GILLETTE — AnDee Steiner’s vase at first looked like a potato.
And Carol Pahlke, 79, called her bowl an improvised “candy dish.” The dish that graced the display table looked similar to a clam shell found along the shoreline.
“It was supposed to be round,” she said with a laugh. “I said, ‘Okay, abstract art.’”
But over the course of eight weeks, the two developed their skills, ultimately fashioning a teapot complete with a spout and lid that could truly hold and pour water.
“It was incredible to see how far I came,” Pahlke said.
“We all kind of started building off of one another,” Steiner added.
The two were joined by eight other students in a creative aging ceramics class that met at the AVA Community Art Center. The class was free to the 10 students thanks to…
