I've been potting like a mad woman - no, not as in transplanting plants nor smoking dope, I've been making lots of functional pottery after learning how to throw pots on the wheel. Hand building was my main technique and creating garden totems has been the focus of my clay creations for quite awhile now, but since I finally decided to try my hand at throwing a couple of months ago, I have been hooked on bowls and cups. I took a class at Sierra Nevada College with a visiting teacher from San Jose. It was a week long intensive and my body certainly focused itself on the "intensive" nature of a week long workshop. The teacher was awesome and I learned so, so much. Now, I'm cranking 'em out and experimenting with glazes. I have a synthetic salt glaze from Laguna that I've been carefully applying to some of the bisqueware with some interesting results. At this point, I think pottery is keeping me somewhat sane considering the upcoming Presidential election and the police and black civilian shootings in the news of late.