I had the opportunity to go to a workshop with Annie Chrietzberg at the Village Potters Guild in Plymouth, MI. It was a fantastic experience.

I first learned of Annie through Clayshare and had taken a few online workshops with her over the past few years. One that I would highly recommend is her January cups class which over the last few years has gone through her entire repertoire of cups.

There were two things I was really looking to get out of the class and I feel like I made progress on both. The first was how to use a puki. The puki is a way to create a footring on a hand built object. The second is hollow handles.

I've been in Michigan weekly for work for over a year now so all I had to do was drive a bit. The Village Potters Guild is a lovely little studio that I wish was closer to where I was working. Everyone there was so helpful. The food was some of the best I've ever had at a workshop. All in all it was a great two days. We managed to make 5 projects in the two days.




Technically I was supposed to make one of Annie's squirrels, but mine really wanted to be a sheep :)