Kristen Abaway has been creating ceramic pottery since middle school.

Abaway insists that they key to a great piece is the perfect amount of clay to begin with. “Too much clay and it will either explode or start a fire in the oven. Not enough clay and your project is just a pile of cinder,” Abaway said. She also feels as though having a large range of sculpting tools such as a mallet is vital in the process of sculpting. For Abaway, her favorite things to sculpt are animals.

The best part about ceramic pottery is that the project is individualistic. “You get to leave with something you created all by yourself,” Kristen Abaway said.