Sisters Making Mud Pies

Isn’t mud the right subject for the month of March here in NY?

Notice Abby’s happy smile in that block of clay…

Our friend Christina came to give us lessons on hand-built pottery.

I’m going to make a casserole dish, about 11x7”.

 

Abby is going to make a coiled bowl.

Learning to score and sludge it, I mean “slip” it, it looks more like it should be called sludge, to use as glue.

Mom is washing dishes all sparkling, and we are spreading mud.

One casserole dish taking shape.  The walls are still sagging, I have to keep encouraging them to stand back up.

Now the challenge of making handles that match (!!!!)

Abby is carefully watching the overall shape of her bowl while she directs each coil into place.

A damp sponge helps to smooth the uneven spots.

See the cute little handles she added?

Now what happened here?  This was going to be a smallish casserole dish!!  I’ll be able to feed lots of company with this size.  I know they shrink when they bake, maybe it will downsize to a 9x13??