When you are invited to a birthday party and you are over the age of 12 you are normally not very thrilled if your host is telling you that you are going to paint pottery the whole evening.
 That happened to me some weeks ago. Except for on the invitation I found the description “creative factory”.
I did pottery when I was 5 or something. I loved it, seriously, I took part in three courses and produced tons of useless stuff I was very proud of. Today it is nice to look at all the vases, pots,…I think my mum loved the stuff just because it was me who made it.
Anyway, two days ago the birthday party took place. We were invited to a place called “froh und bunter” (“happy and more colourful”) situated very central close to the Viktualienmarkt  the Synagogue and the Hotel Monaco. As my sister and I entered the shop, the first impression was “cosy”. The floor was laid-out with bright wood and the walls had a creamy colour. Wooden tables and chairs were spread out in the two-roomed shop and the shelves were stuffed with all sorts of raw, unpainted dinnerware. Two ladies were sitting at a table having a cup of coffee and painting bowls, while chatting intimately.
“Is this the new way of having a coffee and meeting friends?”
At first we had some cake and champagne, than we had to wash our hands, because no fat should touch the raw pottery.
After a short intro we started on our things. I’ve chosen a small cereal bowl, cost 14, 95 €. That’s quite an amount of money for a bowl. What would you pay at IKEA?
Those who forgot their muse at home could use moulding tools and copy some illustrations. My piece of art looked like the product of a five year old – I haven’t trained my pottery-skills since that age. Anyway, all of us had a lot of fun this evening, despite or maybe because of this uncommon location.
A piece of pottery painted by yourself is also a nice souvenir. They’ve also got a lot of motives concerning Munich and think when I need one again when visiting friends overseas I definitely know where to get them. The only criticism I have to add is the price, but that is added up by the very friendly staff. So if you want to train your creativity and on the same time produce a nice souvenir, for yourself or beloved ones, this is the address to go to, especially on a rainy, cloudy day as we’ve got lots at the moment.

I wish you a lot of creativity,
Franziska

“froh und bunter”
Sebastiansplatz 11
80331 München
gzender@froh-bunter.de