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American Pottery Festival Poster

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Once again a stack  American Pottery Festival posters arrived via US Mail. It is another nicely laid out design with 85 sweet pots. If you would like one for your home, studio, or classroom I’ll be happy to send one while my supply lasts. Email me and type Poster in the subject line.

This is the 20th anniversary of the Northern Clay Center and they have invited everyone who has ever participated in the Festival to send 10 – 20 pieces. The dates of the show and pottery extravaganza are September 9-12 this year in Minneapolis, MN.

New Work in the Webstore

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Here are a few of the new pieces that I’ve just added to my webstore. Several more mugs and Yunomis will be posted in the next couple days. Surf on over for the descriptions and remember that the shipping is on the house.

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A couple of new points of interest on some of these are the accents of red underglaze and a transparent satin glaze on the white mugs. I am working in a similar fashion  as I have been to build the surface on these:

  • I brush a white terra sigillata on the cup and a red clay “sig” on the foot
  • after the bisque firing, I’m rubbing a black stain into the texture
  • next, either a red underglaze or a turquoise glaze is brushed on as an accent
  • last, the cup is dipped in a satin transparent and fired

Containment – Live on the Web 4/1 @ 10am

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Containment…A Group Exhibition of Ceramic Boxes

opens Thursday April 1 @ 10 at Crimson Laurel Gallery in Bakersville, NC.

Click here to see the show online.

David Trophia has been leaking images of some of the boxes on the gallery’s Facebook page as well as several video teasers. From  the looks of the what I’ve seen so far, it will be a great show. Thanks to the gallery for using my box on the invitation and in one of the video spots. The box pictured above is one of the two in the show.

Boxes have been one of my favorite forms to make and collect since Jane Shellenbarger  hipped me to box making in her Penland workshop back in the fall of 2000. I still wish I had one of the beautiful woodfired boxes she made during the class.

Participating artists include Leanne Ash, William Baker, Hayne Bayless, Nicholas Bivins, Jason Burnett, Melisa Cadell, Kyle Carpenter, Julie Covington, David Crane, Susan Fagan, Marty Fielding, Becca Floyd, Erik Haagensen, Kent Harris, Bryan Hopkins, Shawn Ireland, Peter Karner, Ani Kasten, Jennifer Kincaid, Jeff Kleckner, Michael Kline, Eric Knocke, Ryan McKerley, Brooke Noble, Ronan Kyle Peterson, Rob Pulleyn, Emily Reason, Lindsay Rogers, Jenny Lou Sherburne, Liz Summerfield, Joy Tanner and Jerilyn Virden.