October's therapeutic event with Icky Love Pottery (Grieving Ohana Event)

https://www.ickylove.com

A little bit about our host Jaimie + Icky Love Pottery

My name is Jaimie Nagle and I am a ceramic artist and writer. I began my journey with clay at the University of Hawaii while studying for my doctorate in Creative Writing. Since then, I fell in love with clay---it's texture and malleability, it's gift of failure and success--the perfect metaphor for the ebb and flow of human experience. After having my first child, I decided to further my study and journey with clay and developed Icky Love Pottery, a small batch ceramic studio where I make my own work and offer workshops. Seeing the way people form a relationship with making something from the earth brings me great joy.

The Workshop

In this 2.5 hr workshop we will make candle-holders/lanterns that will utilize a few methods of handbuilding with stoneware clay: pinching, coiling, attaching, and piercing. You will create a unique piece that will allow the light to shine through your piece. We can light candles inside of these personal creations in rememberence of our children. This workshop will be limited to 9 participants. 

How is clay and creating thereputic for us?

• Engages creative energy.
• Encourages self-expression.
• Lowers heart rate and blood pressure.
• Increases mind-body connection and awareness.
• Develops physical dexterity and mastery.
• Promotes a sense of accomplishment.
• Provides respite from intrusive thoughts and emotions.

Pottery enables for improvements in flow and spontaneity, provides an outlet for grief, and helps you with self-identification and self-expression, bolstering confidence and self-esteem.

The tactile experience of pottery can be meditative in nature and invite a deep sense of relaxation and well-being.

Note: public bathroom will be at Swanzy Beach Park. It is a 10 minute walk down the hill or a 2 minute car ride. You can stop there to use the restroom prior to coming up the hill to the studio. Mahalo