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At the end of
each semester, the
HSU Clay Club holds
a pottery sale on the
University Center
Quad. Proceeds help
fund new
lab equipment.
5 Ceramics honors students can stay all
night at the studio – and some actually do.
Here, Avery Palmer paints underglaze on one
of his honors pieces. He is currently applying
to graduate programs in ceramics.
6 Outrageous ceramic pieces cover
almost every surface in the lab – even
the microwave.
7High-fire kilns require special clays and
glazes to withstand the heat. A special room
houses these gas-fired kilns – which is good,
since flames shoot out the top when it is firing.
8 Students listen to Professor Keith
Schneider with as much rapt attention as
they can muster at 8 a.m. To help with that,
many students drink a prodigious amount of
coffee, most of it in earthy, handmade mugs.
9 One assignment: create a teapot. The
end results range from traditional to wildly
fanciful – think heads of lettuce and flying
pigs. The best are exhibited each year in
HSU’s annual Teapot Show.
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