Pottery? Yes please!

The last time I threw pottery was in high school circa 1991. Throwing pottery is when you put clay on a wheel, throw caution to the wind and hope no one gets hurt. Much to my surprise nothing flew off my wheel tonight. I fully expected to hit some poor soul in the head and have to spend the rest of our studio time at the sink trying to get clay out of her freshly permed hair. The first "bowl" I made ended up going back in my 25 bag of Dover colored clay. It was very wide and got so thin it had a hole at the base. It would have been a great strainer! The second attempt came out a lot better. Is it award winning? No. I really don't care though... I expect to get better and get lots of practice in over the next eight weeks and by the end of the class I bet I will have made some lovely pottery and of course I will share with you along the way!