Pottery-Making
My avocation and passion, besides traveling, are pottery and
ceramics. I am always pursuing knowledge that I can apply to
my own pieces. Last June I traveled to Mesa Verde National
Park and spent 7 days participating in an Anasazi pottery-making
workshop. We dug our own clay, processed it, built mugs and
bowls, painted them, and pit-fired them, creating replicas of
ancient pottery. Our group was diverse, but because of our
mutual interest we bonded as we visited the sites, making
pottery, and talking around the campfire. Ceramics Monthly
magazine devotes a winter issue to pottery and ceramics classes
and workshops offered this summer and I plan to scour it for my
next destination this summer. This is a great way to travel by
yourself, meet people with similar interests, and bring back
something applicable to your life at home. Since many workshops
are offered at colleges during the slack summer months,
accommodations are reasonable if you stay in the dorms and are
willing to bunk with someone new.
--Carol
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