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Wood-Firing News
< FEBRUARY 2012 >
'PETER CALLAS WORKSHOP'
Teabowl and Teapot - February
18 & 19 9:30-3:30 PM
Peter Callas has forged a career for 40 years creating work that
often 'speaks' to the viewer. At this Tea Bowl/Tea Pot hands-on workshop Callas
will emphasize the 'Wabi in Tea Bowls' and the 'Functional / Aesthetic challenges of
crafting Tea Pots.' Both forms will be dealt with in-depth to help fulfill
individual creative vision, inspire spirited poetic approaches, and encourage students
to handle these timeless forms in new and exciting ways.
Registration is limited to participants with working skills of wheel and slab construction.
Fee is $250. Students will be asked to bring their own clay and tools, and take
home their pieces at the conclusion of the shop on Sunday.
Location:
Peter Callas Studio
One Orchard Street
Belvidere, NJ 07823
(908)-475-8907
Reply To Peter
'KAMATAKI-AID'
Seven Samurai for Japanese Potters in Need
Nancy Fuller (our proposer) and five UK potters (Gas Kimishima,
Svend Bayer, Phil Rogers, Yo Thom, Brigitte Colleaux) plus Vanessa Champion
(project adviser) have formed an aid project team for Japanese potters who are badly
affected by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear plants disasters on 11th March.
There are many potters in Tohoku and Kanto regions in need of our help. It is not
only Mashiko who is suffering, but also other potteries are in much worse situations.
Click here to visit
'Kamataki Aid Web'
and
'Ganbare! Kamataki Blog'
for more information.
If you would like to support those Japanese potters in the
regions, do contact us. Let's work together. ...and in fact we are
slowly getting strong support from fellow potters and wood-fire enthusiasts.
'ANAGAMANIA' BLOG
I was unable to finish my latest Anagama in the wood near Tring
(Hertfordshire U.K.) but managed to build and fire my small Raku kiln.
Trevor Youngberg who works in Woodbridge (Connecticut U.S.A.) and
has completed his Anagama building last summer. He wrote me that his second
firing in Jamuary was a great success. He sent me some images of his action from
the second firing.
'Trevor's Website'
As I am getting too many similar questions about Anagama kiln Building to reply
individually. Therefore, Trevor and I have decided to exchange our thoughts on my blog.
I just hope that we are able to encourage each other with our Anagama building
and help other individual wood-fire potters who are thinking about building their own.
From now on, information for most Anagama building (hopefully with a lot
of images) and Q&As will be uploaded on
'Anagama Blog'
under the category 'Anagamania'.
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