Tonight’s meeting plan has been changed as, unfortunately, it turns out Thomas is ill. Darlene will be bringing in a Robin Hopper video to watch, there is still Guild business to discuss and Lillian promises good snacks and drinks. Hope to see folks out for a movie night!
News
Thomas Aitken visits KPG
Our February Guild meeting will feature celebrated local potter, Thomas Aitken.
Thomas collaborates with wife Kate Hyde in their Warsaw studio. They create functional, hand produced porcelain pieces that “delight the eye and please the touch.”He is a highly skilled professional potter who holds a Masters in Ceramics. Thomas is accomplished in so many areas we have asked him to demonstrate/discuss several, diverse topics. You can visit Thomas and Kate’s website here.
*Handles (that don’t crack)
*Lids & knobs
*Nesting bowls, (precision throwing)
*His wonderful glazes
*Healthy throwing practices
His previous visits have been well received, so we know this is going to be another great meeting.
New Mentorship Program
Wow! The mentorship program is now full. If you missed this opportunity to work with Darlene this way, or wish extra class time with her, please note that she does teach the Tuesday afternoon Int/Adv classes (12:30-3pm) and beginning with the Nearly Spring Session – starting Feb 18, she will also be teaching the evening Int/Adv class (6:30-9pm). Registration is available from our calendar or classes page.
We are very pleased to be able to offer our members a Mentorship Program with Darlene Malcolm-Moran. Darlene has been a long-standing member of the KPG and is a graduate of Sheridan College School of Design in Ceramics (1976). She has taught both youth and adults at our Guild in regular classes as well as single, multi-part and week-long workshops. This Mentorship consists of 5 meetings beginning March 8, 2020 and culminating in a public exhibit of finished work at the Guild during November of 2020. To register, click here. Only current members in good standing will be accepted to participate.
Happy Holidays from KPG!
We are now closed for the holidays and would like to take this opportunity to thank our customers and students for making us more successful than we could have hoped for when we first moved in to Talwood in 2012. We would also like to thank our staff who keep the guild working, and our volunteers who really are the back bone of any guild – from those who wash floors and windows to those who spend hours on the board of directors. We will be open again on Tuesday January 7, 2020 and our classes for the remainder of the 8 week session, will begin that week as well. Should you need to reach us over the holidays you can email Donna, our Administrator, or leave a phone message at 705-742-4979. We will get back to you as soon as we are able.
We hope that you have a wonderful holiday, however you celebrate.
Last Day for Shopping at KPG!
The Guild Pottery Shop is open today 11 – 5 p.m. for your last minute gift shopping! We have many great gift items from mugs for your coffee & tea drinkers to wine goblets, platters, teapots, coffee filter holders, tablet and phone stands, tree ornaments, vases, jewelry, gift cards (made by our members) and much more. We still carry items from the other members of the Artisans’ Centre; the Kawartha Woodturners Guild, the Gourd Society and the Spinners and Weavers Guild. If you can’t decide, we have gift certificates that don’t expire and are good for any product or service we offer. Our knowledgeable volunteers can help you with your decisions.
Welcome to Donna O’Brien
We would like to take this opportunity to introduce our new Administrator, Donna O’Brien. Donna and Clara are working together this week to get Donna up to speed. So if you are looking for an answer regarding classes or from the admin office, please allow some extra time during this transition. You can reach Donna through all the regular channels at the Guild.
We would also like to thank Clara for all the work she has done in her time as admin, including the extra hours and work outside of her job description; everything that helps keep our Guild moving. She was given small tokens of our appreciation at our regular Christmas social that happened this past Monday. Clara will be returning to university in the new year and we wish the best of luck in her studies.
KPG Annual Sale a Holiday Tradition!
Our popular Holiday sale runs this weekend from Friday, Nov 29 – Sunday, Dec 1, 2019. Our doors open at 2 pm sharp on Friday till 8 pm. Saturday we are open from 10 am – 5 pm and Sunday 11 am – 4 pm. The sales committee has worked really hard this year to bring you a fabulous show with almost 30 potters – all of whom you can look at in our Featured Potters section or on our Facebook page. Along with our show potters, you will find some of our other members’ work in our Shop, as well as work from members of the Artisan’s Centre (Kawartha Woodturners Guild, Kawartha Gourders and the Peterborough Spinners & Weavers Guild).
If you haven’t been to our Talwood location before, it heads west off Goodfellow and there is really good parking behind the building. Our main entrance is from that parking lot.
We will be offering refreshments and have demonstrations as well throughout the weekend.
We look forward to seeing you.
Jeanne Cook
Darlene Malcolm-Moran
Anne Young
Jo Ryan
Class Exhibit on Now!
KPG Intermediate/Advanced Pottery Classes Exhibit will be on display at the Kawartha Potters Guild from November 11th – 26th, 2019. The students in these classes have used more than a dozen different decorating techniques: slip trailing, water etching, paper resist, sprigging, chattering, roller stamped, sodium silicate, paddled, marbled, sgraffito, graffito, silk screening, brush painting & bubble glaze. Please take time to view this display of pottery that these talented potters have made. The exhibit is open for viewing during regular Pottery Shop hours.
Participating KPG Students
Robert Brown, Jacquie Cole, Deb Craven, Clara Doucette, Kathy Ferguson, Bev Haun, Kristy Hiltz, Jean Johnson, Paul Keelan, Vicky Kilner, Rosa McBee, Don Michie, Kevin Middel, Sara Purves, Liz Sine, Judith Rioux-Wilson.
Remembrance Day
In 2016, our Guild was honoured to be approached to work on a fundraiser with the City of Peterborough for repairing the Cenotaph and to go towards veteran’s services. On this day of Remembrance, we would like to thank all of those volunteers who helped create the Trilliums made in memory of those who fought and died from the Peterborough area in WWI.
During our “planting” of these Trilliums at the Peterborough Cenotaph (this was done in April 2017 to mark the 100th anniversary of the battle of Vimy Ridge) we were assisted by local cadets. One of our volunteers overheard their commanding officer commenting that one of them had specifically requested to be able to deliver one directly instead of passing it on to the next in line. The officer was asked for permission to speak with her directly and the young cadet was sent over. The volunteer asked her who in her family had fought in the war that made this a special thing for her and she replied that it was her Grandfather. So the young cadet was asked if she’d like to plant the Trillium she had carried over. It was an incredibly moving moment.
Artisanity Show and Sale
Our friends over at the Artisan’s Centre of Peterborough (based in Peterborough Square), are having their Artisanity Show and Sale this coming weekend, November 1 – 3 at the Knights of Columbus Hall (317 Hunter St. West, Peterborough). The show opens Friday from 4-8 and is open both Saturday and Sunday from 10-4. There are 28 different artisans in this show, and a number of them are from our guild. There will also be wood turned pieces, weaving, gourd work and other textiles. This is always a lovely show, not to be missed!
