Recap: September Clay Club at Black Mountain Studios

Many thanks to Maud and Austin Boleman for hosting Clay Club! It was great to get to see their studio and gallery even as they gear up to close it soon. Clubbers bought a lot of the items they were selling, but there are still some left. They are priced super reasonably and need to be gone by October 4th. See the price list below for an idea of what’s available (there were also clay, cones, chemicals, and probably more things I’m forgetting), and contact Maud at mauds.stuff@gmail.com if you’re interested.

Lindsay Rogers couldn’t make the meeting, but she wanted to share an event happening this weekend in Johnson City: InstaCrafty in downtown Johnson City happens about 3-4 times per year. It is largely organized by Lisa LaPella, a potter in Tennessee.

This weekend, on Sunday the 16th, the fall Instacrafty will take place in the covered pavilion right in the middle of downtown Johnson City. Along with the art fair, there will be a Clay Olympics! This event is sponsored by Highwater Clay and will include opportunities for challenging fellow potters to things like throwing, handbuilding and wedging challenges. There will also be prizes! The event will take place roughly from 3-6 on Sunday.

Lindsay is hopefully going to post some information here on the blog about signing up for Clay Olympics events, so look for that and/or check out the event website: https://www.instacrafty.com/

Thanks again to Maud and Austin, and best wishes to both of them on whatever comes after production pottery (as Maud said: “production pottery sounds like fun till you do it a couple thousand times”)!

October Clay Club will be at Mars Hill University from 6-8 pm on Wednesday, October 10th. Thanks to Shane Mickey for hosting us! I’ll share more info closer to the date.