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Updates and News 23rd August 2022

23/8/2022

 
Hey Potters,


With August nearly over and the club events ramping up like there is no tomorrow, another update is due!

The following updates can be found on the website under club news as well.

Programme reminders
Sat10th Sept  Pit and Saggar Firing
Tuesday 13 Sept, Wheel work Demo with Dianne Macdonald
Sat 24 Sept, Working Bee 1-3 (afternoon only)

Paper Clay Demo - Tuesday 11th October 7pm - 9pm
Why use Paper Clay? It has exceptional strength before bisque firing, it's light and can be made out of scrap clays. You can build large structures and add wet to dry clay. It's fast drying, versatile and can be filed, carved or drilled. It's ideal for slab work and tiles as it doesn't warp or crack when fired. It can be stored dry in flat sheets and then cut with scissors or a Stanley knife before joining or reconstituting. Lesley Towart will be giving a demonstration of paper clay making along with some of its applications.

16th October -  Wood Firing with Halswell Pottery
Find more information on the club website.

Birds of our Estuary - Exhibition
The Estuary Trust’s Bird Expo is on at the Mt Pleasant Community Centre. It is an exhibition of bird photos and paintings from local professional photographers and local artists, including Sheila Brown and Jo Ogiers.  We will have a Mt Pleasant Pottery Group table of items for sale also. Each item will need to have an estuary bird theme. If this is something that you are interested in contributing to, then contact me, stace.rod@gmail.com or 0211829600


Sculpture Festival 2-16 September
The Arts Centre Sculpture Festival is on again! This is an awesome chance to see, attend and witness some beautiful sculptural art! This years lineup of events are awesome.
The ones that stand out to me are 
  • Takaaki Sakaguchi's workshop on slab construction
  • Patrick Barry's 3D modelling with a focus on stone carving and clay modelling
  • Tatyanna Meharry's demonstration with local earth materials in cermaic art practice
All of these events are only $10!!! That is unbelievably cheap for the expertises that these people have! 

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