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surfing with helen bates - february 22nd., 2007 - usa, canada, nigeria

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Surfing with Helen Bates - Fegruary 22nd., 2007 - USA, Canada, Mali

Stephen Driver (Mulberry Creek Studio) (Owensboro, KY, USA)
http://www.stephendriverwoodfiredpots.com/
Associate Professor of Art, Brescia University, Owensboro
http://www.brescia.edu/index.asp?FolderID=&PageID=6990
article [Pottery Making Illustrated]:
http://www.potterymaking.org/issues/2007-0102/Driver.pdf (PDF object)
("Winter Wisteria Home grown handles")

Charles Smith (Charles Smith Pottery) (Mobile, AL, USA)
http://smith-pots.com
Pottery demonstration videos at YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=smithpots
(Currently there are 9 videos; the latest is trimming a vase on a
motorized kickwheel.)

Robert Wood (Kenmore, NY, USA)
(Program Coordinator, Ceramic Design, Faculty of Design, SUNY, Buffalo,
New York)
http://www.buffalostate.edu/depts/design/portfolio_faculty/rwood/facport_rwood.html
(Sculptor specialising in large scale semi-abstract works in clay and
sometimes additional materials)
http://www.rosensculpture.org/exhibit.php4?entriesid=89&competitionsid=11
(One of Wood's "Shards")

Gary Schlappal (Frederick, MD, USA)
http://www.bluespiral1.com/Master-HTML/artist/schlap_gary_10887/ (Not
fully functional in non-IE browsers)
(bowls, vessels and wall pieces) (porcelain sculpture in which Surface
decoration complements form)
http://www.kenancenter.org/arts/gs%20stor.pdf (pdf Object)
(Marlene England's bio of the artist, with good images of some of Gary's
pieces)

Stephanie Lowe (Clayarter) (Redondo Beach, CA, USA)
http://stephanielowe.com/
http://www.razoogallery.com/razoolowe.html
http://www.handcraftcenter.org/virtualgallery/ceramics/full/039photo.jpg
http://www.womanmade.org/show_pics.cgi?type=group&gallery=earthfire2005&pic=21
http://www.upstreampeoplegallery.com/gallery/archive.asp?RN=145&XD=3/1/2005&AN=Hunter%2C+Regina+C&PREV=146&NEXT=
(figural sculptor) (previously located in Fort Lauderdale, FL)

Susannah Israel (Oakland, CA, USA)
http://www.susannahisrael.net/
(large scale figurative ceramic sculpture) ("There is an inherent
paradox in working with so responsive a material as clay. Traces of
touch - fingerprints, knuckle marks - are formed, moment by moment, with
relentless fidelity. Such intimate contact of hand and clay remains far
beyond the process, beyond even the life of the artist; it is a
permanent record of impermanence.")

FUSION: The Ontario Clay and Glass Association (Toronto, ON, Canada)
http://www.clayandglass.on.ca/collection.htm
(Selections from the permanent Collection) Selections from the FUSION
Permanent Collection) (Artists: Keith Campbell, Johanni Carsen,
Pauline Pelletier, Laurie Rolland, Larry Davidson, Cyndy Lee, Diane
Creber, Bruce Cochrane, Marianne Fisher, Ron Roy, Steve Heinemann, Agnes
Olive, Harlan House, Carol Rossman, Roger Kerslake, Christian Passuello,
Phyllis Erwin, Angela Livingstone, Carol-Ann Michaelson, Laurie Rolland,
Anne Soroka, Tim Storey, Elaine Daniluk)
http://www.clayandglass.on.ca (Homepage)

Tom Owen (Victoria, BC, Canada)
's "Niger Currents" Blog for "Engineers Without Borders" -
article: "Pottery Lessons" (Canada and Africa)
http://www.nigercurrents.ca/index.php/2006/08/09/p53
(Tom has been travelling in Africa, working for Engineers Without
Borders, Canada. Here, he visits the pottery village of Tongorongo,
Mali and learns about making the indigenous pottery.)

Tom Trubshaw (Ageing Fancies; NW Pottery Collection) (Seattle, WA, USA)
http://nwstudiopottery.com/
(vintage and contemporary Northwest American studio pottery which
includes pieces made by artists from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and
Montana.) (One of the pages on the site shows the signatures of a number
of mystery potters, for which the site owner is seeking information,
such as first names, etc.)
(The Erskine Charles Wood's "Planet Oranj" Website links gives the
following information about the Northwest Studio Pottery directory: "Tom
Trubshaw's brave and budding resource for compiling Northwest Studio
potters including many known for more functional wares previously
undocumented in Lamar Harrington's prior resource book."
(See: http://www.agape-advocates.com/new_page_4.htm)
(and: "Ceramics in the Pacific Northwest: A History" by LaMar
Harrington: http://www.gregorbooks.com/cgi-bin/gregor/16301.html)

Well, it's very late, so will stop here...

Sincerely hoping you enjoy the tour...

Helen
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Helen Bates
Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Clayarters' URLs: http://amsterlaw.com/clayart/