pottery workshop day 2

Twas a nice hot and sunny day today, so I expected all the members of this group of young people to take advantage of the opportunity they were being offered, and attend the workshop in there numbers. As it turned out by the end of the session there were nine young ladies in attendance. I went over some of the activities from yesterday with the newbies....drawing exercises, history of pottery and pinch and coil method of pottery. The girls from the previous day were already immersed and almost completed, their drawing exercises by the time the new girls arrived at around 10.15am. I gave the new girls the previous day's activities while the other girls went on to complete pieces made the previous day. By the end of the session, the new girls with the exception of one, had caught up in terms of number of pieces made because I decided to work on two pieces at a time....in that way got got to get immediate practice on creating a pinch pot then using coils of clay to grow a pot and create a shape. Some weren't as happy as others, but for those who were boastful I cautioned them, that until the pieces survives the firing don't wast time boasting about their accomplishment. Pottery making is very humbling and they are already beginning to experience that.