Setting the tone.....When I think about the new studio, I think relaxed FUN, with a little attitude! I found this great sign, and yes, I bought it to hang in the window. I just couldn't resist the overall sense of FUN it projects to the world!
The studio will be geared toward beginners. As I am self taught, I know how it feels to be trying something you have never done before, and not be able to get it right. But with a bit of old fashioned perseverance, it is indeed possible. I have been told that I have a very laid back teaching style. I present information visually, as well as verbally, so my students find it easy to absorb what I am trying to show them. When all else fails, the good old hand on hand method can also be remarkable helpful in teaching pottery.
I have been in classes where the teachers are too far "above" beginner students, and that not only frustrates the students, it inhibits them from returning to use the studio once they are working more independently. I really hope this studio will be a relaxed, welcoming environment where ALL the artists, novice or expert, will come in, and leave, feeling AWESOME!!!!
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