I still can’t get over it. Last night I watched as Artsy Granny showed OSFO how to use her potter’s wheel.

Artsy Granny is a master potter. Her home is festooned with the beautiful work she made in the 1970’s and 80’s. Large sculptural vases, plates, bowls all exquisitely glazed in an expressionist way.

She hasn’t used her potter’s wheel in 20 years. Like many artists, she finds it easier to work out of her home because there are just to many distractions at home. When she does make pottery, she works in a studio at a nearby community college.

But last night, OSFO sat down at Artsy Granny’s electric wheel for the very first time. Leaning over a slab of clay on the plaster plate of the wheel, OSFO tried the difficult task of centering the clay, an essential step in the throwing of a pot.

Artsy Granny gave OSFO recommendations from the sidelines. Then we asked her to show us. And Artsy Granny did. She sat down at the wheel and put her hands on the gooey, wet clay and showed OSFO how it’s done.

Learning from a pro.

Artsy Granny seemed so at home on that wheel in the corner of her home studio. It was moving, really. To see her doing it. It was the first time I have ever seen her expert fingers in the clay.