Helen Bates on fri 1 jul 05
USA, and Canada too!
Surfing with Helen Bates - July 1, 2005 - C A N A D A D A Y - UK,
USA, and Canada too!
Greetings All,
John Glick remembers the late Bill Pitney (USA)
http://plumtreepottery.com/viewingroom/
(photo of Pitney and a couple of pieces of his work)
(Also mentioned on this page: Kawai Kanjiro, the Canadian Ruth Gowdy
McKinley, Myrtle Munro, and Maija Grotell)
Ruth Gowdy McKinley (1931-1981) (Mississauga, Canada):
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Fire_Earth/Artists/GowdyMcKinley/GowdyMcKinleyBioEn.html
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/clayandglass/1991_01_074.html
http://www.canadianclayandglass.ca/R.G.%20McKinley.html
http://dewey.ed.brocku.ca/~jurquhar/ruth.gif
(Born in Brooklyn, NY, McKinley moved to Canada in 1967.)
(From what I have read elsewhere, she profoundly influenced many
Canadian potters. Unfortunately, she died early.)
Antonia Salmon (Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK)
http://www.antoniasalmon-ceramics.co.uk/
(Ceramic Sculpture - way cool!)
Studied with American born Jim Robison (who now divides his time
between Leeds, West Yorkshire, England and Powys, North Wales, UK)
Edy Nathan "Visions In Clay" (USA, I think)
http://www.visioninclay.com/
(Hand made wheel thrown stoneware pottery) (Looks like good stuff, but
shows only part of each piece.)
Hafod Tileries (Dennis Ruabon Limited) (Ruabon, Wales, UK)
http://www.dennisruabon.co.uk/
(Tile Manufacturer mentioned recently by Linda Ferzoco.
Kevin Crowe (VOA News) (VA, USA)
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-06-01-voa34.cfm
(Article: "Some Very Old Techniques Used for Modern Pottery")
("Voice of America" Video of Crowe's woodfired kiln) (broadband and
dialup available.)
Artomat (Various states, USA)
http://www.artomat.org/
(Recently mentioned on Clayart) (Certainly an interesting concept, like
the Orton Cone Box show gone midget.)
That's all for tonight, folks!
Helen
Helen Bates
Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Clayarters' Websites: http://amsterlaw.com/clayart.html
Surfing with Helen Bates: http://amsterlaw.com/nell/nell.html
E-mail: nelbanell-REMOVE-this-TEXT-@yahoo.ca
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