Kitchen stuff that came downstairs:
Can punch
(another fine tool for making interesting marks in the fresh clay)
Spatula
(very useful for cleaning the interior of the glaze bucket)
Measuring cup
(people often want to know just how much each goblet holds)
Food scale- like all the rest, not hereafter to be used for food!
(1 lb. of clay makes a nicely sized, useful bowl.)
Scrubbies
(great for washing out glaze pouring vessels and tools)
Cake frosting decorative-edge thingies
(holding one of these against a pot that is revolving on the wheel, I can make neat or interesting indentations)
Worn out kitchen towels
(old towels, aprons, and worn out shirts- perfect for studio use)
Yogurt cups
(I also use smaller yogurt containers as hump molds for kids to hand build vessels around)
Random texture items to make attractive impressions in clay
(bubble wrap, a piece of vinyl table liner, and some orange stuff the contractor left)
It's a challenge NOT bringing all sorts of things to the studio to use or try out. I do meet the challenge. I need more room to work than to store things that turn out to have no function. But still, you never know when a texture opportunity will arise- so tempting to store some more lace...in case.