Priya is getting ready for the sale as well. Here she is unloading her kiln and it is always like Christmas (not sure whether you will get a present or coal) when you open the lid. She has some beautiful pieces here, and she’ll be at our sale!
Kawartha Potters Guild
Cathy Allen loading her kiln
Cathy Allen is the artist on the front of this year’s advertising for our sale. Here are some images of her work out of the kiln and ready to glaze for the show. Everything is so colourful!
We are so looking forward to seeing everyone again!
Lillian Forester is gearing up for our sale!
Our Christmas sale is closing in (especially if you are a potter) and you can see that Lillian has her little mice all in a row and her plates bisqued and ready to glaze. We hope you are looking forward to our sale as much as we are!
Busy with Try Clay and visit from Hill’s Potters
We had a busy day with “Try clay” being a HUGE success! All spots were filled and everybody had a great day. The Hill Potters dropped by for a visit and tour of our studios too! They were in the area to tour some local potters’ studios and we were happy to oblige and chat!
The Peterborough Medical Brigade also came for a visit to talk about the donation that they had participated in. Wonderful things for the children to learn about – where the money from the leaf plates will be going! Great cause to purchase school uniforms for Ugandan children, the stories from two front line workers were inspiring to hear!
Click on any image to enlarge and view the entire group of pictures.
Map locations
Some of our members have allowed us to list them on a map, this shows the areas that these members come from to be part of our guild. We hope in future that more potters will want their information on this map too. If the member has a website address, the link is listed in their name.
View Kawartha Potters Guild member location in a full screen map
Clay & Play on Chex
We were featured on Tuesday the 12th August on CHEX. The lovely presenter Caley Bedore spoke to Carolyn Cicsco our Program Director for the Kids’ Camp.
Terrie MacDonald’s Workshop
Part 1
What a wonderful day we all had, learning a new decoration technique with Terrie on Sunday July 6th. Here are some photos of our workshop and some of the work we all completed! We can hardly wait until next week!
Angelo di Petta
Our long time mentor, judge and presenter, Angelo di Petta, has launched a new website. It has a great look back at his designs from the past forty years. He says that in future, he will be adding more in the way of video, and instruction.
Empty Bowls a great success
Once again, the Kawartha Potters Guild donated bowls (along with the Kawartha Wood Turners, the Canadian Gourd Society and the Kawartha Glass Artists Society) to the recent Empty Bowls, an event put on by the local YWCA Peterborough Haliburton.
Check out the recent article.
A Potter’s Tip
Taking Helpful Notes
Most potters today attend numerous workshops throughout the year, and demonstrations at guild meeting functions. There is so much wonderful info to keep track of!! Lots of people take notes, but I have a fun and easy way to keep a record of that valuable information that you can refer to regularly, which is both informative and visually appealing – notes with photos.
Any good quality sketchbook will do. I found ones which have lines on the bottom of the pages and blank space on the top. I take photos during the workshops, along with notes and space the notes evenly in my sketchbook to accommodate my interests and photos. I print my desired pics and use a glue stick insert along with the appropriate notes. It is a fantastic way to keep a good record of what you have learned.
Here are a few samples out of one of my sketchbooks. Click on any image to see the full sized picture.
You’ll have fun going back through the pages to find a useful tip and even just to reminisce!
Cathy Allen