The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

In March, my sisters and I took a basket weaving class at The Refinery in Walla Walla. At that time, I saw people using the pottery wheel, and in my Around the Valley article about our basket-weaving class, I said, "I can see the clay flying as I speak."

On Saturday, October 28, we decided to give the pottery wheel a spin. Our instructor, Jess, met the sisters in the studio for a two-hour session. We signed up in September to reserve our spots, as only six pottery wheels exist.

We took seats by the wheel and covered our legs with a towel as we assumed the clay would be flying. Jess started fro...