On Saturday, April 20th, we had our dip pot class at the fire station instead of outside due to cold weather. (Thank you CCFD IV!!) It was a wonderful class. We had 16 people come to learn how to glaze planter pots using a dip method. It also was exciting that we had 5 sets of parents with their adult kids (and a couple of grandparent/grandchildren in the group, too)! These fun classes are a great reason for family and friends to get together!

Tim started by having a demonstration showing how to pour a ceramic mold, unmold it, clean it, wax the bottoms of the plates and planters, and then he gave us the steps on how to dip the planters to produce beautiful colors. The process involved dipping the pots 4 times, waiting in between to get the glaze just dry enough that the next coat would stick to it. Certain steps were challenging! Trying to dip a big planter into a bucket of glaze took concentration and coordination – especially since you had to try not to hit the sides or bottom! Dipping the plates was messy, but removing the excess glaze was easy thanks to the wax that we applied. We also learned that it was better to get thin coats of glaze on the planters instead of thick coats. Overall, we learned a lot and had a great time.

Thank you, Tim, for another super class! We had a lot of fun! You’re a great teacher!

There will be a Special Library Board Meeting on Monday, April 1st at 6:3o P.M. in the Library. We will be discussing the Amendment to the HR 2205 Bill to change the Udall Public Library’s tax district from the city limits to the USD 463 limits.

The regular Library Board Meeting will be held on Monday, April 8th at 6:30 P.M. in the Library.

All of the Library’s meetings are open to the public.

Our class today was great! Participants got to see how their Northern Lights patterns turned out. They all looked wonderful! (The first 6 pics are some before-and-after firing pictures followed by pics of all the finished mugs and of new mugs being dipped.) Tim even gave the class an awesome surprise – a drawing which gave some of the participants the opportunity to do a dip mug! It was interesting to watch the dip process. It went quick and was easy. However, getting the big planter pot into the same 5 gallon bucket next month could be a lot more challenging! Thank you, Tim, for providing such a great class!!

Tim came today to teach our class how to do a northern lights mug. We started by watching a demonstration on how to pour a mug (followed later by how to dump out the excess slip and unmold the mug). Next, we cleaned our pre-fired mugs and then learned about different ways to apply glaze to get different effects on the mugs. Based on what was learned, many of the students then applied 3 layers of black glaze followed by 3 layers of merlot and 3 layers of green (only to top 75% of the mug!) to get the northern lights look. A few did other glaze layer applications. We had a very wide variety of glaze application patterns. It will be exciting next Saturday when we get to see how they turned out (after firing). It was another super class by Tim!

On Saturday, Jan. 27th, we finished our 2 week air dry class. On Jan. 20th, we learned how to prepare a container to use as a mold and how to form clay into multiple shapes. We then had fun creating our own rectangular dishes out of those shapes. On the 27th, we removed edges from the clay and then learned about acrylic and watercolor painting on clay surfaces. It was an awesome class with Llyonesse! The final products turned out great! It was a lot of fun!