Il mio amore!

Growing up, we didn't have a lot of money. But, we still had a lot of fun! We had a mother who loved arts and crafts. She taught us to do it all. Macrame, decoupage, cross stitch, needlepoint, and of course ceramics. A trip to Michael's with Mom was a really big deal for us. I would say that doing the ceramics was my most favorite. That would make perfect sense, huh?

Mom and I would go to the ceramics shack, clean the greenware, paint it, and anxiously wait for the piece to be fired. We were always amazed when our piece came back shiny and colorful. Thus began my love affair with pottery.

Many years ago, before I owned my own studio, I decided I wanted to start collecting pottery from all over the world. There are ceramics artisans in every country. Anytime someone went on a trip, I would beg them to bring me back a pottery treasure. My favorite pieces are a bowl from Israel, a plate from the Bahamas, several pieces from Spain, and a plate from Italy. I have even gotten some nice ceramic pieces from garage sales. You never know what you can find! I would bet I now have a whole set of dishes.

My husband and I lived in Maryland about 17 years ago. While we lived there, I took one of those adults learning classes in throwing clay on the wheel. I was so bad at it. No, really, I was. But, I loved it!! So much that I took the same class twice. I never got good at it, though. It didn't matter, I still had my love of pottery. During this time I was also introduced to my first ever paint-your-own-pottery studio. What? Really?? Dream come true! This became the reward my staff wanted when we had a good sales quarter in my corporate job. I dreamed someday of owning a place just like that.

Once I opened my own paint-your-own-pottery studio, I was constantly trying to copy those styles of Spanish, and Italian pottery I had collected years before. They never quite looked the same. Until now. One of my suppliers has found a way for regular people, like me, to create that Italian/Spanish design on pottery. And it is so easy. This Saturday, at Glazed Over, we are starting our new Italian Pottery Painting Club. We will show you the very easy, and fun, way to create pottery just like the Italian and Spanish artisans did on my collectibles.
Just call to sign up. 281-497-7272