MUG SHOW AND SALE

Hello Everyone, Well - we're gearing up for our mug show and sale at the Petrolia Mercantile next week.
Please remember to bring your mugs to the meeting on Monday night. Maximum 10 mugs per potter.
I will be going in and setting up the show on Friday, October 22nd, and the show should run for about 4 weeks.
I'm looking forward to seeing all the great mugs. Anyone want to send me some pictures?

Also - of course - our meeting is Monday, October 18th at Lambton College - Room L2011 as usual.
Social is at 6:30 - Meeting starts at 7 pm. Bring a potter friend with you.

Hope to see you all there.

HOBBYFEST - JULY 25TH

THE SARNIA LAMBTON POTTERS GUILD WILL HAVE A BOOTH SET UP
AT CENTENNIAL PARK IN SARNIA ON SUNDAY - JULY 25th from 10 am - 4pm.

COME OUT AND JOIN THE FUN - IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE GUILD - BRING SOME
CLAY, YOUR TOOLS AND A COMFY CHAIR AND COME OUT AND HELP TO DEMONSTRATE.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR GROUP - COME OUT AND SEE US.

SALE - SATURDAY, APRIL 17th, 2010

Announcing the 3rd annual - Sarnia Lambton Potters Guild Show and Sale:


ONE DAY ONLY!





(click on the poster to make it larger)

Free addmission at the door. Draws for door prizes.

Fabulous gift ideas for upcoming Mothers Day and Fathers Day, Birthdays - even early Christmas Shopping!


There will also be pink ribbon ornaments for Breast Cancer Awareness (all proceeds to the Canadian Breast Cancer Society), and Bowls for Empty Bowls (all proceeds to the Inn of the Good Shepherd).

Come out and support your local potters - made by local Artisans - and Made in Canada.

For further information:
Please contact us at: sarnialambtonpottersguild@yahoo.ca



Below are some examples of the works of 2 of our potters participating in the sale:

Bird Feeders and Houses by Tammy Ward of Brigden area:





Jewellry by Katherine Bisson of the Lambton Shores area:



We hope to see you all there!

Teapot Show at Petrolia Mercantile

Better late than never.
(Sorry - but I did get very busy over the Christmas season).



The teapots are in place - and they do look good.

They look fantastic - and the workmanship is astounding.
I am always so pleased to see what the members of our guild can
do. I believe there are 17 teapots in all.

Please try to make it out to the Petrolia Mercantile in Petrolia to view the wares.

The store is located right on the main street in Petrolia
- across from Victoria Hall.

I have attached a couple of pictures that I took after we set
them up (if you click on the picture - it will make it larger).

So far - 2 or 3 of the teapots have sold.
The teabag holders for our fundraiser are also selling very well.

Dirty Girls

Wow! What more can I say?


Jane Danic:















Stef Smalls:















Carol Holmes-Kerr:












Dewy Spizziri:











Sarnia's very own "Dirty Girls".


Today was the opening for "Fire and Water" at the Gallery in the Grove - on until November 21st.

Wow - it was great - if you didn't make it up there, try to get up to see some of this fantastic work. There was a good crowd - and the art work was wonderful. These ladies have really put a lot of work into this show.
Carol came down for the opening (Carol - you're looking good - Ottawa must be agreeing with you).

I managed to take a few pictures - but of course the camera doesn't do them justice.

Correct me ladies if I have this wrong - I'll do my best:




This is a raku pot by Dewy Spizziri - (love the little turtle in the side). The colours and texture are great!




This is Stef Small's favourite Pot - now - I think she told me it
was saggar fired - using horsehair and feathers. There is a lot of great colour in this - pinks and cream. Really nice.





This Plate is by Jane Danic - and I confess - I was so busy looking
at the plate, that I didn't get a chance to read what the process was that she used on it. However - she has done some fantastic
carving around the rim - and then lustred the letters in gold.
It looks very old - what a great effect.





And last, we have a couple of masks by Carol Holmes-Kerr.
One is her face, the other is her daughters. I have to learn how to
do these (Carol - want to come back and a workshop for us)?
Again - I was so busy looking that I didn't get all the information on the process - but the gold lustre was a fantastic effect.




These are 4 very talented ladies!
Thank you for sharing your work with us.

What's on Your Wheel?

Can you feel it? Summer is waning - have you noticed how dark it is at 9 pm at night - that's a sure sign.

So - what's on your wheel? What have you been working on all summer?
I'm sure everyone is very busy getting ready for all the autumn sales and shows.


Here's a sneak preview of what I've been working on - another Dragon teapot. Among other things.




















Anyway - I thought it was time to post to the blog again - and bring everyone up to speed on what's going on.


First of all - I haven't figured out how to work the Yahoo site yet to send out messages to everyone - and since it appears that my e-mail isn't talking to Stephanie's e-mail, it may be a while before you receive any messages. I will do my best to rectify this in the very near future.

Our next meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 21st - 7pm - site to be announced.

Stephanie and I have arranged for our teapot show to move out to the "Petrolia Mercantile" store in Petrolia for the month of OCTOBER - so I am asking everyone to
please bring your teapots to the meeting in September (carefully wrapped).
We will take them out and set them up at the Petrolia Mercantile for the show. Further information will follow shortly.

Please also - Karen, the proprietor of the Petrolia Mercantile has offered to sell teabag holders for us as a fund raiser. We are asking that everyone please try to make a couple of teabag holders for us and bring them to the meeting as well.

For those of you who don't know what a teabag holder is - it's a small bowl or decorative dish - usually with a "divot" in one side for the spoon to rest comfortably on - and the use is to hold teabags of course. Be creative - fancy is good.

That's it for now - I'll try to update again next week with more info on the teapot show. In the meantime - if you have any questions -send them to the guild - I will be checking them regularly - I just have to figure out how to send to the entire group.

Update on Recent Events

It's time for an update on the events of the past month.

On May 1st, we held a Teapot Contest in conjunction with First Friday.

I would say it was a rousing success - with some fantastic teapots entered in the contest.



At the right are the winning teapots.




From left to right:
By Ingrid Farago - honourable mention for Funkiest teapot.
Elizabeth Martiniuk - Best Functional Teapot.
Dave Dunk - Best in Show.
Stephanie Smalls - honourable mention for Functional teapot.
Tammy Ward - Funkiest Teapot.




The second photo here is of a tribute to one of our members - Dave Dunk.

Sadly, Dave passed away in November of 2008. His picture is placed alongside some of his teapots.

He has been, and will be sorely missed by all
of the potters in the guild.

We'd like to thank his wife Jean for taking the time to bring in the photo and teapots
for us.











And this last photo is of our setup on
May 2nd for our second annual spring sale.

For some reason or other - Blogger won't allow me to upload the other picture that Jane sent to me - so this is it.

We had 10 potters on hand for the sale. The weather co-operated nicely, and all things considered - it was a good day.

We had demonstrations of painting on pottery by Terri Recker, wheel throwing by Carol Holmes-Kerr and Luke DeVries, and handbuilding by Carol McLachlin. There were
lots of great door prizes, and I think a lot customers were pleasantly surprised to see such a wonderful collection of pottery being presented in this local venue.

I think that all of the potters in this guild should give themselves a pat on the back - there is some great talent in this group.