Testing out my new iPad

Please pardon this post- I am trying out the blogger app- if you have advice on posting with an iPad, feel free to leave comments. In the meantime, here are some cute kindergarteners. Happy Friday everybody.

3rd grade coil pots, first load (+sneaky stitchery)

So, the first coil pots just came out of the glaze firing and they are a glorious green!  We have very limited glaze left this late in the year, so we are only glazing the exteriors in order to make it go around.  I am also combining some colors that were in low amounts to create a few experimental mystery colors!  We'll see how those turn out. : )  I will post more pics after the next few loads.  In the meantime, here are a few production shots, as well as a sneak peek at our stitchery in the very early stages. 



rolling a coil



forming a bottle shape

creating a spiral coil

different silhouettes and coiling techniques

 

OK, I am SO EXCITED about our NEW EMBROIDERY HOOPS!!!

Time to get the ole Yarn Barn out of the closet

This student is using a small folded paper as a threader.  My friend Fran taught me this at a workshop last fall and it may be the coolest, handiest thing I've ever learned.  If you are like me and don't know more than the basics about sewing, you can easily thread thick fibers by placing them into a skinny folded paper strip and pulling it through the eye of the needle.  GENIUS!!!

beginning the running stitch for our samplers

We made these last year with no hoops - it was fun, but this is SO MUCH EASIER!!!!  Hoops are usually less than $1 each, so it's a great investment and I know I'll use them over and over.  More soon to come!

Smartest Artist of the Month: April 2012

Kindergartener Cadyn Banerian is our featured student artist for the month of April.  Cadyn's favorite thing about art is "creating new things." Not only is Cadyn a talented artist, she is also interested in science and music - she loves singing karaoke and writing songs.  Please enjoy this sampling from her kindergarten art portfolio - thanks, Cadyn, for always doing your best in art class!