When did you first get the opportunity to touch clay? To discover the sensation of the cool, malleable material between your fingers, to investigate stretching it, smoothing it, impressing things in it, beginning to throw it on the wheel? For me it was at school, a slabbuilding project making an Egyptianthemed lidded pot. My dad still has it. A lot has changed since then, and many schools no longer have the space and equipment or funds to be offering ceramics as part of the curriculum.
So much in life happens because of the opportunities that we are presented with. Where can young people go to experience new things and have new opportunities outside of the school day, particularly in areas of the country that traditionally have fewer extra-curricular possibilities? One such place,
