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Adrienne,

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If you would like to attend my 9/22/2012 test class, please click on this button. 

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2010-11-12 Friday - "An Artful Affair" by terra4m

Our group, terra4m is holding "An Artful Affair" Saturday evening 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm.  We will have eleven artists showing their work along with food and libations.  Come out and see us.

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2009-05-12 Tuesday at Clayworks

Tuesday night I went to the studio to finish up my shelf supports for displaying my pots on the table. It was a quick wax and a glaze dip or two or three.

I also found my first large pot in a sorry state. I had re-wedged the clay and re-thrown it after it collapsed the first time and apparently there was some air in the (very) thick bottom of it. Trapped air does not do well in the bisque kiln. Oh well, live and learn and on to other projects. It makes a great garden pot, so I will grow something inside it in the garden.

Shelf supports with mystic moss, ryoko cream, and/or white.

First really large pot
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Upside-down. Oops.

Julie was kind enough to leave me a note inside it.

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Today for the second time in as many months, we were treated to some fine hospitality by Bob Hasselle and company at the Rock Hill Pottery Center. The last time it was for the Peter Rose workshop, this time for Peter Lenzo's.

I already mentioned in a previous post that I am fascinated by Peter Lenzo's face jugs and now I am equally impressed with the man who makes them. The life and spirit that he imparts in the pieces is amazing. He starts off with a simple thrown form and in twenty minutes, it's got a life of its own. In another twenty, it's refined to museum quality, but it's in the next little while that it becomes a whimsical, haunting, narrative. He achieves this final step by adding all manner of "found items" to the piece and making it work as a unified statement. It is an amazing process to observe.

When he talks about his "found items" his eyes sparkle. It could be the porcelain cats and dogs he found at a thrift store or shards of broken pottery he found on a walk or unearthed doll parts from the former East Germany or even 800+ year old Mayan pottery pieces. Anything and everything is fair game when he's telling his story in clay. Peter brought quite a few of his treasures to show us before using some of them on his work.

Not only did we get to watch Peter work, but we got to see him work with his son Joe. Joe, who's twelve, was right by his father's side making a sculpture of his own. Joe's mom, Virginia was there to help out as well.

It was truly inspirational and a privilege to meet Peter, observe his work, and interact with him today. My mind is racing with all the possibilities he's got me thinking about, and I will be watching where I walk. You never know what you'll miss if you don't.

Peter's counting down from 100 pots and I believe he said today's was 57. I hope he gets as much enjoyment out of his next 56, I know everyone else will.

Thank you Mr. Lenzo.


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