. It has been a while since I have updated you about my pottery internship. I took a week off while grandma's son and daughter in law were in town. During that week I started writing a little bit again hence the entries with poetry.
The next week was very low key. I was content to play on the wheel as well as demonstrating for our moms what I have learned so far. I was glad that I was still able to create during my week off and excited that getting back to the wheel has unlocked my creativity once again. There is something so freeing when working with potters wheels- maybe it is the soothing feel of the clay moving beneath your fingers - my creativity just seems to flow.

Last week I went in on Tuesday before heading to Kansas City for our friends' wedding. I spent the time deciding on the right pottery glazes for the pieces I had done, as the glazes can make such a difference in the look of the final product. I am really impressed with the great results I got from the latest low fire glazes. The finish is just as good as I use to get with the high fire glazes. The place where I fire my pieces encourages us to use the low fire glazes when we can because it reduces wear and tear on the kiln and also uses a lot less energy. I fired all but three of my pieces Tuesday night and I picked them up on Wednesday evening. What a joy to hold, see and share the fruit of my internship these last few months!

God has been doing a lot of restoration in me through this whole journey. He has restored my confidence in myself when I see what I have been able to create with my own two hands. Hallelu Yah! I have one more day with Grandma, tomorrow, before we head out on our road trip. I am so grateful for this opportunity and excited to see what the future holds in regards to my pottery works. There is so much to learn and so many different clays and glazes to work with, the creative opportunities seem endless. My plan, for now, is to continue practicing and learning pottery at my folks in Albuquerque mid-April through mid-May. I will continue to blog and post pictures. I have a few projects in mind but mostly hope to practice throwing as much as I can in order to improve my technique. After that I am waiting and praying to see what opportunities open up for me to continue growing in and through pottery.

My dad made a plate for each of us kids when we were born. They have our name and date of birth on them. I decided to continue this tradition and made my version of a plate for Shiloh. I am really happy with how the plate turned out and hope to make more for my niece, nephews and other kiddos he blesses our family with. Here is Shiloh's plate. The middle inscription says: "Our mouths were filled with laughter," from Psalm 126. This Psalm was a key part of our pregnancy. Good luck!