Suds and Clay
The talent and creativity in our area are abundant. On Saturday evening, The Bibbed Wonder and I had the pleasure of attending a talent showcase at Stokehole Pottery in downtown Indiana. Deb and Birch Frew are a great couple and the talent behind Stokehole Pottery. Deb is classically trained and always impresses me with her education, life experience, and travels/studies abroad. She truly is a master at her art. Not to mention, she is a delightful human.
Deb created a soap dish challenge for her students during the month of February. The challenge consisted of choosing one of our soaps for inspiration and creating a soap dish to display the soap. The creativity, ingenuity, and talent on display Saturday were impressive. The creations were beautiful, humorous, and ingenious. Two potters created adorable soap dishes with everyone's favorite Christmas grouch and his cute canine sidekick. There was a stunning and unique soap dish with flowing lines and gorgeous curves for our Vanilla Bean Dream soap. A hilarious but lovely soap dish was created for The Panty Dropper Soap. A soap dish with an adorable goat was made, along with an adorable magnet gifted to us. A beautiful creation of a 3-D pear was made for our Sweet Anjou Pear soap. A lovely maiden is sitting without panties for The Panty Dropper. Deb kept with her theme of beautiful, clean simplicity and created a stunning white dish for our round bars. Each one was truly amazing.
We are so grateful to Deb for thinking of us and using our soaps to inspire this creative challenge. We also appreciate the talented potters who took our soaps to the next level with their beautiful creations. It was a fun night to meet many gifted individuals and see how our creations sparked their creativity. Everyone was so kind and welcoming. I love being part of a creative community of small business owners who support each other. It was an evening filled with laughter, creativity, and community.
Deb offers classes at her original countryside location and her downtown location. To learn how to create pottery, check out Stokehole Pottery's list of courses and workshops. Deb and her studios are hubs of talent and opportunity for our community. There are summer programs for kids and classes/workshops for beginners and advanced potters. Deb provides a stress-free and nurturing environment for her students to learn and create.
On this beautiful spring day, stay safe, be smart, explore the talent in your community, and keep washing your hands.