Gary pointed out a newspaper article about a nearby pottery class. I called them and guess what? I'm signed up to take a six week pottery class at the
Helen Arts and Heritage Center in Helen, Georgia beginning next Tuesday. The class was split in two since so many signed up. The class is taught by Hilton Hill and is open to all levels of skill and includes either hand building or throwing or a combination of both. Now I have to decide if I should re-learn how to throw again or continue on with my hand building.
I decided to take a local pottery class to meet local potters and learn of locations to purchase clay and supplies. I've already learned of a local warehouse where I'll be able to purchase
Highwater Clays. The class works with mid range clays and I'll be able to get my work fired there till I have a chance to sit up my new studio and get another kiln.
We're experiencing another arctic vortex with lows in the teens and wind chill even lower. Yesterday I drove to Blairsville to get the telephone and internet arranged. On the way back I drove over the
Richard Russell Scenic Byway in a near blizzard which blew in all of a sudden. When I got to the top of the almost 4000 foot mountains my car was sliding in the snow on the highway; my car isn't four wheel drive. I kept moving and thankfully made it over. Gary was down in Florida wiring funds for the closing so I was glad I had no mishaps. I borrowed the photo above which is at the top of the pass. The ice is on the north side of the mountains and doesn't melt in winter. We routinely see folks ice climbing on the icicle covered rocks. Yesterday no one was up there but me. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.
