Last night I had the privilege of taking my very first art class since 2002. Yes, I am now a student of the JCC Manhattan's Projects in Clay: Sculpture and Vessels course (2014 new year's resolution, check).

And you, dear blog readers, are invited to join me on my 10 week journey through the world of coils and kilns.

Starting from the bottom, here's a recap of week one:

Met my classmates: a little-English-speaking male Taiwanese exchange student, a retired Israeli child psychotherapist, and a retired Upper West Sider born and raised in Queens.
Met the instructor, a Las Vegas transplant with a degree in ceramics looking for acting gigs in NYC.
Learned the basics of the studio (see pic above).
Learned a few basic techniques for building vessels.
Got to work on building basically whatever we wanted–for me, that was a round bowl that may evolve to a vase.

Since the class is tiny class, the projects are basically up to us. So of course, I had to peruse Pinterest for some inspiration. What do you think I should make?!?!