Gary Ferguson on sat 18 jan 97
I will be on the Big Island of Hawaii Feb 13-20 and I am very interested
in visiting any studios, galleries and/or shows during that trip. If
any one has any info on the area it would be greatly appreciated. My
main focus is on Raku but I would be interested in seeing any kind of
pottery.
Thanks
Gary Ferguson
the Gallagher's on sun 19 jan 97
Gary,
You are in for a treat! On our last trip to the Big Island we discovered a
small artists community just east, up the mountainside from Kona. Holualoa is
a great place for looking at galleries. Finding parking can be a challange as
the street is narrow, and there is not much parking available, but there are
several galleries within walking distance of each other and a raku artist with
some fabulous work. I also was enchanted by a small shop that sold fabrics,
and straw supplies to local crafts people for making hats and other basketry.
This shop has quite a history, just ask the women who own it!
Another place worth checking out on the drive south from Kona is Captain Cook.
We bought a raku pot from a gallery that carried work from the "Riftzone"
studio.
One place well worth the trip around the island is the gallery at the volcano.
It is located near the information center at the entrance to "Chain of
Craters Road". They have some of the best work from all over the islands.
Have a great trip!
Michelle Clary-Gallagher
Portland, Oregon
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From: Ceramic Arts Discussion List on behalf of Gary Ferguson
Sent: Saturday, January 18, 1997 2:56 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list CLAYART
Subject: Hawaiian Potters
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
I will be on the Big Island of Hawaii Feb 13-20 and I am very interested
in visiting any studios, galleries and/or shows during that trip. If
any one has any info on the area it would be greatly appreciated. My
main focus is on Raku but I would be interested in seeing any kind of
pottery.
Thanks
Gary Ferguson
Wendy Hampton on tue 21 jan 97
Hi,
There is a Raku potter that lives in a small town up the hill from Kona.
Unfortunately I can't remember his name or the name of the town but you may
see his work in some galleries in Kona. He fired work at the Kona Coffee
festival one year when we were there but that's been MANY years ago!
Have fun and good luck finding this guy - he was really good.
Wendy
Jerry Hinman on tue 21 jan 97
Gary,
Go to Hulualoa, a small artists village about 3 miles up the hill from
Kona.I didn't find many raku potters, but you may have better luck in
finding them. There are a lot of artists and they were real friendly.
There is a pottery school there. They all fire with electric or butane,
there is no natural gas on the Island. Hawi is a community up at the north
tip of the Island, there are some potters there. A good gallery to go to
is the Volcano art center.Have a great trip, we were there in July and we
loved it. There is also a very active pottery group in Hilo at the
Community College. Bon Voyage! Lois
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I will be on the Big Island of Hawaii Feb 13-20 and I am very interested
>in visiting any studios, galleries and/or shows during that trip. If
>any one has any info on the area it would be greatly appreciated. My
>main focus is on Raku but I would be interested in seeing any kind of
>pottery.
>
>Thanks
>Gary Ferguson
Jerry
jhinman@owens.ridgecrest.ca.us
Suds Acres Bed & Breakfast on tue 21 jan 97
the Gallagher's wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message--------------------------
...... Another place worth checking out on the drive south from Kona is
Captain Cook.
> We bought a raku pot from a gallery that carried work from the "Riftzone"
> studio.
Robert Joiner, the potter who's work is sold under the name of The
Riftzone, now has his own gallery in Hilo, The Riftzone Gallery which
features mainly ceramics, including his elegant raku pieces, mostly
vases, and other Big Island Potters' work including some pieces with
incredible crystalline glazes.
>
> One place well worth the trip around the island is the gallery at the volcano.
> It is located near the information center at the entrance to "Chain of
> Craters Road". They have some of the best work from all over the islands.
This place is wonderful! It is called the Volcano Art Center. They can
probably point you in the direction of the Artists in the Volcano Hui.
They have opened their studios in the past and would probably love
visitors.
On the way to Waipio Valley - a must see - is the Waipio Valley
Artworks, this little, off in the country store grosses more than any
gallery/ shop on the Island with the Volcano Art Center coming in
second. It is really charming and has a fine representation of Big
Island crafters.
In Honomu there is the Ohana Gallery, an artists cooperative with wood,
ceramics, paintings, multimedia, sculptures.... everything.
Waimea has several galleries...The Gallery of Great Things and The Silk
Road Gallery are my favorites both in Parker Square shopping center.
The Silk Road Gallery is full of Japanese and Chinese pottery, as well
as some local artists. I love to go in and marvel as the glaze work and
the perfection of the forms used by the potters of Japan. The owners go
on a lot of buying trips to the Orient as well as to Southebys (sp?)
auctions... They have pots from the Sung Dynasty!
In Honokaa, there is the Amaury St. Gilles Gallery, run by the same
person who wrote the book refered to in an earlier post by Don and Isao:
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>Teabowls,etc. While not precisely on Tea bowls,there is an interesting
>survey of Japanese ceramics by Amaury St. Gilles.1978 Shufunotomo of
>Tokyo.This lists 113 places,potters and pots.Many pots in color.
--------------------------.... Don & Isao.
This gallery has some nice raku work as well as other ceramics and
paintings...etc.
If you are even remotely interested in turned wood you have to see Dan
De Luz Wood in Waimea. He has a bowl collection with more kinds of wood
than I knew existed.
Also in Waimea is Upcountry Connection... I could go on and on. I am not
yet familiar with all the island galleries, but since I'm taking the
semester off to set up my studio, I plan to be by August!
Good news for me I have to share, for $200 dollars I can hangout with a
stained glass artist all day, 6 days a week in his studio for two
months, sort of an apprenticeship where I work on whatever I want to.
He also has several kilns that he uses to fuse and slump glass. He'll
let me use all of his equipment and the benefits of his instruction and
I supply the glass. Sounds good to me. He's been doing this since the
sixties. Another aspect of art and another use for my kiln...
Multimedia here I come!!! I think I'll do it in March and April.
My studio is soon to be under construction, so nothin' to see here ;).
Have Fun!! Samantha Tomich, Pauuilo, on the Big Island of Hawaii
SONYA NELL MEEKER on thu 23 jan 97
Gary, I was on the Big Island last August, and came across a nice studio
in Kohala, at the very tip of the island, I don't remember the road names
anymore, but you could see the island of Maui along the way!! Enjoy! sonya
On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Gary Ferguson wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I will be on the Big Island of Hawaii Feb 13-20 and I am very interested
> in visiting any studios, galleries and/or shows during that trip. If
> any one has any info on the area it would be greatly appreciated. My
> main focus is on Raku but I would be interested in seeing any kind of
> pottery.
>
> Thanks
> Gary Ferguson
>
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