People seem to fall into exactly two camps: 💚 “I could put cilantro on everything.” 🤢 “It tastes like soap!” Fun fact: That “soap” taste is actually linked to genetics. So… where do you stand? 😄

Hello all 👋 Advice needed. I glazed this mug all over with Macadamia x2 before the Sandstone and Green Jasper and as you can see the top is very matte, not great for drinking out of… (I think I confused macadamia with birch 🙄) What would you use to reglaze over the top and inside? Clear, honey flux or birch? I will probably leave the outside of the decal as is. Any other suggestions welcome ❤️ This mug came out off my latest kiln opening which I would really appreciate you watch. Some more subscribers would be fantastic too 👍🏻 @MudSoulsPottery

So today was the day I finally used my brand new, pristine condition, very cheap pottery wheel! I am pretty good at hand building (though a large pinch pot sphere yesterday made me question this 😅) but I have only a little experience with wheel throwing. I know the basics, but am not good at any of it. Centring clay is sometimes still a challenge. So here I am with a wheel I’ve never used before and then I decided to add to the challenge by using a clay I’ve never used before!! A speckled clay that I bought more than a month ago and told myself I couldn’t use it unless it was on the wheel. To add to this, we are in a heatwave here in the UK. The temperatures might not seem high to those of you from hotter places, but everything in the UK is built to keep out rain and keep heat in, there’s very little air conditioning. So that meant getting up at 6:30am so I could cut and prep the clay and be done throwing before 9am when the temperatures really start to rise. It was, to say the least, challenging 🤣 But it was good to try, and I’ve balled up enough clay to try again either tonight or tomorrow morning again. I wasn’t trying to keep anything, which is why the photo is of a bunch of pots cut in half. The one pot I did keep had a nice round rim until I ripped off the newspaper lid too cavalierly for the photo and bent it out of shape. Some challenges truly are challenging! 😅 But I am happy I finally started on the wheel, so it’s all good!

Hi All! I will be traveling from the Richmond, VA area to Kansas City, MO on July 1 - 2. Along the way I will meet up with @Kimberly Cook @Angela Petty and @Lori Turner . While in KC, I will meet up with Lisa Stacy. From KC, I will be driving to Georgetown, TX. If there are any potters along that route who wish to meet for coffee, lunch, etc., let me know. I will be making that trip on Monday, July 6th. It's an 11 hour drive, so frequent breaks are welcome. From Texas, I will be heading back to Virginia somewhere in the July 10th through the 12th, taking my time and splitting the drive up into 2 or 3 days depending on the route. Maps offers 3 main routes, as shown in the image below. I'm sure there are pottery peeps along this route, if you want to meet up. Please comment below or send me a private message!

I Turned 7 Birthday Cards Into Pottery Mugs | Season 70 https://youtu.be/c9esKEnS2kY On a whim I decided to interpret some of my 70th birthday cards as mugs. I’d love to know which one is your favorite 😍