Brown Bag 4/8/14

Florence Wiley has a new DVD set and is willing to share tomorrow. It looks like a good one. Check out these links for a preview

Making ceramic tools

Janis Wilson Hughes' website - for more of her video clips
 
 Have any ideas for future Brown Bag sessions? Pass them along!

Brown Bag 4/1/14

We'll finish with Erin Furminsky's," Layered Surfaces", DVD. What a learning experience!

Slip up!

You gotta see this! Slip up!
Wes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOSGS9ruj4U&feature=youtube

April Monitoring Schedule

Babara Crowl has published the April monitoring schedule for the RAL Open Studios. Click the link in the blue box to the right to view.

Spring/Summer RAL Pottery Workshops

Here's the line up for pottery workshops through August. Click the links for further information on each workshop. You can register online or at the RAL offices. None of the workshops are filled at this time. If you plan to register, do so soon. We need to support the pottery program.

Painting and Decorating Your Pottery  Workshop Location: The Rehoboth Art League Room: Pottery Studio May 17, 2014 (one day)  Meets 10:00 AM-4:00 PM on Sat  Instructor: Curtiss, Betsy     Medium: Painting, Pottery     Level: All levels Tuition: $110.00 (Member Discount Available) Status: Available

Fusion Vessels  Pottery Class Location: The Rehoboth Art League Room: Pottery Studio May 21-22, 2014  Meets 9:00 AM-12:00 PM on Wed Th  Instructor: Witmer, Steve     Medium: Pottery     Level: Adults, all levels Tuition: $125.00 (Member Discount Available) Status: Available

Slabs, Slabs and More Slabs  Pottery Class Location: The Rehoboth Art League Room: Pottery Studio Jun 18-19, 2014  Meets 10:00 AM-4:00 PM on Wed Th  Instructor: Shatz, Jane     Medium: Pottery     Level: All levels Tuition: $285.00 (Member Discount Available) Status: Available

Painting and Decorating Your Pottery  Workshop Location: The Rehoboth Art League Room: Pottery Studio Aug 2, 2014 (one day)  Meets 10:00 AM-4:00 PM on Sat  Instructor: Curtiss, Betsy     Medium: Painting, Pottery     Level: All levels Tuition: $110.00 (Member Discount Available) Status: Available

Borwn Bag - 3/25/14

Last Tues. we began Erin Furimsky's "Layered Surfaces" DVD after finishing the Ben Carter DVD. Wow! Thanks Carmela. You may not want to miss the rest. Here are the topics to be covered on this three part complete suface decoration program:

Paper stancils, slip trailing, underglaze transfers, Mishima, rubber stamping, shellac resist, photocopy prints, underglaze inlay, foam stamps, sgraffito, spraying glazes, luster firing, decals and more.

You can find previews of Erin's work on Ceramic Arts Daily and YouTube. Join us tomorrow.

Joining Slip Recipe

We used a joining slip recipe from Martha Grover in last week's Extruder Workshop. Here's a link to provide you with instructions on how to make it. Works really well and avoids some of the problems of water based slip as a joining medium.

Martha Grover's Joining Slip