I learnt a lot during the time I spent helping her. She taught me basic skills such as how to pull handles, pack, set and fire a kiln and reclaim and properly wedge clay, as well as showing me how to make and decorate some of her products. I learnt how to properly press-mold objects, which I really enjoyed, and used an extruder for the first time!! I did a lot of glaze tests for her and this involved applying some to raw clay. I've never done this before but it seemed to work and it saves a lot of time because you don't need as many firings. We even tried to take apart an old kiln which was really interesting.
Overall, the whole experience was great. I learnt so much and got a lot of advice. It also made things seem a lot more achieveable (in terms of becoming self-employed), as it wasn't an option that I'd really, truely considered.
Take a look at her lovely work:
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