Well, our school is out and not meeting face-to-face for a minimum of 3 weeks, and it may be closer to the 8 weeks announced today by the CDC. As my colleagues and I are madly prepping for online learning for our students, I had to take extra precautions with my student's projects to attempt to save the ones in progress so the kids can finish them when they return. This video covers how I had to prepare my kids projects to store them for several weeks. At about week 3, I will probably go back and open them to check to see if any of them need additional moisture added, and would do that every few weeks until they return. If you’d like to see the video on how I made the damp box, check that out with this link: Making Damp Boxes for Ceramics and Pottery from Plaster and a Plastic Bin https://youtu.be/iUcLptP4Wlo I will be trying to post simple daily videos for inspiration for my students, and my subscribers to help give us some learning and distraction during this national emergency. Check out this link to a live Googledoc I continually update with lots of my favorite tools on Amazon using my associate links! (also some non-amazon suggestions on here!) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XbYPQjjJnHrQG5xyWGMHZkEcZj5N8VnUAbFZdJRrRmU/edit?usp=sharing I am a public high school ceramics teacher at William Mason High School in Mason, Ohio. (Mason is currently the largest high school in Ohio!) As a potter, I have been working in clay for over 30 years, and I have been teaching for over 28 years, the past 20 have been specifically teaching high school ceramics. I love what I do! I have my own studio in my home basement, where I work on my personal pottery for my Etsy site; https://www.etsy.com/shop/KaransPotsAndGlass I started my Youtube channel a few years ago, to make videos to help my students if they are absent and miss a demo, or if they would like to explore more advanced techniques independently. I have been amazed to reach such a wider audience than my own students! Please subscribe to my channel if you would like to receive channel updates, or would like to learn more about clay and studio processes!

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