La classe de poterie

The Bates family is doing something new and different....we're taking pottery classes! Our friend, Caren, gives private classes in her studio at her wonderful, quintecentially provencale bastide just outside of Aix. A few weeks ago, Nick, Lindsey, Sarah and I went for our first lesson. It's doubtful any of us have touched a piece of clay since grammar school but what fun we had. While doing our projects, we are entertained by jazz music on the radio, Caren's 3 adorable dachshunds and occasionally her husband, Jean, who took these photos. This day, Nick made a peanut bowl, Sarah a dauchshund, Lindsey started a nude a la Pamela Anderson and I worked on an angel figurine.


The following week when we returned we were almost all able to finish our projects and start some new ones....



We'll keep you posted on any great future masterpieces!