Cathy Allen recently came upon a link to some photos in Flickr from about seven or so years ago. There are a lot of photos from our Christmas sale and other events and presenters. It’s worth checking out here.
Heritage Day at Buckhorn Community Centre
What a great day we all had at the Buckhorn Community Centre (also known as the BCC) on Saturday February 16th.
It was advertised as a “fun day for the whole family with rides, displays, entertainment and food. A fund raiser for the Buckhorn Community Sports Complex. Come kick-off Ontario Heritage Week with a great day of fun !!!” and it was that and more. We went with our wheel and had kids lined up to have a turn with our teachers George Stewart and June Goodwin. We all fell in love with Ben, who may well have a future as a potter!
February 11th meeting
We have our February meeting coming up on the 11th. We will have our Guru of Glazes, George Stewart talking about glaze chemistry. We will also be glazing the mugs that we made last month. Lot’s to talk about and friends to meet. See you there!
We’ve been Snap’d!
SNAP Peterborough has included our Christmas Show and Sale on their online edition of the SNAP paper. Check it out here.
January Guild Happenings
This has been a most satisfying month at our Talwood home. Classes are starting to fill up. Folks are dropping in during the day to browse the gallery, have a look at our home and share a cup of tea. Most exciting, clay, instead of gallery and studio logistics, is becoming our focus.
For starters, Caroline Cisco has spent more than a few hours using the pug mill and patience to reclaim clay for guild use. Following Monday night’s regular monthly business meeting, members donned their aprons, rolled up their sleeves and made a pile of mugs – some thrown and some hand built. Tuesday, a few members returned to trim bottoms and attach handles. It was an afternoon of blissful collaborative work. Some quiet, some chatter, some laughter and lots of discussion and sharing.
George and I took the liberty of signing each finished mug with KPG. Hopefully this will be the beginning of our guild ware line. And even if these first pieces don’t make it past the standards committee, their production is testament to our purpose.
Three cheers for our guild!
Jackie Hodge
demonstrating at Lansdowne Place this Sunday
The Kawartha Potters Guild will be demonstrating at Lansdowne Place, Peterborough this Sunday from 11 to 5.
We’ll be located by the escalators. Drop by for a chat, purchase a piece of pottery, or check out our class schedules and workshops. Hope to see you there!
Kind Words
We have a ballot each year and ask if people want to be on our mailing list (some do, no pressure) and if they have any comments.
We thought we would share a small sampling of comments as they were very nice this year.
“Love this show”
“Starts off my Christmas”
“Yearly Pilgrimage”
“Wonderful Stuff”
“Miss your Spring Show”
“Great Variety”
“Love Hurly Burly”
“Could do with some larger soup bowls, the ones I’ve found are too small”
“Wonderful, Christmas Gifts Galore!”
“Super, mega, awesome”
“Amazing items, so hard to choose, I want one of everything!”
“I visit every year for unique, local gifts”
Thank you to everyone who visited and who has supported us in our move to our permanent location.
We wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Get your last minute gifts
Here are our hours for over the Christmas holiday. We have a variety of pottery, beautiful wood turned bowls as well as scarves and bags from some talented weavers in the gallery at 993 Talwood Drive. Don’t forget to come in the entrance via the parking lot.
Our hours over Christmas holidays are:
Friday, Dec. 21 – 11am – 6pm
Sat. Dec. 22 – 10am – 5pm
Sunday Dec. 23 – special opening day
Monday Dec. 24 special opening day 11am to 2pm
Thurs. Dec. 27 – 11am – 6pm
Fri. Dec 28 – 11am – 6pm
Sat. Dec. 29 10am – 5pm
We’ll be closed Sunday, Monday & Tuesday (New Year’s Day)
Open House a Fun Event
What a busy few months the Kawartha Potters Guild has had. We have moved an entire shop (George Stewart’s Jackson Creek Pottery) to our new location. Set it up again with fabulous studio space and gallery. Had two Family Clay Days and numerous other classes. Held our annual Christmas Show and Sale and just had our Meet and Greet Open House to introduce ourselves to the neighbourhood.
It was a fun and busy few hours and we thank everyone who came out. If you are looking for a last minute gift for the special someone who loves hand made gifts made not only in Canada, but in the Peterborough and Kawartha areas, come to our gallery and look around.
Merry Christmas!
Family Clay Day – Christmas Decorations
It was a fun day today! Everyone was busy making decorations for their Christmas tree (or for gifts) and the result was impressive! And we still have the painting to do next week!
