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NCECA @ Craftsman House Gallery

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This year’s National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts is just about a week away. Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida will be overrun with clay artists, teachers, and enthusiasts. I am lucky to have work in several shows and locations in the area, though I won’t be there myself. One of them is The Art of Function at the Craftsman House Gallery.

Above is a poster for 2 shows hosted by Craftsman House in St. Pete, The Art of Function and Contemporary Traditions in Art Pottery. These posters, rolled in a mailing tube, made their way around the country from potter to potter. Each person represented on the poster has autographed each poster, re-rolled the stack and sent it to the next person on the list. If you’re in town for the conference, stop by to see the show and pick up a poster that traveled many miles in a circuitous route to make it back to Craftsman House.

Handmade for Japan Auction

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Everyone is feeling compassion for the devastation in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami. Many of us in the clay field have been heavily influenced by Japanese pottery that dates back to 10,000 BCE. We have been seeing pictures from our Japanese friends on Facebook of damaged or crumbling kilns and storefronts with broken windows and pots. The catastrophe effected what many of us, including myself, consider hallowed ground, Shoji Hamada’s studio and museum in Mashiko .

Handmade for Japan is an online auction of unique, handmade art donated by concerned, invited artists. One hundred percent of all net proceeds collected via the auction will be donated to the relief efforts in Japan.

Click on the image above to link to the ebay auction. Bidding will take place between 8PM Thursday March 24th – Sunday, March 27th. Click here for more information and to see the items for auction on Facebook.

If you are a pottery enthusiast, now is the time to buy from a distinguished group of potters…And bid HIGH.

Going Back to Ohio

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After moving away from Columbus for nearly 6 years ago, I surprisingly haven’t managed get back to Ohio for a visit. Next month I’ll be making my first trip back. I’ll be one of 3 presenters at the Functional Ceramics Workshop in Wooster. This is a 3-day regional conference complete with an invitational exhibition, demonstrations, slideshows, 200+ pottery enthusiasts, and a chicken roast.

The event has been organized for 35 years by Phyllis Blair Clark. This year, the presenters will be Charity Davis-Woodward, Jan McKeachie Johnston and myself.

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I’m excited and honored to be a part of the workshop and thrilled to get back to see some good friends.