For a change of pace this evening, Mom and I went to a ceramics studio and painted Day of the Dead skull mugs!
When I was a kid, my Mom was big into ceramics. I often went with her and made various things, but she was really very skilled at it. She went to classes and learned all kinds of techniques and made some challenging pieces. Over the years, I learned a fair amount from her and from the owner of the studio we went to, but was never anywhere near as good as she was. Eventually I became too cool to go to ceramics with my Mom, and she drifted away from it too, moving on to quilting and other crafts.
But when the listing for this class came up in my feed, we thought it might be fun to try it out again. And it was! The “class” itself was not very good for a variety of reasons. Also, the brushes and other setup they had there were not great. However, we had a good time, and I think came up with some reasonable sugar skull mugs!
Mine has the orange interior and Mom’s has the green. These are glazed and still need to be fired, so these are not the final colors. Hopefully they will be a bit brighter than this when they are really done. We aren’t going to win any skull mug painting contests with these, but that’s OK. We had fun, and Mom is now wondering if she kept her old brushes and tools somewhere…
Quite A Yarn 
They look great! I guess ceramics is making a comeback. A studio recently opened in my town and they do a sip and paint night that is quite popular. Be sure to show us your mugs once they’re fired:)
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I will do! I think you’re right – it is coming back. We have a Color Me Mine ceramics studio in town, and also the place we went on Friday, which also teaches pottery and stained glass.
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What a cool activity to do with your mom!
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We did have a fun time 🙂
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I am not a skull fan, but do love the fact you guys had a fun outing!
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It was a fun time 🙂
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Oh, so cool! I love those mugs. They remind me of the movie “Coco”. I took my grandsons to a local ceramics studio this summer. They loved it and want to go back!
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It’s kind of a fun craft – and you get much more immediate results than a lot of hobbies 🙂
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I love the mugs. I would use it year round, not just in the Halloween/Day of the Dead season.
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I probably will – Halloween is my favorite holiday, so there’s some creepy stuff in use all year 🙂
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