Kiln Loading

Brendan has loaded his portion of a high fire gas kiln. David Moynihan, another member of the SLPG, will be along shortly with his pots. Hope the kiln gods show their favour!

Preparing for our sale!

One of our members, Brendan, working in his studio.

Our annual spring sale is coming up on April 13 & 14. This year we will be at DeGroot's Nurseries, where we can enjoy some sun in the greenhouse.

October Meeting

We had our October meeting this past Monday night. It was good to see everyone again. There was a good turnout.

For a change of pace, we had the meeting at Elizabeth's studio - so she could demonstrate making bottles.

Katherine was kind enough to take some pictures and send them
to me.

In this first picture - Elizabeth is showing us that "after you have
raised the cylinder - you need to set the portion of clay that will become the top of the bottle"









In the second picture - she is showing us how to bring in and
form the top.



















The third picture shows us the finished bottle after it has
been formed - and "Needle" trimmed on the wheel.
















And lastly - Elizabeth does some wonderful
Crystalline Glazing. Here is a picture of 4 of her pieces
all finished.






Thank you very much Elizabeth. Everyone was very impressed
with the demonstration. It was followed by some general discussion on crystalline glazing techniques.........
(maybe we can talk Elizabeth into doing a crystalline glaze
workshop for us).




Looking forward to seeing everyone in November.

SARNIA HOBBYFEST

Calling all Potters - and would be potters.

Come and Join us at Sarnia Hobbyfest

Sunday, July 24 th

10 am - 4 pm

Sarnia, Centennial Park

near the Dow People Place.

There will be demonstrations of Hand building:


And Wheel Throwing:


by some of our members.


Come on out and see what it's all about.

There's something for everyone.


Someone will be on hand to answer your questions about the potters guild.

Did You Come to Our Sale?

We were busy. So busy in fact that I only had time to get around and take 1 picture before it all started.

This is Tammy's table.

I'm hoping that I will have more pictures to upload soon.

There were 9 potters in attendance - and an awful lot of really wonderful pottery.

Luke - as always - demostrated throwing pots out in the hallway. Katherine demonstrated some
scaffito techniques.

Thanks to everyone that helped out - it was a wonderful sale.

I am still trying to upload some videos of Luke demonstrating throwing - so keep checking back.

Are You Coming To the Sale ?

ARE YOU COMING TO OUR SALE?

WHEN: SATURDAY - APRIL 9th

TIME: 10 AM - 4 PM.

WHERE: LOCHIEL KIWANIS CENTRE, 180 COLLEGE AVE NORTH (AT GEORGE ST).
UPSTAIRS IN THE KIWANIS ROOM.


IF YOU DO COME OUT - YOU MIGHT SEE SOME OF THE FOLLOWING POTTERY:





Teapot by Marg:












Mixing bowls by Katherine:













Dragon by Tammy:













Mugs by Emily:















Or these teapots and plate by
Brendan:










THERE WILL BE 9 POTTERS
TAKING PART IN THIS SALE, AND THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.