{"id":7095,"date":"2015-09-18T17:36:01","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T23:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/?p=7095"},"modified":"2015-09-18T17:36:01","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T23:36:01","slug":"clay-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/2015\/09\/18\/clay-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Clay Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_1766.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7098\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_1766.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1728\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDid you know that you can take a pottery class here at LACF?<br \/>\nWander down Redwood street, where Thunder Alley is roaring. \u00a0To the right, behind the Millard Sheets Art Center, you\u2019ll find it.\u00a0 Tucked away behind a little courtyard where water gurgles is the ceramics shop.\u00a0 There, student volunteers will help you make your very own bowl of clay to take come with you.\u00a0 It\u2019s a messy, hands on learning experience that comes with something tangible to keep.<br \/>\nNoe, my guide into the world of pottery, started here for school credit and \u201c\u2026Never wanted to leave!\u201d \u00a0He tells me how he got started as we squish the clay down onto the pottery wheel.\u00a0 It\u2019s cool and smooth, sliding between your fingers.\u00a0 Also, it is much more difficult than you might think.\u00a0 I kept collapsing the sides of mine!<br \/>\nWell, Noe might be a talented potter, but I\u2019m certainly not.\u00a0 My bowls came out laughably lumpy!! (I think I&#8217;ll slap on some paint and give them away as &#8220;hand-made&#8221; Christmas gifts.) Come get your fingers into some fun, at only $10 for half an hour. \u00a0But the classes are only on Saturday and Sunday, so plan ahead. \u00a0This is also a great experience for kids to touch, learn, and ultimately\u2014play!<br \/>\nWhat are you waiting for?<br \/>\nCome join us!!<br \/>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that you can take a pottery class here at LACF? Wander down Redwood street, where Thunder Alley is roaring. \u00a0To the right, behind the Millard Sheets Art Center, you\u2019ll find it.\u00a0 Tucked away behind a little courtyard where water gurgles is the ceramics shop.\u00a0 There, student volunteers will help you make your&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,14,18],"tags":[75,175,207,457,528,708,832],"class_list":["post-7095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-education","category-funatthefair","category-millard-sheets-art-center-2","tag-art","tag-ceramics","tag-clay","tag-fun","tag-hot-blog-on-a-stick","tag-lacf","tag-millard-sheets-art-center","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7095\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}