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surfing with helen bates - june 29, 2006 - usa, canada, uk

updated sat 1 jul 06

 

Helen Bates on thu 29 jun 06


Surfing with Helen Bates - June 29, 2006 - USA, Canada, UK

Sharon Edwards-Russell (Associate Professor, Art, Anne Arundel
Community College) (Arnold, MD, USA)
http://www.fullcircle-portfolio.com/
("The work displayed on this site is based on the primary shapes of
circles and squares. [...] In addition to the choice of shapes and the
order of the elements, the texture and tactility of the clay surfaces
evoke a visceral reaction by their basic but subtle qualities.")

Leland Hall (Before the Wheel Enterlprises) (La Pine, OR, USA)
http://shop.vendio.com/beforethewheel
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZpyromanic.comQQhtZ-1
(Clayarter Leland Hall's raku art pottery vases for sale) (Some readers
may remember that Leland had a disastrous fire a while ago and is just
getting back on his feet.)

John Neely (Department Head, Professor of Ceramics, Utah State
University) Logan, UT, USA)
http://www.art.usu.edu/ceramicsGallery/neely
http://www.art.usu.edu/department/faculty/neely.php
(Neely's pages at Utah State University, Logan website)
http://www.compusmart.ab.ca/selfridg/ah,so%20you%20do%20it%20for%20the%20ash.htm
(Canadian potter Richard Selfridge spent nearly a month in 1998 at Utah
State, Logan doing wood firing in a workshop organized and taught by
John Neely and Owen Rye of Australia.)

Adelaide Paul (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Garth Clark Gallery
http://www.garthclark.com/artists/artists.php?id=Paul
(Exquisite sculpture but be prepared to be disturbed)

Richard Baxter (Leigh on Sea, Essex, England, UK)
http://www.richardbaxter.com/
(Porcelain, Blueware, Terracotta, Workshop glazes)

Ron Martino (Mississippi Clayworks) (Hastings, MN, USA)
http://www.mississippiclayworks.com/
(Stoneware pottery designed to be "unique, functional and affordable")
(Also sells Mata Ortiz, Paquimé and Casas Grandes Pottery, and
Tarahumara Indian Pottery and Baskets)

Hodaka Hasebe (Pittsford, NY, USA)
http://hodaka_pottery.tripod.com/
(Functional stoneware pottery)

Mary Tremayne (Vernon, BC, Canada)
http://www.marytremayne.com/pottery.html
(Builds up laysers of colour on each stoneware pot using an airbrush
and coloured porcelain slips and underglazes. The pots are then high
fired sometimes 3 to 4 times. Post firing additions of various
materials may be added.)

Betsy & John Powel, (Salt Marsh Pottery) (Dartmouth, MA, USA)
http://www.saltmarsh.com/
(Drape formed delicately hand painted wildflower impressed pottery)

Ancient Pottery Operation Found (Angel Mounds, Newburgh, IN, USA)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,197681,00.html
More info on the Angel Mounds pottery for those who may be interested:

http://anthropology.net/user/rebecca_miller/blog/2006/05/28/pottery_structure
http://www.indiana.edu/~ocmhp/072205/text/mounds.shtml
http://clioh.informatics.iupui.edu/cgi-bin/Zope.cgi/?q=angel+mounds
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Helen

Helen Bates
Belleville, Ontario, Canada

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