Tidbits

Sleepover at Ikea - Maybe this is the only way to get to the $1 early enough…
A ramen bath - Japanese spa with special baths resembling instant noodles. I wanna play!
Old age homes for dogs - 1) Old dogs don’t like to be abandoned at strange places. 2) Playing with young puppies will probably cause the older dogs to die faster due to exhaustion.
A remote-controlled pigeon - Oh the poor thing…
An article on a brilliant method of teaching grade schoolers about bats and rabies. I smell a lawsuit.
Will trade beer for Crumpler bags. Tempted by the beanbag and messenger bags…

Clay and Glass

January 08, 2006, 11:12 pm

Went to the “Play with Clay” day at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery in Uptown Waterloo today. They usually host the session on a Sunday, once a month. You pay $5, and play with a lump of clay for 3 hours, doing whatever you want. Then they fire it for you, and you can come back in the next session to paint and glaze it. The $5 is sort of a sit-in fee I guess, you basically do whatever you want in that time, use as much clay as you want, do as many projects, etc. There was a lot of families with little kids there. I guess this is also what the locals do.

I think the last time I played with clay was in high school for art. Wouldn’t hurt to look up some basic techniques to try for later. I want to try the wheel clay thingie, but I’m sure I’ll have to pay for lessons to use that…