IN PICTURES: Kids make colourful clay creations at Katanning Arts & Craft Group Saturday session

A small group of local creatives including two talented children gathered at the Katanning Arts & Craft Group centre on June 10 to take part in the group’s monthly All Craft Saturday session. While some of the cluster crocheted, Annabelle and Sam McGill were happily engaged as they spent the morning painting their many clay creations with their mother Carly. “My favourite part is that it’s fun to squish the clay in your hands,” Annabelle said as she decorated a plaque that had been fired in the kiln after a previous session. “You make a circle bowl first, then you squish it up.” Annabelle’s favourite work is a heart-shaped bowl that she crafted on the pottery wheel while Sam’s favourite is a monster head made for him by his sister. “You can see inside it,” he said. “I’ll keep my Lego pieces in it.” As the children created colourful new works Katanning Arts & Craft Group president Pauline Edgecumbe reflected on the recently discovered clay mural that once wrapped around the side of the old Katanning Town Hall. The large public artwork went missing after being taken down in 2013 and is now being stored in boxes. “We’re in the process of getting a grant so that we can get some money together to mount it,” Ms Edgecumbe said. “We’ve had some success as we’ve found someone that has volunteered to put it up for us. “My vision is that it will wrap around the front of the building and make us more visible.”