To Teach, To Learn, To Share
There are currently two vacancies on the Board. If any guild member is interesting in applying for a Board position, the application is here. Please complete the application and mail it to:
Lillian Forester
139 Sand Lake Circle
Buckhorn, K0L 1J0.
Deadline for applications is April 24, 2015.
Show Opening, Saturday, April 18th, Reception at 2:00 pm. Running April 18-May 24, 2015
Big. Small. Functional. Non-Functional. Then. Now. Beyond. These topics are all explored in the show ‘Talking to Myself’, both in clay and on paper, by Susan McDonald. The conversation is endless, engages the viewer as a participant in the discourse, and provides a possible glimpse of the future.
Colborne Art Gallery, 51 King Street East, Colborne Ontario K0K 1S0
Go to www.potterystudio.ca — for info on the studio. Remember, it’s worth the trip to Canton ….
Show & SaleUnique gifts for Mother’s Day, Weddings and Home décor.
Come see a large collection of finely crafted work created by talented
artisans from 5 local groups. Includes Pottery, Woodturning, Weaving,
Spinning, Felting, Glass and Gourd Art.
Marshland Centre, Lakefield
Saturday, May 2, Sunday, May 3, 2015,
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
A fundraising event supporting the Artisans Centre Peterborough.
www.artisanscentre.ca
When you have an organization like ours, it’s not often that people realize the huge amount of work that goes into it. Take test tiles, for example. We offer classes which includes clay, glazes and two firings. But the work must be loaded into a kiln twice by someone, unloaded again by others. Glazes must be mixed so there are lots of colours for our students and studio members to use.
We recently mixed a few new batches of glazes and they all had to be tested. Not only are they tested on the two types of clay bodies that we offer, but it is fun to test them in combination with each other. The images show the tiles that we use and then all of them fresh out of the kiln. It’s a lot of work, but how rewarding!
It will now allow our students to look at the tiles and decide what colour or combination of colours they want their masterpieces to be glazed in. And glazes can make a pot or piece of sculpture.
Just had a visit this week with the talented people in our Wednesday afternoon class. It’s fun to see what people create during their class. This is often a bit of “me” time to allow them to be creative.
We often talk about firing items in the kiln and such terms such as “ramping up” and “soaking” are bandied about, but what exactly happens when you are firing your kiln? And what stages are the most crucial?
There are some brilliant articles about the stages of firing, and what happens chemically to your clay as it goes through a firing process. The article talks about six stages, and it explains it in a really interesting way.
These are very interesting, and written in a way that while it does have some chemistry terms, explains it in an easy to understand way.
Sorry, these articles are no longer available!
We had an article in The Peterborough Examiner on December 22nd written by Joanne Culley. It was a nice article talking about the guild and our recent Christmas Show.
We attach it here, please click on the image to be able to read it in a larger format.
For another article featuring our sale and a few images, go to The Peterborough Examiner website.
We normally know and love Thomas’s work for the flawlessness of it. His functional pieces are a delight and envy for fellow potters. His demonstration was a revelation though, as he was loosening things up and using found objects to create texture and with a throwing technique on a board, stretches and makes the textured piece thin enough to be a base of a bowl or platter. The photos below show the technique that he employs. No wonder potters like to collect all sorts of junk!
Click on any image below to enlarge the size. Then you can scroll through the images.
Kawartha Potters member Brenda Sullivan has just opened “Dragon Clay Gallery II” on 52 Walton St., in the heart of historic downtown Port Hope.
Dragon Clay is dedicated to the exhibition and sale of fine ceramics including funk-tional and sculptural works of ceramic artists from the surrounding area.
Winter hours at the gallery are Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday 11:30 to 5 pm and Friday 11:30 to 5:30 pm. Drop in and say hello!
We had a great time with our second “try clay” event. We hope everyone who joined in enjoyed themselves. We enjoyed showing you all about clay and our studio.
Here are some images from the people that enjoyed their time with us. Click on any for a larger version.
