"Well, you definitely don't want a lot of 'icing' on these." Hunter sits beside her. And he picks up his own pottery vase and shows by example (after all, that is what she had done when she had cooked those grilled cheeses).

He uses a light touch, to put just a light layer of paint on the clay.

"You don't want to put too much pressure on the clay, while it is still wet. The idea is to seal everything with a light covering."