The first time I touched clay, I felt like I’d arrived home. It’s the only way I can describe it. I now have the privilege of seeing a lot of students arrive in a similar place in our classes.
I think this sense of coming to a safe and familiar place when you work with clay derives from a variety of sources. We are working with a material which is essentially earth and I couldn’t think of anything more grounding.
In a world that constantly encourages us to achieve, become and do better, pottery offers us an opportunity to just be - to be right there in the moment, making. To use our hands and to feel our way through the process.
I also believe that when we work with clay, we start reconnecting with ourselves. We feel inward and there’s this magic re-connection happening between our hands, heart and head. The thinking mind gets a rest and the heart an opportunity to express itself in a safe contained space created by the teaching environment.
This beautiful thing happens when we start reconnecting with ourselves: we start to reconnect with the wider world around us, including other people and nature. Goodness knows that the world needs healing, grounding and connecting at the moment and I’m so grateful that I get to offer this through the classes we run at SkandiHus.
Come join the clay revolution and let’s make the world a better plate*, one ball of clay at the time
Stine x
*excuse that terrible plate pun but I couldn’t resist...
