Tarariki+Pottery



Our Class Trip to Tarariki Pottery On Tuesday, the 12th of May our class went to Mike O'Donnells pottery to see his work and his home. We saw fabulous big statues in the garden and his vegetable patch. Then we went into the studio that displayed cups, bowls and picture tiles and other things that people could buy. They looked amazing! After that we went upsatirs to a really cool room and saw a slide presentation of Mike's statues and where he'd been. He had met a man in Ireland who told him that the stream where he lived was fresh water but then it had gone bad. He wanted Mike to go and tell the world about how we should all protect our water and make people understand how important the trees and animals were. Then, Mike showed us how he used the potters wheel. It was cool! Then we had a turn of some clay. At the end we went down past the river to a fire place. We sang our song and breathed. Mike's place is so cool! We wish we could live there too! Room 2