Good Dirt LA – Pottery making by Shelby, age 8

The following is a guest post by 8-year old Shelby, who took a pottery class last Saturday with a friend at Good Dirt LA. Good Dirt LA is a pottery studio in Los Angeles, located in Del Rey neighborhood of the Westside.

I went to Good Dirt LA and I had a lot of fun. Lina taught us how to make a bowl out of clay on a spinning wheel. She told us clay is really dirt.

This is how we did it:

1. Got a moisturized ball of clay
2. We had to throw the ball hard in the center of the wheel
3. Get drips of water and make it rain over the clay from a bowl in front of us
4. Tuned on the wheel and put our thumbs in the middle kinda hard
5. She taught us how to shape it

All photos by Jonna Jetson Coleman.

It was fun but kinda hard. After we were done painting it she said she is going to put it in the kiln to make it glazed.

We also made a cup. We got to use texture thingies that made the clay look like wood and stones. So cool! I highly recommend that you try out a class. Her dog is so sweet and adorable too.

Written By Good Dirt LA On June 29, 2015