Oklahoma Mission Trip

A couple of weeks ago I helped lead a junior high mission trip to the Osage Reservation in Pawhuska, OK. We spent a week doing yard work, painting, serving food in a soup kitchen, and playing with kids. When we were not doing service projects we had personal devotions, "free time" (in which we played a lot of spoons and Egyptian rat screw), prepared meals, went to "club" (a worship/sermon service), and ended the night with individual church group time. Despite the long days, 115 degree heat, and community showers it was a rewarding trip. Here is a picture of the 11 rambunctious junior highers with Kelly (red shirt) and me (neon heart shirt).

Etsy Shop!

I am in the process of taking pictures and creating images of all the vintage things I have collected. I am excited to share them on my etsy shop!

Horse Hair Firing

The last day of ceramics class we learned a firing technique called horse hair firing. I'm not crazy about the outcome, but the process was a lot of fun. When we arrived to class our pieces were already in the kiln. My dad was the brave one who volunteered to take the pots out of the kiln. Once out, we used strips of newspaper and horse hair to create the black lines on the pots. Kind of an odd technique, but seeing the newspaper and horsehair catch fire when it made contact with the pot was thrilling!

Ceramics

This is what I have to show for my ceramics class. I love the way the glaze turned out, not too glossy and a perfect shade of green.