getting ready for mother's day...

for our mother's day gifts we went to the painted pot in carroll gardens...

i explained the process of painting with underglazes and how the staff puts the finished pottery in the kiln for about 16 hours. we studied the different colors of underglazes and the kids learned that the more coats they used the darker the color would be on the finished products. 

even though this was a difficult concept to grasp as the paint on the unfinished pottery looked much different after being fired in the kiln, the kids did a great job asking questions to fully understand the process.