By Ruth SOWBY

For those who ever thought of throwing clay on a pottery wheel and turning out masterpieces, Community Center of La Cañada Flintridge showed what is possible at its annual ceramics sale on Dec. 14 & Dec. 15. Would-be potters of all ages took a host of classes at the Center and their creations were shown off and sold at the Center’s sale.    

Pots of all shapes and sizes, many covered with colorful glazes and priced to sell, filled the Center’s large community room. Customers had plenty of time to buy during the sale held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. over two days. The sale attracted dozens of pottery lovers who wanted to grab the best of the bunch. 

Pasadena residents William Prescott and wife Randi Friedland, who take classes at the Center, looked at the variety of teapots Center teacher and artist Miriam Balcazar was selling. In the Center’s patio 17-year-old La Cañada High School students Rosalind Verma and Kenisha Gerbuyos were selling pitchers they made in a Center teen ceramics class.  

“It’s a fun way to get our work out there,” said Verma.  

 The Center’s non-profit community studio with three spaces and 12 pottery wheels was founded by ceramist Helen Jean Taylor and has been in operation for 60 years.