By Michele Miller, Times Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Pottery instructor Christa Stanelun helps homeschooled student Victoria Jenkins, 14, fashion a holiday candle holder during a Clay for Kids pottery class, which are held Wednesday mornings at the Pasco Art Center on Moog Road in Holiday.
The making of a clay candle holder or a special shelter for Spikes the pet lizard is meticulous work — particularly when you're using a slab pottery technique. The process starts with the patting and rolling of a gray glob of stoneware clay, a material with some give to it for those who are new to the craft. They create art with typical potters' tools: cutting knives, paint brushes, water, white vinegar and an ordinary kitchen rolling pin.
The slab technique is just the latest lesson for three youngsters enrolled in a Wednesday morning pottery class for homeschooled children at the Pasco Art ...