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Stephanie Coleman
University of Phoenix Online

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"Lori" wrote in message
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Hi Everyone!

Freeport, Illinois, USA is where I call home - just a short distance
from the famed Galena Pottery area - and am more of a lurker than a
poster, but I do have my moments.....

I'm not a full-time potter - I hold a full-time job in the
administrative offices at the our community college. I do, however,
manage to work part-time as the chief gofer/technician/kiln
mistress/tutor/researcher and assist in the ceramics department. It's
strictly volunteer and as we have a very small department, my hours are
adjusted to accomodate the need for me elsewhere on campus at odd
times. (It's so nice to be needed.) lol

I teach children's classes (ages 8-12) for our Community Education
department one night a week a few weeks a semester, and will be one of
the two presenters this fall when we finally are able to offer our new
workshops. (Thank you everyone for all the wonderful advice on that
request.)

My studio at home is where I can be found in the wee hours of the
morning or late at night when I need to "decompress" - my daughter and
her husband call it "thestudiothatusedtobeagarage" - always with a
silly grin because of what it took to make it become a reality. I
don't have a website, but I do have a small gallery where you can see
some of my kids' work from last fall.

I'm a wheel-worker - not real fond of handbuilding, although I can
pretty much hold my own when I need to. I'm also a beadworker, still
enjoy sewing once in a while, do a little knitting in the winter, am a
fairly proficient cook/baker and like puttering in the garden and yard
if/when time permits.

If any of you have had a chance to check out the Naked Raku group on
Yahoo!, chances are, you've run into me along the way, whether you
realized it or not - I'm one of the co-moderators for the group.

I, too, started in clay as a way to reduce stress and because I had
always had this unexplainable urge to get my hands into it. Before I
started having problems with my eyesight, I would use sewing or
beadworking as my channeling device for negatives - clay has taken
their place and I can't imagine being without it.

And, like Steven, I'm a maker - of things - always have been and always
will be.

Take care all,

Lori

Life is a work of art,
Created by the one who lives it.