This summer, I was blessed with the opportunity to spend two weeks in Deer Isle, Maine at the notable Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. Working alongside a special group of artists, I found the experience humbling and invigorating. Lydia Johnson is an incredible teacher and her work is playful, sensitive, delicate, bold, and simple. I am in awe of her and the beauty of her process. The workshop focused on surface techniques for slab construction. I feel like I have tapped a