FUSION Conference 2016
June 3 – 5
Chestnut Centre, University of Toronto
89 Chestnut Street, Toronto, ON M5G 1R1

FUSION is proud to present five Korean Master Potters from Icheon City, South Korea. Please join us for an inspirational weekend of hands-on workshops and presentations delivered by the Masters.

You may know them from the video that has been circulating on Facebook and YouTube: “5 South Korean Ceramic and Pottery Master Craftsmen, Show Off Their Skills”: Sorry this video is no longer available!

With over 400,000 views, these incredible artisans have become an internet sensation. FUSION is bringing them to Toronto to present a weekend participatory workshop where they will teach their forming and decorating techniques.This year’s workshops include unique tools from Korea for you to keep. Each participant will also be provided with sample pieces on which to explore the techniques demonstrated.

We would like to thank everyone that attended our Christmas Show and Sale this year.  It was a huge success and we heard nice things about the giveaways (if you were lucky to get one) as well as the pottery for sale.

We had prizes for the potters and well as a door prize draw.  The winners of our own were:

• Best Functional, Priya Harding – $100 gift certificate from PSH
• Best Non-Functional, Linda Harris (3rd year in a row) – $100 KPG gift certificate
• Best Newbie, Heather Brooks – $50 KPG gift certificate
• People’s Choice Award, Bill Reddick (2nd year in a row) – $100 gift certificate from Tuckers

Congratulations!

The winners of the door prize were:

• Dorothy Tuckerman
• Doreen McDougall
• Sonia Aviles

Congratulations to our three winners.  They each won a piece of pottery that was displayed during the sale.

Here are images of the 2015 participants of the recent Christmas show and sale.

It’s hard to imagine, when you come to a show and see it all set up, how much work is involved putting up the displays, unpacking all of the work, not to mention the cash area and wrapping station.  Here are a few photos showing some of our potters setting up for the recent show.

$10,130.00 – Can You Believe it!……

That is the final tally from Empty Bowls 2015. $10,130.00 will now be going directly into our community to support food security. From our accounting, the sale of tickets and bowls brought in $4,000.00. The results speak for themselves and in terms of community engagement Empty Bowls 2015 year was a winner!

Kudos to the YWCA for having the vision to grow this event, and sincere thanks to the members of our Guild and the Wood Turners’ Guild who donated approximately 175 bowls. We would also like to thank Lillian, Cathy, Dawn, Anne, Lorne, Dawn’s mother, Shelby and Pete who staffed our booth and transported pots on the day itself.

Our Saturday Clay Club had an outdoor excursion this past weekend.  A few of the members went to Tuckers Pottery in Richmond Hill to take part in the festivities and buy some supplies.  Cathy won a gift certificate for her throwing mastery (with a non-thrower).