Master Potter Rick Hamelin, aka Pied Potter Hamelin, will demonstrate the use of the potter's wheel and teach participants how to make a pinch pot.

In this exciting program, the pottery wheel will connect our communities as we explore how a better world was built from clay. The tiny speck of clay can be used to create beauty, build structures or cook and serve a meal. This pottery demonstration begins with the basic concept of pressure and motion, involving simple forms that I will use to complete several projects, bringing to life pots and creatures one piece at a time while I share stories from the mud that connect and celebrate our unique differences.

Hands-on: We will pass from person to person a freshly made pot from the potter’s wheel and the chance to feel a dry and wet pot as it rotates on the wheel. Each person will also make a pinch pot (cup made from a ball of clay by pinching the clay with the thumb and finger) and the unfired piece goes home with the participant.

This is a Mass Cultural Council funded event.