I don't have that one yet Charlie.

I went out to drop some letters today. That means I visited some of the local high schools with my letter of introduction begging them to allow me to come into their school t make some observations. I went to Okkodo, Simon Sanchez and Saint John. Simon Sanchez took the letter and said they would call me back. Okkodo actually tracked down a couple of teachers and made an appointment on the spot. Saint John sent me right down to observe the pottery class that had just started.

I didn't expect that. It was very interesting. The kids were working on a range of projects. At one end were the newbies making built up pots. At the other table were the more experienced students making some rather interesting stuff. Two boys were trying to replicate Roman sculpture and doing a good job of it. Two girls were trying to decide what to do with their clay cubes. There were examples of the work around the studio including one that was cut in a tricky step pattern with a series of mazes inside. A marble dropped in the top had to work its way down through the mazes until it dropped out the bottom. Other work in the place was amazingly delicate and beautiful.

Good first day of observations.