FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WALA) - Need a mug for your morning coffee or tea? How about one you make yourself? Vanessa visits Fairhope to try her hand at pottery with a hand-building class at The Kiln Studio & ...

In the back workroom at the Clayhouse in Santa Monica, Doris Spivak is creating a shoe sculpture, Gail Buckley is teaching hand-building pottery and Anthe Wosczyna is working at the potter’s wheel.

Ever since humans began making pottery, the items they’ve constructed have been a reflection of the culture and concerns of the people who’ve used them. The Greeks put gods on their pots. Island ...