Monday, April 30, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
Big Party Tonight in Asheville
Yo, Clubbers. You're invited to Curve studios & garden Spring Open House PARTY, tonight from 5-8. We have some hot new pots and some cold beverages for ya. This is the biggest neighborhood party of the year. Please join us and bring a friend. See you tonight!
Salt glazed bowl by Kyle Carpenter |
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Craft Canopy 2012
For sale: Light-Dome canopy, 10'x10' enclosed setup for outdoor craft shows.
http://www.lightdomecanopies.com/
Used but in excellent condition, stored indoors. Includes frame, canopy, zippered side curtains, anchoring system, carrying bags. $500.
Buzz @ 675-4661.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Monday, April 23, 2012
From cone 10 to cone 6
I read that you can substitute potash feldspar for NephSy feldspar (maybe add 10% Gerstley) and this will allow you to turn almost any cone 10 recipe into a cone 6 recipe. Has anyone tried this or have comment?
Pottery Making Illustrated March / April 2010
Does anyone have a copy of the Pottery Making Illustrated March / April 2010 that I could borrow?
Thx John Britt Pottery
Thx John Britt Pottery
This SATURDAY ONLY!
Please join the Potters of Madison County & our esteemed guest potters for a day of Clay. Fine, handmade pottery for sale & demos throughout the day.
Sweet Monkey Bakery will have breakfast, lunch and sweets available.
at
Marshall High Studios
Marshall, NC 9am-5pm
Exhibiting Potters & their Guests:
Jim & Shirl Parmentier - Tom Clarkson & Jane Pieser
Becca Floyd - Mary Kay Botkins
Rob Pulleyn - Barry Rhodes
Tom Turner - Julie & Tyrone Larson
Alex Matisse - Mike Ball
Emily Reason - Kyle Carpenter & Ronan Peterson
Josh Copus - Bily Brown
Henry Pope & Mary Mikkelsen - Joy Tanner
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Wheels and Kiln for sale 2012
ASHEVILLE AREA
Brent Model J Kickwheel with splash pan - like new condition - used less than an hour- $ 575.
SOLD!!!!!Shimpo Potters Wheel RX10 - Like new - used about two hours -great wheel $600
SOLD!!!!!Ball Mill Rack New - never used - still in box ( $480 at Big Ceramic Store) $350.
SOLD!!!!!New Three Gallon Ball Mill Jar ($185 at Axners) $125.
SOLD!!!!!New Grinding Balls 1/2” 91/2 lbs. ($5.50 lb at Axners) $35. ($3.68lb.)
New - Olympic FL12 Production Front Loading Kiln- $ 3975
buddyhobo@gmail.com
Leicester, NC 28748
or call Bill at 828-683-1515
Hansa George Muthalali Pottery
Here is a shot of a bowl (12" in dia.) I bought from Hansa when we visited. Great work! Check it out some time.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Summer workhops with Nan Rothwell in Nelson County, Virginia

I am offering three workshops this summer:
May 24-27 Four day throwing intensive
August 3-5 – Week-long workshop in conjunction with Kevin Crowe – first three days in my studio, followed by three days with Kevin
August 31-September 2 Three day throwing intensive
Workshops here allow serious students and professional potters to spend all day at the wheel, focused on specific forms or throwing techniques of your choice. I have been making functional pottery for over forty years and teaching for much of that time. You can see video samples of my teaching style and learn more details about the workshops at NanRothwellPottery.com.
Thanks!
Nan
Jim and June Perry -Going Away Party
Lisa Clague is having a going away party for Jim and June Perry this Saturday April 21 from 6:00 - about 9:00 p.m. It is a pot luck so if you can bring finger food that would be good and BYOB.
Please call Lisa to RSVP and to get directions
Lisa- 828-606-4022
Please call Lisa to RSVP and to get directions
Lisa- 828-606-4022
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Thanks to Courtney and Shane
Hey ----wanted to thank Courtney Long and Shane Mickey for hosting as well as Western Piedmont Community College.They have very nice program and some very fine teachers!
Andrew Stephenson also told us about his kiln building project: http://ajspottery.com/dates.html
More on that later.....
Andrew Stephenson also told us about his kiln building project: http://ajspottery.com/dates.html
More on that later.....
Ron Philbeck talks at Clay Club
Here is a shot of Ron Philbeck's talk on ON-LINE PRESENCE. He did a really nice job explaining Blogs, Facebook, Youtube, Etsy, etc and how he uses them to create a marketing presence.
Had about 30 people and some good input.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Clay Club Ride?
anyone from the Asheville area going to Clay Club tomorrow that I can hitch a ride with?
I'll chip in on gas!
Thanks,
Emily: reasonpots@gmail.com
Monday, April 16, 2012
Raku Kiln for sale Asheville NC SOLD!
SOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Olympic raku kiln for sale. $500. Great price for older kiln with lots of firings left to go! (New ones are $2400.) Call Judi at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sunday, April 15, 2012
free wheel
i am cleaning out the ol studio. have an older clay boss. it turns on, motor still works. there is a small computer board that has a couple components fried. I dont know if parts are available or if it can just be fixed by a techie electrician. either way, its free, come haul it off. danielshanemickey at gmail
Saturday, April 14, 2012
14x28 sico2 shelves
hello fellow potters!
I have 21 NEW silicon carbide kiln shelves. still wrapped in foam.
The new cost is 90 with shipping. I will have to drive this back to
georgia and am willing to sell them off for a lower price.
feel free to email me at danielshanemickey at gmail.
thanks
shane mickey
I have 21 NEW silicon carbide kiln shelves. still wrapped in foam.
The new cost is 90 with shipping. I will have to drive this back to
georgia and am willing to sell them off for a lower price.
feel free to email me at danielshanemickey at gmail.
thanks
shane mickey
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
NCECA Presentation @ Odyssey
You Are Invited!
Four of Odyssey’s Resident Artists traveled to Seattle to attend the 46th annual National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference (NCECA). I am grateful to announce that they will be giving a presentation to share their experience with the Odyssey community.
Please join us Monday, April 16 at 6:15pm in the Kids Studio Classroom.
For more information about NCECA, visit their website: http://nceca.net/
Four of Odyssey’s Resident Artists traveled to Seattle to attend the 46th annual National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference (NCECA). I am grateful to announce that they will be giving a presentation to share their experience with the Odyssey community.
Please join us Monday, April 16 at 6:15pm in the Kids Studio Classroom.
For more information about NCECA, visit their website: http://nceca.net/
American Potter's Oral History Project
The American potter's oral history project
This project will video record interviews of significant American ceramic artists and teachers with the result being an ongoing guide for future ceramic artists.
To this end, I have self-funded the project through the purchase of high-level video and sound recording equipment and editing software. My intent is to invite input from the potters’ community to provide me with direction as to who should be interviewed.
What I am asking for is your input on those potters/teachers who you would consider “significant”. Your list can be as long or short as you like. Please provide the individual’s name and any contact information if you have it (email, phone, and mailing address). If you do not have any contact info, please send me names anyway.
My intention is to secure the support of a lasting organization that will keep these interviews available to the public for the future. I will put up a survey form for you to vote at some point in the future.
Email address: pottershistory@gmail.com
Thank you, Terry Rorison - a potter in Pittsburgh, PA
PS:
Link to Oral (written) histories of American Potters at the Smithsonian:
http://www.wpapotters.blogspot.com/2011/09/links-to-smithsonian-artist-interviews.html
Interviews with some Western Pennsylvanian potters
http://wpapotters.blogspot.com/2012/04/interview-with-some-western.html
Links to Cone 6 Oxidation Test Results with pictures and formulas
http://wpapotters.blogspot.com/2012/04/links-to-cone-6-oxidation-glaze-tests.html
KILN BUILDING CLASS THIS SUMMER!!!
University of Kentucky
A-S 390-011 Special Topics: Ceramic Kiln Building
Summer Session I (May 8-June5) M-F 8am-1pm
•NO prerequisite, ceramic or construction experience required.
•We will be building a 15-foot long tunnel wood kiln on Coldstream Farm just 6 miles north of UK campus.
•The kiln will be fired solely with wood, which is an amazingly fun and educational method to learn about ceramics.
•It will be an exciting hands on course. Enrolled students will also have access to the ceramics studio to make pieces for the Aristides Inaugural Firing at the end of the course.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Instructor: Hunter Stamps, Assistant Professor of Ceramics (hstamps@hotmail.com)
REGISTER NOW!!!!
Hunter Stamps
Assistant Professor of Ceramics
Department of Art, University of Kentucky
207 Fine Arts Building, Lexington, KY 40506
E-mail: h.stamps@uky.edu
A-S 390-011 Special Topics: Ceramic Kiln Building
Summer Session I (May 8-June5) M-F 8am-1pm
•NO prerequisite, ceramic or construction experience required.
•We will be building a 15-foot long tunnel wood kiln on Coldstream Farm just 6 miles north of UK campus.
•The kiln will be fired solely with wood, which is an amazingly fun and educational method to learn about ceramics.
•It will be an exciting hands on course. Enrolled students will also have access to the ceramics studio to make pieces for the Aristides Inaugural Firing at the end of the course.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Instructor: Hunter Stamps, Assistant Professor of Ceramics (hstamps@hotmail.com)
REGISTER NOW!!!!
Hunter Stamps
Assistant Professor of Ceramics
Department of Art, University of Kentucky
207 Fine Arts Building, Lexington, KY 40506
E-mail: h.stamps@uky.edu
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Clay Club TOPIC
Yo - one more thing Clubbers,
Shane Mickey said Ron Philbeck has agreed to talk / moderate the Clay Club on the topic of ONLINE PRESENCE!
Should be a good one! Perhaps other on-line folks will also attend and help with the discussion.
And finally - No alcohol at school.
I will post a reminder next week.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Mitchell County Fundraiser
SAVE THE DATE
PLEASE Attend
The Empty Bowls Fund Raiser Event for Mitchell County Food Bank:
May 4th at 6:30 PM,
First Baptist Church Dining Hall, ph. (828)765-9411
125 Tappan St.
Spruce Pine, NC
(down the street from Burleson Plumbing, and across the street from the Dry Cleaners).
Plus we need some nice bowls if any potters can spare any!?
Clay Club April 18th, 2012
Hey Clubbers,
The Clay Club will be Wednesday April 18th this month and it will be hosted by Shane Mickey and Courtney Long at the Western Piedmont Community College in Morganton.
They will have a demo of some kind. ( If worse comes to worst Shane will demo the proper way to tip a lager which I hope to get on the Flip Video.)
I will send out an announcement later next week when things are firmed up. It will be a pot luck and will run from 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. I will send directions then too.
Not THIS WEEK!
NEXT WEEK
Lark 500 Teapots!

Lark is seeking images to publish in a juried collection of ceramic teapots publishing in August 2013. The juror for 500 Teapots will be Jim Lawton of Oyster Street Pottery. Pieces may be functional or purely decorative. You may submit up to four entries; there is no entry fee.
Artists will receive full acknowledgment within the book, a complimentary copy, and discounts on the purchase of additional books. Artists retain copyright of their work.
Download the 500 Teapots call for entries form here.
Entries must be postmarked by April 20, 2012.
Mail materials to:
Lark Crafts
67 Broadway
Asheville, NC 28801
Attn: Dawn Dillingham
Tax Question
Could anyone fill me in on whether or not you can write off pieces that you break out of the kiln instead of sell? If so would it be just materials cost or retail coast?
Thanks!
Patty
P.S. - Does anyone else cry at tax time?
Thanks!
Patty
P.S. - Does anyone else cry at tax time?
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Save the Date!
Madison County Potter's Market
Saturday April 28, 9am-5pm

Showcasing the work of the 10 full time members of the Potters of Madison County and their 10 invited guest potters. The group was created in 2011 to unite and acknowledge the growing, skilled and diverse group of men & women currently creating ceramic work in Madison County, NC.
For directions and information about exhibiting potters visit:
Crimson Laurel Opening TODAY!

Ryan McKerley and Kathy King will have an opening at Crimson Laurel tonight, April 7, 2012 at 6:00 p.m.

Stop on buy!
Friday, April 6, 2012
Spring Mitchell County 2012
Muscari is a genus of perennial bulbous plants native to Eurasia that produce spikes of dense, most commonly blue, urn-shaped flowers resembling bunches of grapes in the spring. The common name for the genus is Grape Hyacinth (a name which is also used for the genera Leopoldia and Pseudomuscari).
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Ceramics Now Magazine 2012

Check out this on line Ceramics Magazine:
http://us2.campaign-archive.com/?u=afc5102181dc391e62f88deee&id=d7a18ffa29
The main site:
http://www.ceramicsnow.org/
A Party for Equality

The Mitchell County Gay Straight Alliance is having "A Party for Equality" Friday evening at Mountainside Wine in Spruce Pine. You can read more about this event here, but I really wanted to share the gallery of beautiful pottery and other artwork donated by Clay Clubbers and other local artists. Thanks to all of you for your support!
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Call for Empty Bowls
Hey Mitchell/ Yancey County Potters,
The Shepherd’s Staff Board would love to have more bowls from professional potters. Please consider donating! Also, please include a business card for each donated bowl or set of bowls, because an auction will be held to give opportunity for collectors to bid on bowls made by professional potters.
Bill Sweetzer said that Shepherds Staff has already received some donated bowls, (some left-overs from Penland, 50 from the High School, and few from Avery Senior Center). They hope to get 200 bowls. Tickets for a bowl of soup will be purchased for $10.00 a bowl, by attenders.
I can deliver the bowls, if potters bring them to the April clay club meeting. If prefered, potters may deliver bowls, to The Shepherd’s Staff, (ask for Martha) in the Whitson Building, on Summit St. in Spruce Pine.
The Empty Bowls Fund Raiser Event for Mitchell County Food Bank:
May 4th at 6:30 PM,
First Baptist Church Dining Hall, ph. (828)765-9411
125 Tappan St.
Spruce Pine, NC
(down the street from Burleson Plumbing, and across the street from the Dry Cleaners).
Thanks again!
Ann Thayer
thayer.act@gmail.com
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Brent Wheel For Sale
Brent C wheel with oversized splash pan and legs for making it a stand up wheel: $700.
I also still have 30 ea.- 11" x 18" silicon carbide shelves at $20 each.
I thank you for posting these items. :)
jody temple
8286968121
neverblue@att.net
I also still have 30 ea.- 11" x 18" silicon carbide shelves at $20 each.
I thank you for posting these items. :)
jody temple
8286968121
neverblue@att.net
Monday, April 2, 2012
Alina Szapocznikow:

Alina Szapocznikow. Petit Dessert I (Small Dessert I). 1970–71. Colored polyester resin and glass, 3 3/16 x 4 5/16 x 5 1/8″ (8 x 11 x 13 cm). Kravis Collection. Photo by Thomas Mueller, courtesy Broadway 1602, New York; and Galerie Gisela Capitain GmbH, Cologne
There will be a show coming up at MOMA in NY- Also a book:
http://www.amazon.com/Alina-Szapocznikow-Sculpture-Undone-1955-1972/dp/0870708244
Alina Szapocznikow: Sculpture Undone, 1955–1972
October 7, 2012–January 28, 2013
Special Exhibitions Gallery, third floor
A sculptor who began working during the postwar period in a classical figurative style, Alina Szapocznikow radically reconceptualized sculpture as an imprint not only of memory but also of her own body. Though her career effectively spanned less than two decades (cut short by the artist’s premature death in 1973 at age 47), Szapocznikow left behind a legacy of provocative objects that evoke Surrealism, Nouveau Réalisme, and Pop art. Her tinted polyester casts of body parts, often transformed into everyday objects like lamps or ashtrays; her poured polyurethane forms; and her elaborately constructed sculptures, which at times incorporated photographs, clothing, or car parts, all remain as wonderfully idiosyncratic and culturally resonant today as when they were first made. Well known in Poland, where her work has been highly influential since early in her career, Szapocznikow’s compelling book of work is ripe for art historical reexamination.Alina Szapocznikow: Sculpture Undone, 1955–1972 offers a comprehensive overview of this important artist’s work at a moment when international interest is blossoming. Spanning one of the most rich and complex periods of the 20th century, Szapocznikow’s oeuvre responds to many of the ideological and artistic developments of her time through artwork that is at once fragmented and transformative, sensual and reflective, playfully realized and politically charged.
Featuring over 100 works, including sculpture, drawings, and photography, the exhibition draws on loans from private and public collections, including major institutions in Poland. It is accompanied by a major publication, copublished by The Museum of Modern Art and Mercatorfonds, that reflects new scholarship on Szapocznikow, contextualizing this little known artist’s work for a wider audience.
Organized at MoMA by Connie Butler, The Robert Lehman Foundation Chief Curator of Drawings.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Murder- Maskull Lasserre

Murder, Maskull Lasserre, 2012.
A flock, or murder, of crows made from burned maple, oak, ash, cedar, and basswood.
Great show at Museum of Art and Design, NY
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