Art Studio deep in corridors of Grace Christian School

Here are some more pictures of those working in the ceramics studio. For about seven or eight weeks, a bowl making party has gathered every Wednesday evening at Grace Christian School. The ceramics studio is found by travelling through these windy halls and corridors, for the fearless adventurer. Deep into the school you finally come to this cradle of creativity where slamming of clay balls and excited chatter and bowed backs labor over their craft. All are bravely tapping deep into their own creative souls, some seriously focused, some gleefully carving unique decorations, some proudly displaying the variety of designs as hundreds of bowls are stacking up in the ceramics vault (a closet really). This activity can be likened to creative writing in the often messiness of brainstorming and then shaping one's thoughts into something coherent. Don't you wonder about the quiet artist who is connecting mind and heart with hands?

All drama aside, the mystery of the ceramics studio is being revealed in the radical abundance of all those gathered to share their gifts of creativity in the acts of compassion, sharing, laughter, groans, perserverance, admiration and conversation.... being present to one another in order to bring forth diverse creations for a greater purpose. No bowl is identical. As each artist transforms the clay, those gathered are transformed by each other.

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