Wednesday, August 31, 2011
pictures of pots
For publication, application to high end shows, etc, I have a great professional photographer, but I can't afford him for pics to post to my blog, facebook page, and similar sites and to use in postcards for shows.
Help with cracking
Question for all you fabulous,much more experienced potters?
I love to make pieces from stoneware and then cover in porcelain
slip and make a design in wax resist and wipe away.
Does anyone know any fix-it for these little cracks that come out AFTER the bisque fire?
Does anyone know a good way to prevent them in the first place?
I am using pheonix stoneware.
Thank you, fabulous potters.
nora thomas
piddlerpots@gmail.com
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Dan Anderson......In Bakersville? Hell yes !
Exotic Wood Pottery Rib
http://www.etsy.com/listing/76057978/exotic-wood-pottery-rib-tool
Hey Marian Parkes showed me this nice rib.
It never ends!
Monday, August 29, 2011
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Hot Fudge Sauce
9th Mid-Atlantic Clay Conference
Dear Clay Artists and Admirers:
GREAT NEWS! The 9th Mid-Atlantic Clay Conference
will be held as scheduled! We look forward to seeing
everyone in a month in Front Royal, VA.
Regards,
The Clay Conference Committee
There's still time to register!
There are spaces left in both the Raku and Primitive
Firing workshops.
We have plans for a fun raffle to be held during the
conference.
Pass this info on to your friends and fellow clay
artists.
REGISTER ONLINE HERE!
The Clay Connection's
9th Mid-Atlantic Clay Conference
4-H Conference Center, Front Royal, VA
September 29 - October 2, 2011
DOWNLOAD A PAPER REGISTRATION FORM HERE!
BRENT MINI SRC SLAB ROLLER - FOR SALE 2011
The Mini SRC is ideal for taking to workshops or for studios with limited space.
It is constructed of steel pipe and bent plate like the SRC so it will last for many years.
The patented cable drive system with opposing rollers produces even pressure along the bed.
It includes one 1/4" shim with canvas and two 1/8" plain shims.
Assembled dimensions: 31"W x 26"L x 14"H.
Shipping Dimensions: 24.00" x 15.00" x 13.50"
Shipping Weight: 63.00 lbs
Friday, August 26, 2011
Symposium on Chinese and American Ceramic Education
WVU NCECA Shared Journeys II
Symposium on Chinese and American Ceramic Education
October 14-16, 2011
West Virginia University-Morgantown, WV
Speakers and Presenters include:
Val Cushing, Lv Pinchang, Bill Strickland, Gong Baoija, Dr. Elizabeth Lacouture,
Yang Bing, Dryden Wells, Li Chao, Joe Molinaro and many more...
For registration and info: (Early bird discounts end Sept. 5, 2011)
http://nceca.net/static/SJ2_symposia.php
or
http://art.ccarts.wvu.edu/shared_journeys_ii
We hope to see many of you for this wonderful event! Please feel free to pass
this information to anyone who may be interested.
Shoji Satake
Assistant Professor/Ceramics Area Coordinator
West Virginia University
College of Creative Art
Division of Art and Design
Morgantown, WV
304-293-3512
shoji.satake@mail.wvu.edu
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Crimson Laurel Gallery opening three new exhibitions, Saturday, Sept 3rd.

South by Southwest is a exhibit of collaborative pieces by Arizona potter Jason Bohnet and Georgia potter Mark Knott. Jason's work is heavily influenced by the natural world and travels to China, Italy, and all over the U.S. Most heavily he draws from Chinese folk pottery and the tradition of tea. The forms that interest Mark most reflect his love of the ocean: boats, water, continual movement, and repetitive patterns. These forms are softened by an ever changing color pallet and the atmosphere of his soda kiln This exhibition reaches across borders, miles of country, firing temperatures and differences in shape and form, to focus on commonalities between creative thinkers, makers of utilitarian objects, and soda-firing lovers of surface and decoration.
Pots and Painting


Dan Anderson's work is an amalgam of vessel and industrial artifact. His pieces are handmade replicas of man made objects, soft clay renderings of metal objects aged and impotent reminders of a once powerful age. By firing his pieces in his anagama kiln, he is convinced that instead of merely heating the clay, the flame and ash have the capacity to alter and enhance his clay cans. The etched surface, created by sustained three to five day firing, imbues a "poetic" richness.
These exhibitions will open on September 3rd and remain through October 29th. Artists reception is Saturday Sept 3rd as well at 6pm. Each exhibition will also be available online starting September 3rd. For more information call 828-688-3599 or online at www.crimsonlaurelgallery.com.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Souls of Clay at Upstairs Artspace


Free Business Classes at Energy XChange
(NOTE- the August 25 class has been canceled this week but please email kate@energyxchange.org to sign up for the following free classes:
EnergyXchange has partnered with Handmade in America to bring their highly applauded Craft Labs to the campus on the hill. The series focuses on artist concerns, and over the next few months Gwynne and Kari will present six timely...and free workshops.
Pricing Your Work – September 8
Arranging and Selling From Your Booth – September 22
Why Buy Handmade? – October 6
How to Get Your Work Seen – October 20
Budgeting – November 17
All workshops are FREE and held on Thursday evenings from 6 to 8pm. Be sure to spread the word. Please call 675-5541 to register or e-mail kate@energyxchange.org.
Gwynne was a Curator of Fine Craft at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, a nonprofit founded to advance education about the process, product, and history of craft. An accomplished glass artist, she was Executive Director of the International Society of Glass Beadmakers, Art Curator of The Works at the Ohio Center for History, Art and Technology), and the Director of Columbus’ Days of Creation Arts for Kids.
Kari Rinn is a graduate of the Virginia Commonwealth University Crafts and Material studies program where she was the creator and curator of The Meyer Gallery, a metalsmith exhibit forum. She was a fellow to the Ox-Bow School of Art in affiliation with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Kari brings with her experience as the Director of Pistachios Gallery in Chicago.
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The Energy XChange is also excited to have more business classes offered on campus by our local Mayland Community College:
THE BUSINESS OF ART
Beginning Thursday, September 15, from 6 to 8 pm and continuing through December, Mayland Community
College will be offering four artist/craft focused accounting, tax, and business classes on the EnergyXchange campus.
The first in the series will be
SETTING UP A BUSINESS
Are you thinking about setting up your own business or not sure what to do next with your own? This class will give you the ins and outs of start ups - registering your "name", retail or wholesale vis a vis taxes, incorporation...is this for me?, zoning and restrictions. This is a must attend if you are thinking about getting started or have been skirting the issue for years.
Other classes in the series will cover preparing and filing state and income taxes...why a sales tax number, what to deduct, quarterly-monthly-annually, what are the differences, how sales and use taxes effect you, what are the changes in the tax laws!
EnergyXchange welcomes Mayland Community College, a founding partner, to the hill. It's going to be a busy fall.
To find out more or register early, email kate@energyxchange.org.
Full Moon Ribs
Cousin's in Clay Show
All the while I've been busy making pots for this weekend's "Cousins in Clay" pottery sale. My good friends Bruce Gholson and Samantha Henneke,of Bulldog Pottery, Seagrove, NC, will be joining me and bringing their fresh-from-the-kiln pots for our 1st annual Mountain Cousin's in Clay Pottery Show and Sale.
For directions to Kline Pottery, click here.
“Cousins in Clay” is a kinship based on shared appreciation for the pursuit of excellence within the diverse language of clay."
For further information call Kline Pottery at 828 675 4097 or visit the web site,cousinsinclay.com.
Along with all the pots enjoy my father-in-law, George Lane's famous red beans and rice! There will also be plenty of refreshing beverages. So bring your friends, bring a blanket and have a picnic, and take home some beautiful pottery for the cabin!
This Friday and Saturday, August 26th and 27th from 10 til 5 inBakersville, NC.
Come out for the day or spend the weekend in the cool mountains of North Carolina and immerse yourself in the abundance of an internationally known Penland crafts community.
For directions to Kline Pottery, click here.
“Cousins in Clay” is a kinship based on shared appreciation for the pursuit of excellence within the diverse language of clay."
For further information call Kline Pottery at 828 675 4097 or visit the web site, cousinsinclay.com.
Gallery for sale in West Jefferson NC
For Sale- Slide/Negative Scanner
Mary Vogel is selling her Minolta Dimage pro film scanner. Perfect for all you artists who want to convert your slides to digital format. Free lessons included.
$400 or best offer.
Check her out on FACEBOOK.
Posted By John Britt
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Mugs for Jugs

Castroville Pottery Workshop 2011
Then you have to ball mill it and you have homemade frit. Not something I would recommend doing but it is great to do once so you can see why people frit materials.
John Britt Pottery
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Mid-Atlantic Clay Conference!!
http://www.theclayconnection.org/archive/2011_conference_brochure.pdf
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Bob Brotherton plate II 2011
Bob Brotherton, Plate Form. 15" Dia.
Bob Brotherton plate 2011
Square Plate, Bob Brotherton 3"H.x 8"W.x 8"D.
Bob Brotherton 2011
1. Tea Bowl, Bob Brotherton, 4"H.x 3 1/2"W.x 3 1/2"D, stoneware, cone 9.5, reduction.
John Nickerson - Recent Work 2
Handbuilt Platter, John Nickerson, stoneware, sprayed on ash glazes, slab built, 22" Dia.
John is having a show at Blue Spiral Gallery 1 in Asheville through September 30th, 2011.
http://www.bluespiral1.com/Master-HTML/artist/nicker_john_12513/home.htm
John Nickerson - Recent Work
Handbuilt Jar, John Nickerson, Stoneware, Ash glaze and iron wash, 23"H.x6"W.x5"D.
Granite dust source question
Thanks!
June
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Maiden Voyage

Got up early this morning to get to the community studio where I work, before all the masses arrive, to set up my new photography rig for the first time. I've had a trial or two on separate parts but this is the first time for the whole shebang. It's based on Michael Coffee's photo setup (link below) and if his was done on the cheap, then mine was done on the even cheaper. There are some bugs to work out (I need bulbs that aren't so bright among other things) but not too bad for the maiden voyage, I think.
http://dmichaelcoffee.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/shots-of-pots-on-the-cheap-and-low-tech/
Empty Bowls: Collector's Corner
Hello Clay Friends,
--
David Voorhees
Friday, August 12, 2011
Kilns for sale and other stuff
http://www.pottersweb.net/index.php?ad&cat=wheel
They have stuff for sale all over the country.
John Nickerson - Recent Work 2
Handbuilt Platter, John Nickerson, stoneware, sprayed on ash glazes, slab built, 22" Dia.
John Nickerson - Recent Work
Handbuilt Jar, John Nickerson, Stoneware, Ash glaze and iron wash, 23"H.x6"W.x5"D.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Exhibition: The Laughter Life: 20 Years of Colliding Ideas
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Clay Cub Meets Tomorrow, August 10!
Flow is a cooperative artists’ organization whose purpose is to display, promote, and sell Members’ and consignors’ original handmade work in a retail setting. Flow aspires to work within the guiding principles of the Slow Craft Movement, which seeks to connect the public with the beauty of handmade objects and the people who make them as well as to lightly and delightfully educate our target market to buy local and handmade.
Emily Reason and fellow members of Flow invite you to join us from 6-8pm on Wednesday August 10th for potluck refreshments and casual conversation about artist co-ops. We'll also get a sneak preview of Clay Body a collaborative exhibit by Rob Pulleyn & Lisa Mandle, featuring Lisa's figure drawings on Rob's ceramic vessels. The food theme for the evening will be "from the garden," but food or beverage of any kind that you can bring to share is greatly appreciated.
See y'all there
http://www.facebook.com/pages/FlowMarshall/106350829414020
contact Emily 828-442-9687
Wednesday August 10, 6-8pm
14 South Main Street, Marshall NC, 28753
Whistlepig Studio Blog
http://www.whistlepigstudio.blogspot.com/
In Jill's own words: "The blog is developing into a critical reflection of contemporary ceramic culture and exhibitions. As a maker, a writer and a curator I am interested in investigating broader topics within ceramics that draw parallels for all stakeholders: makers, patrons, students, dealers, etc. The goal of Whistlepig Studio Blog is to strike a voice, which is part Twain, part Burroughs, with the depth and breadth of the New Yorker through monthly essays, featured project links, transcriptions of anonymous dialogues and artist spotlight interviews."
So take a look and see what she is up to and check back in from time to time to see how things evolve.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Workshop in Castroville, Texas 2011
Weekend Workshop with John Britt
“Understanding Glazes “
Friday – Sunday – August 19th, 20th, 21st, 2011
This workshop will be a general overview of ceramic glazes and will covers all cones. (including: pit, decals, lusters, low fire, cone 3, midrange, cone 10, wood, salt, and soda.) It is designed for the beginner to the intermediate potter. We will discuss cones, kilns, firing dynamics and principles as well as applying those principles to various firing cycles.
We will be doing a cone 10/11 reduction firing for shino, celadon, and copper red glazes. Please bring 3 – 8 bisque tumblers or cups made of cone 10 clay, (either porcelain or white stoneware) which we will glaze on Friday evening for an experimental firing on Saturday and unload on Sunday afternoon. Email Clay@CastrovillePottery.com for more details.
Workshop Details
When: Friday, August 19th, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., August 20th & 21st, Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 2011
Where: Castroville Pottery, 1215 Fiorella Street, Castroville, TX 78009.
Cost: $225 for the three days and includes the cost of firing and materials for the experimental glazing on Friday night.
http://www.castrovillepottery.com/
Interesting Glaze Book -2011
Slip recipes
Check out this site with slip recipes:
http://itc.utk.edu/web/Brogden/ceramics_website/final_pf_files_3_5/slips.pdf
Art and the Law -- free workshop in Asheville
This workshop may interest potters near Asheville:
Illuminated Artistry: A Free Workshop for Artists & Artisans Where Creativity and the Law Intersect
Please join us for a FREE day-long workshop where artists, artisans, and cultural entrepreneurs will learn about the legal aspects of running their art-based businesses. Speakers at this event include attorneys and other professionals who regularly work with artists and art-focused enterprises, and who look forward to sharing their expertise with attendees!
Takes place August 18th from 9:00 to 4:00 at the YMI Cultural Center in Asheville.
Details and registration here: http://illuminatedartistry.
New Posts
Thanks John
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Brent B Wheel for sale 2011
$475. OBO
She is on Facebook.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Clay Club meets next week at Flow in Marshall, NC
Flow is a cooperative artists’ organization whose purpose is to display, promote, and sell Members’ and consignors’ original handmade work in a retail setting. Flow aspires to work within the guiding principles of the Slow Craft Movement, which seeks to connect the public with the beauty of handmade objects and the people who make them as well as to lightly and delightfully educate our target market to buy local and handmade.
Emily Reason and fellow members of Flow invite you to join us from 6-8pm on Wednesday August 10th for potluck refreshments and casual conversation about artist co-ops. We'll also get a sneak preview of Clay Body a collaborative exhibit by Rob Pulleyn & Lisa Mandle, featuring Lisa's figure drawings on Rob's ceramic vessels. The food theme for the evening will be "from the garden," but food or beverage of any kind that you can bring to share is greatly appreciated.
See y'all there
http://www.facebook.com/pages/FlowMarshall/106350829414020
contact Emily 828-442-9687
Wednesday August 10, 6-8pm
14 South Main Street, Marshall NC, 28753