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SPRING 2012 classified marketplace

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CLASSES

• Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine US offers one- and two-week summer intensive studio workshops in a variety of media (clay, fiber/textile, glass, metals, printmaking, drawing, wood, writing, etc.) Scholarships available with deadline: March 1. Non-scholarship application deadline: April 1. FMI: 207-348-2306; www.haystack-mtn.org
  
  

EVENTS

• The 23rd Annual CCACA brings the ultimate ceramic sculpture event to Davis, CA from April 27 – April 29th, 2012. Interact with top artists in a way not possible at other venues. Three days of demonstrations and lectures by renowned artists Janis Mars Wunderlich, Tony Marsh, Judy Onofrio, and John Roloff with 50 student exhibitions. Visit http://184.168.230.152/?page_id=334 for more information.
• POTTERY ON THE HILL — An exciting new event coming to Washington, DC (our nation's capital!). 16 of America's finest functional potters. October 26 - 28th, 2012. Check out www.potteryonthehilldc.com for more details...and stay tuned!

 

FOR RENT

• FULLY EQUIPPED SPACE FOR POTTER/CERAMIST IN ROUND ROCK, TEXAS— Safe location with 24-hour access. All bills included except firings. Gas kiln and two electric. Wheels, slab roller and extruder. Pugmill use available. Free Wi-Fi. Rent: $220/month for 1 year lease. For details, contact Hilaire Ridlon at Circle-in-a-Square Pottery. E-mail: hil@circleinasquare.com; tel. 512.246.3543 or 512.579.8803




FOR SALE

• Bailey MXP 50 Pug Mixer — Excellent condition. Mixes, pugs and deairs 50# of clay from wet or dry-recycled or new bagged. Excellent results. Minimum clay dust released in the air. $3300. Pick up only, southwest Indiana. 812.249.0772, text or call Diane Mann.
• Bailey Studio Model 24/16 Downdraft Gas Kiln and Venco 4-inch De-airing Pugmill. Both in excellent condition. NH 603.763.8756
• If you like to make and sell your pottery, and would like to live in one of the most beautiful homes in Texas, then look at www.buffalogappottery.com. Our home, our gallery, and our studio are for sale. Annual sales of $220,000+ per year. COMPLETELY furnished studio, established customers. $336,000 (325) 572-5056
• Soldner Pro Clay Mixer 208 3PH — $3,500 plus shipping from Akron, OH. Contact Bob Yost at 330.734.0763 or yostpottery@me.com.
• Custom Ceramic Molds - For more than 20 years, Petro Mold Company has been designing molds for some of the world’s most renowned ceramic artists and potters. Our innovative molds will help you improve productivity with your popular designs. We set the highest American quality standards with our sculpting, mold manufacturing and design services. Visit us today at www.custommolds.net or (800) 404-5521.



OPPORTUNITIES


• CALL TO ARTISTS— The d'ART Center, Visual Art Center in Norfolk, VA, is holding the 22nd Annual Mid-Atlantic Art Exhibition: Works on PAPER and of CLAY. This national art exhibition awards $3,200 in prizes! The juried exhibition is held in the d'ART Center's 5 sky-lit galleries from April 27 - June 29, 2012. Entry Deadline: March 6, 2012. Entry Fee: $30 for 5 Entries. Call 757-625-4211 or visit www.d-artcenter.org for a prospectus.
• CERF— To find out how your group can support the Craft Emergency Relief Fund, call us at 802.229.3206, or visit www.craftemergency.org
  

• JOIN AMERICANPOTTERS.COM TODAY! Be a part of a national, searchable database for FREE. Or an “online gallery/portfolio” to sell your work, without commissions. If you have a Web site, join with a “link” page. All information is editable by you, without Web knowledge. Go to http://www.americanpotters.com and click on “FAQ” for more info.
• K-12 Ceramic Exhibition — The 15th Annual K-12 Ceramic Exhibition opens in March, 2012 at the NCECA Conference, Seattle, Washington. Open to K-12 students by teacher entry, the annual event is a great success. Check out past award winners and their works online at www.k12clay.org.
• CALL FOR ENTRY —Louisville, KY: “Bluegrass Bourbon, By the Bottle, By the Ounce” a national juried exhibit of bourbon bottles and shot glasses to take place at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft Nov. 2, 2012 to Jan. 5, 2013. Juried from digital images by Matt Long. Entry Deadline: May 1, 2012. Please visit www.louisvilleclay.org for more information and to download form.
• CERAMICS INSTRUCTOR NEEDED — Children's camp in upstate NY seeks skilled individual to run ceramics program. Top salary, room and board provided. 800.786.8373. www.raquettelake.com
• SKILLED POTTERY ARTISTS — If your life's passion is to be a potter and make a great living at it, then it's time to join our Sunset Hill Stoneware Team! Since 1997, Sunset Hill Stoneware (SHS) has combined old world technologies with modern innovations to create functional stoneware for customers ranging from Fortune 500 companies to national parks, museums, gift shops and resorts. In October, we opened the doors to our new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility located in Neenah, WI. We are looking for talented people to join our growing team of stoneware artists. Why join SHS? Very simply, we are a pottery shop like no other. We offer full-time, long-term employment for artists who desire to make a good living at handcrafting production stoneware. SHS potters have access to high-tech tools and processes that incorporate proprietary custom-designed pottery wheels in an air-conditioned, climate-controlled environment. In return, we need artists who can throw and build products to specification continually for 8 hours/day. Artists must have 3-5 years of previous throwing experience on a pottery wheel; can be combination of education and experience. If you are a competitive soul that thrives on accuracy, consistency and speed, you may have just realized your dream job. Wages based on experience. Qualified candidates should e-mail their resume to tom@shstoneware.com
  
  
  TOOLS FOR POTTERS
  
• GLAZECAL —A conversion chart to calculate glaze recipe percentages to the correct gram weight. Performs 16,000 glaze calculations in seconds. No math/computer programs needed. Portable. Reduce glaze calculation errors and save on raw materials! FOR ALL SKILL LEVELS. MSRP $37.99. Visit www.GlazeCal.com or www.claytimes.com/store.html for purchasing information. Distributors Wanted.
• GREAT NEW HANDBUILDING TOOL! A set of 24 durable, flexible, laminated templates to create circular & conical forms. Perfect for potters or teachers! Developed over many years by potter & teacher, Sandi Pierantozzi. Start having fun creating new forms with CircleMatic Form Finder! www.CircleMatic.com
• NEW! Joe Campbell's Artist Brushes — Three kinds of slip brushes made with horse mane hair (medium-coarse, for hakame patterns); Asian goat hair (silky, for smooth strokes); and ringtail cat hair (for decorating). Handles are individually crafted with bamboo seasoned 6-12 months to minimize splitting, then wrapped with decorative Irish linen threads and ready to hang with loops of cow or elk hide. $30 each. View brush images and order online at www.claytimes.com/store.html
  
  
  TRAVEL
  
• VISIT THE POTTERS OF NICARAGUA WITH POTTERS FOR PEACE, JAN. 14-28, 2012 — $1400 covers all expenses but airfare. Visit a variety of rural Nicaraguan pottery communities working in wood fired, slip decorated earthenware. You will also visit one of our ceramic water filter workshops, volcanoes, lakes, craft markets. www.pottersforpeace.org or peterpfp@gmail.com
• VACATION IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WITH A CERAMICS STUDIO AT YOUR DOORSTEP — Two-bedroom, one-bathroom villa in Bonita Springs, FL. Rents weekly or monthly. Get warm, relax, and make some awesome art. Studio includes two wheels and a kiln. Details at www.ThisSideRetreat.com
• CERAMIC ARTS™ TRAVEL AND STUDIO EXCHANGE NETWORK — For all ceramic artists who enjoy traveling & meeting fellow clay folk: Discover the benefits of joining our new network designed to help potters experience clay art and culture around the globe, at down-to-earth prices. Pick your own times & dates to trade use of your home/studio with other potters worldwide, or register for a group workshop/tour. For details, e-mail: clayartstravel@gmail.com
• GAYA CERAMIC ARTS CENTER in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia: 2012 Two-Week Workshops with Excursions April 8-21 Hillary Kane and Mary Jane Edelson "Culinary Clay: food and design" May 6-19 Mary Campbell Allen "Baligama Wood-Firing" June 10-21 Deborah Swartzkopf "Constructed Shapes" July 1-7 Gyan Daniel Wall "Anagama Build" July 8-21 Gyan Daniel Wall & Hillary Kane "Inauguration by Fire: A Deep Study in Wood Firing" September 2-15 Candone Wharton "The Art of Raku Firing" September 23-October 6 Fong Choo "Proportion of the Teapot Form." Contact: Candone Wharton, NCECA Booth #436; email: ibz27@aol.com web: www.candone.com tel: 407.687.8555.
  
  
  
• VIDEOS AND BOOKS
  
• PotteryVideos.com — DVDs with Robin Hopper, Gordon Hutchens, and Graham Sheehan. Video workshops for potters at all levels of experience. Choose from 21 titles. Log onto www.potteryvideos.com or e-mail info@potteryvideos.com or call 800.668.8040.
• Order Great Glazes I & II for just $15 each at the Clay Times online store. Featuring dozens of our favorite glaze recipes from the first 12 years of CT, both books include formulas for all types of firing including low-fire earthenware, cone 6 oxidation, cone 10 reduction, raku, and more! Excellent resources for everyone’s glaze library. Special sale: Go paperless and get both compete books on CD, in PDF format, for just $21.95! To order, visit http://www.claytimes.com/store/glazebook.html or call toll-free 800.356.2529.
  
  
• WORKSHOPS
  
• Architectural Ceramics Workshop — Architectural Ceramics Workshop with Peter King and Xinia Marin, June 18-22 in the Historic Gold Rush town of Nevada City in California’s Sierra Nevada. The cost of the workshop is $850, or $800 if you register by Feb 15. For more information about this workshop visit www.studio540.net or contact Rene Sprattling at (530) 277-1510. To learn more about Peter King and Xinia Marin visit www.peterkingceramics.com and www.xiniamarin.com.
• Printing with Clay Workshop — Don't miss this opportunity to experience a week-long clay printing workshop in Taos, New Mexico with Mitch Lyons. June 18-22; all materials provided; $500 plus $35 lab fee. Contact Mitch Lyons at 302.545.4839 or visit www.mitchlyons.com
• Throwing Workshop — Nelson County, Virginia:, Kevin Crowe & Nan Rothwell Throwing Workshop. Nan & Kevin's studios. First workshop March 9-15, 2012 (March 9-11 with Nan, 13-15 with Kevin) Second workshop August 3-9, 2012 (August 3-5 with Nan, 7-9 with Kevin) $360 for each three-day session, or $680 for both Kevin - 434-263-4065; www.kevincrowepottery.com, Nan (434) 263-4025, www.nanrothwellpottery.com.
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