Here at DC, we love our monthly team-building activities. Sometimes we’re shooting hoops, or hitting home runs while cheering each other on. We’ve gone bowling, and we’ve thrown axes. Other times, we’re channeling our inner artists with a paint night. For October, we got creative with a little field trip to 4Cats, a pottery studio right here in Burlington.
The goal was a bowl. Sounds simple enough, and yet, this project was not without its challenges. We had a blast trying to get the sides the same thickness all the way around, and ensuring the bowl kept its shape while we applied a thick layer of glaze. Our lovely instructors guided us through the process, and ensured we had all the right materials and tools for success.
Things got pretty competitive! Some of us were rather surprised at our own unexpected pottery skills. It quickly became clear who the perfectionists were amongst us, and who prefers to identify as an “abstract” artist. Though we seriously enjoyed putting the bowls together, the real fun started when we moved on the “splatter” portion of the night. This is when we added the finishing touches to our projects, which meant using our long paint brushes to splatter paint all over the outside and inside of our bowls. There were a lot of laughs, and a lot of paint…everywhere.
Though we left the pottery studio decorated with paint speckled on our faces and clothes, it was truly a night none of us will ever forget.
