Brian Lera on WNYC and on the show this week during the membership drive.

We are ending every day by talking about a different hobby. And we're going to end today. And you know what?

I lost my hobby notes. So I'm just going to get them. I apologize right here. I misplaced my hobby notes.

So let's see. The guest is Ellen Day, and the hobby is ceramics or pottery.

Ellen, welcome to WNYC. I apologize for the confusion. Great to have you. Thank you so much. No problem.

Do you say ceramics or pottery or are they completely interchangeable? I find they're pretty

much interchangeable. Pottery can be more functional work, but they're both ceramics.

Ceramics encompasses everything that we do with clay.

How did you get into it?

Actually, I started in high school.

There was a pottery class, and I took a pottery class, and I was throwing on the potter's wheel.

And the first piece I made was finished and was entered into the citywide art show.

And it was accepted and it was shown at Leverhouse.

So I guess I was hooked at that point.

And I've been doing it ever since.

And now I've got your title back in front of me.

Sorry about that again.

Your director of the Brick House Ceramic Arts Center in Long Island City.

What happens there?

We teach pottery to beginners to advanced. We rent space to artists, and we have year-round programming.

We have artist talks, and we have a big holiday sale the second weekend in December where people can come in and meet the artists and we give private lessons, one hour, two hour private

lessons so you don't have to commit to a semester class. And we have book signings and we have artists. Some of the artists have come in as

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