Kara Lovelace, of Carbondale, grimaces after pushing in the side of her piece while Stephanie Dukat, a second-year graduate student studying ceramics from Buffalo, N.Y., demonstrates how to smooth over errors during Tuesday’s class. Sarah Greer, also of Carbondale, and Lovelace, are both teachers in the area and decided to take the class together as a summer activity. “It’s something I’ve never done before,” Lovelace said. “I never took art in high school. I was always in band.”

KETURAH TANNER • DAILY EGYPTIAN