Sara Hand and Cari Philen get down and dirty about the Dean Road Ceramics Studio’s Day in Clay. Just click on the button below to listen or check us out on iTunes!
People have been making ceramic art for a long time, and by a long time I mean a really long time. Pottery shards found in a cave in southern China have been estimated to somewhere around 18,000 years old.
And you thought the bowl on your parents’ knickknack shelf you made when you were in grade school had been sitting there a long time.
I guess pottery’s long history is part of the reason people still grab hunks of wet clay and make all kinds of things out of it. Well, that and the fact that playing around in wet clay is so much fun and the end results are so satisfying. Years ago, my wife was working at a day camp and the kids were making pottery. Of course, she couldn’t resist and brought me home squarish blue and purple thing with a lid. I’m not really sure what to call it, but I love it.
So, really it’s no wonder the folks over at the Dean Road Ceramics Studio are so passionate about the space they’ve created. It’s outfitted with just about anything you’d need and they provide classes for all ages to help you craft your own masterpiece. Just look at how much fun those two are having!
Dean Road Ceramics Studio hosts a Day in Clay on Saturday, June 26th, 1 to 4 p.m. at 307 S. Dean Rd. in Auburn. The studio is also open Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and offers classes for all ages year ’round.
– Kelly Walker
