ST. PETERSBURG — Stephanie Parr dabs red underglaze onto her ceramic ornament, a palm-sized creature with bulging eyes.
“It’s a demented elf,” said Parr, a 37-year-old artist at Creative Clay. “I get so happy when I sell one of my pieces.”
It’s a little after 10 a.m. on a Wednesday, and the artists at Creative Clay are hard at work. Some color with pencils, gel pens and markers, making birthday cards and filling sketchbooks. Others, like Parr, work hard on holiday gifts to sell. There’s always time for hugs and laughs, another joyful sound on top of the tambourine shakes and guitar strumming that drift from down the hall…