Category: Niilovilla

A CONCERT AND ART SALE!Saturday, February 8, 2020 17-21 at NiiloVilla The Holiday Season is over and Midsummer seems forever away... BUT let's have some fun while we wait for the sun to return.Let's embrace the moon!The Little North Band has been preparing for our Moon Songs Tour. We invite you to come enjoy a … Continue reading 8.2.20 Moon Songs and Valentines →

Hello Pottery Club Parents, I was just loading the last of your child's work into my kiln so it's ready for GLAZE day next Tuesday. The following weeks, 10.12, is our annual Party and Exhibition! I love it! Everyone can come at 14.10 or as early as possible. We will display our projects and admire … Continue reading 10.12 Pottery Club Party! →

Good morning! Finally, a Pottery Workshop for Staff! I have been toting my ceramics studio from FinnAm kindergarten to kindergarten for a few years. And many children have made a variety of projects. Staff have requested a time to give it a try! Now it's your turn! SLAB BOWL 101 WORKSHOP At the Ruoholahti location … Continue reading Pottery 101: A Slab Bowl →

Pottery Club is THE best day of the week! Today we underglazed some little projects made in the first weeks. There are lots of children this year. I love them all..... Yep.

Espoo International School Pottery Club It is the 15th year that Pottery Club will continue on Tuesdays at 14.00! Learn the basics of Ceramics. In this hand building class, your child will learn coiling, slab, and pinching techniques. This technique can be used for making bowls and cups, along with a world of other 3D … Continue reading Welcome to EIS Pottery Club →

A Kindergarten Clayworks Workshop for Kids Valley, Hyvinkää A REAL Pottery Workshop! One hour a week for 4 weeks. Ceramic Handbuilding 101 Workshop with Suzanne I am bringing my pottery studio to Kids Valley Kindergarten again! Beginning Wednesday 21.8! Using the book Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper as inspiration, we will make a big orange pumpkin using the … Continue reading The Pumpkin Workshop →

A Kindergarten Clayworks Workshop for FinnAm Ruoholahti A REAL Pottery Workshop! One hour a week for 4 weeks. Ceramic Handbuilding 101 Workshop with Suzanne I am bringing my pottery studio to the Finnish American Kindergartens again! Tuesday mornings in September! Using the book Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper as inspiration, we will make a big orange … Continue reading The Pumpkin Workshop →

Pottery Workshop For Töölö 1&2It was a success doing the Mini Workshop :Three Little Birds!   I have had requests to do another workshop before Midsummer!  New project theme will be a Small Ball Bubble Bowl! 45€ Approximately 2 hours on Wednesday 12.6.19 in the afternoon. 12-13.00 First session: Children will make many small stoneware … Continue reading Small Ball Bubble Bowl →

A mini Pottery Workshop POTTERY STONEWARE CLAY FUN ART OOOOH FANTASTIC CLAY FUN ART OOOOOH FANTASTIC Suzanne comes to school on Fridays BUT did you know she has been working at FinnAm kindergarten with Angie since 2005 ?AND did you know she has been teaching children POTTERY in Espoo/Helsinki since 2001? AH HA! She's more … Continue reading THREE LITTLE BIRDS! →

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The Espoo International Pottery Club has made a flock of pinch pots and pinch pot birds. These birds have been underglazed. I am very proud of these children!   The little pinch pots have been fired once. They are ready for glazing. Aren't they sweet?

How many?      

Words and wordplay. I have always loved words. And when I began writing poetry, about ten years ago, it changed my life. It added a mindfulness to my days, it brought a fresh thoughtfulness to the simple observation of my daily life, inside and out. For me, writing poetry has been like play. It is … Continue reading Poetry →

It WILL snow. I WILL sit in my kitchen and stare across the yard to my Someday Studio... so I gave it a fresh coats of paint for the winter! My family has differentiated the rooms inside it by calling them, Door #1, Door #2, and Door #3. Door #3 is my someday studio space. … Continue reading The Old Sauna →

Up in the air, Junior Birdsmen! Up in the air, upside-down. A search on google would reveal that this song is from a time long ago. Because it takes 5 boxtops, 4 labels, 3 coupons, 2 bottle caps, and 1 thin dime... Get your goggles on! It's for all ages.... https://youtu.be/JizuHg_c7Ng  

I remember clearly the first time I heard someone (seemingly) talking to themselves as they walked down the sidewalk. And I remember later hearing two DIFFERENT people at the same time and wondering if they were talking to each other! A year or so later, when I got my first Nokia phone, I was totally … Continue reading Gadgets and real life →

Birds over a corn field. This was inspired by a ride through the countryside of Minnesota. Glass fusion is a new passion for me and I am looking for a few people to join me in exploring this method of melting glass upon glass. The kiln is ready and waiting for play. Are you interested … Continue reading An Adventure in Glass →

Coming in January to Hyvinkää! CLICK THIS LINK FOR MORE INFORMATION It's a whole lot of fun!  

Pottery time again!! I loved visiting FinnAm Kindergartens last year and I am happy to return this autumn! I will be coming with my pottery studio for your child to participate in a real pottery workshop. Bringing the Outside In by Mary McKenna Siddals We are bringing the outside in, oh, bringing the outside in! This … Continue reading The Outside In Tour →

Is this pot porous?

"Rough up the clay like tiger paws" What does that ? What does slip mean?

Roll it flat with a rolling pin.