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More Than One Way to Skin a Cat

Translation: There is More Than One Way to Shape the Clay

Let me start by saying: no cats were harmed in the making of this post.😸

But you know the old expression. 'there’s more than one way to do a thing'. And if you’ve spent any time in the clay world (or on YouTube), you already know that’s true.

Throwing a cylinder.
Pulling a handle.
Voicing a whistle.
Building a flute chamber.

Give ten clay makers the same project and you’ll get ten approaches (and at least twelve opinions). And that’s a good thing.

Just because someone else is demonstrating a project similar to yours doesn’t mean you should hold back from showing your method. Your hands have learned something different. Your eyes notice different cues. Your rhythm at the bench is your own.

What Makes Skool Different

On SKOOL, we’re not just broadcasting into the void. We’re building community.

Community means:

Conversation
Feedback
Shared experiments
Honest “Well, here’s what happened when I tried that…” moments

If you’ve ever left a workshop realizing you learned as much from the folks at your table as from the instructor, you understand. That’s not a knock on the teacher, quite the opposite. The best instructors know they’re cultivating a learning ecosystem, not a one-way lecture.

That is Why I’m Here... I’m learning here too.

As I share methods for constructing clay, I hope some of what I demonstrate is helpful. But I also hope you’ll show your approach, especially if it’s different. Because sometimes the magic isn’t in the “right” way. After all, sometimes it’s in seeing five good ways…and discovering a sixth together.

I'm stepping off my soap box now...and I promise not to land on the cat!

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