Tuesday, October 24, 2006
October 24
We are right into "pottery season" and hopefully you're all enjoying playing in the mud.
Karen did great work this past week: the kiln was removed, the wheel was returned and the outside light bulb was replaced! Things are really looking up.
Exciting things are happening: Julie spent Tuesday evening looking for new glaze recipes and writing down the list of needed ingredients. Hopefully we'll have some new glazes soon. Julie is hoping to do our first bisque firing of the year this week - and hopefully we can try out some new glazes for our first glaze firing.
If you like to plan ahead, we will hold our annual Christmas sale in early December - probably December 9.
Feel free to leave a comment on this blog - just click on "comments" and it should be fairly self-explanatory. You can read other people's comments also by clicking on 'comments'
Karen did great work this past week: the kiln was removed, the wheel was returned and the outside light bulb was replaced! Things are really looking up.
Exciting things are happening: Julie spent Tuesday evening looking for new glaze recipes and writing down the list of needed ingredients. Hopefully we'll have some new glazes soon. Julie is hoping to do our first bisque firing of the year this week - and hopefully we can try out some new glazes for our first glaze firing.
If you like to plan ahead, we will hold our annual Christmas sale in early December - probably December 9.
Feel free to leave a comment on this blog - just click on "comments" and it should be fairly self-explanatory. You can read other people's comments also by clicking on 'comments'
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
October 11
Well, it seems that pottery season has begun. The shelves are starting to fill up (at least Angela has been busy) and the old kiln is still in the middle of the studio. Maybe Karen will remember to ask Gerald to move it this week.
I imagine that the beginner class is doing all sorts of handbuilding, as Julie has this theory about that being an important phase in the development of a potter. The intermediate classes is busy with a variety of other projects. This week, our assignment was to make 10 different mugs. Some keeners made more than 10 and others made a variety of interesting shapes that probably wouldn't hold water. Oh well, better luck next week.
For those of you who plan ahead, the "4th Triennial Canadian Clay Ceramic Symposium" is being held on March 24 in Burnaby, BC. For more information, have a look at www.bcpotters.com. Some pretty famous potters will be there (I actually recognised a couple of names).
Have fun and keep potting!
I imagine that the beginner class is doing all sorts of handbuilding, as Julie has this theory about that being an important phase in the development of a potter. The intermediate classes is busy with a variety of other projects. This week, our assignment was to make 10 different mugs. Some keeners made more than 10 and others made a variety of interesting shapes that probably wouldn't hold water. Oh well, better luck next week.
For those of you who plan ahead, the "4th Triennial Canadian Clay Ceramic Symposium" is being held on March 24 in Burnaby, BC. For more information, have a look at www.bcpotters.com. Some pretty famous potters will be there (I actually recognised a couple of names).
Have fun and keep potting!
