I love doing pottery!! My whole life, as a kid I started working with a private ceramics teacher around 7yrs old. I worked with her for many years until about 13 since in my town the only has pottery classes (true ceramics uses Wheel Throwing) I guess the school system felt we were not old enough to use a machine working with clay. Though in early grades we did simple hand sculpting using clay. But my point, haha got sidetracked. That S&S tarting to learn any skill at a young age is essential. In order to be good at sports, theater, arts, math, science, the earlier you start the easier more advanced technics are to learn. I have made some pretty nice pieces. "Not bragging" lol :)