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surfing with helen bates - july 3, 2007 (uk, australia, usa)

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Surfing with Helen Bates - July 3, 2007 (UK, Australia, USA)

Kevin Baldwin (Kevin Baldwin Pottery and Ceramics) (Gloucester,
Gloucestershire, England, UK)
http://kevinbaldwinpottery.co.uk/
(Functional pottery in earthenware and stoneware, and very attractive
raku pots and vases)
(With Stills and 5-minute Windows Media video of Kevin forming a bowl on
the wheel)
(If you're looking for an image of a "salt pig", there's one in the
stoneware gallery)

Jenny Orchard (Australia)
http://www.jennyorchard.com/ ("Zookinis" and "Totems")
http://www.beavergalleries.com.au/orchard.htm
http://www.franceskeevilart.com.au/jenny_orchard.htm
(Slip cast ceramic and resin figurines)
http://www.ngart.com.au/artist-orchard.shtml
or try the archive if the above site is still being reconstructed:
http://web.archive.org/web/ngart.com.au/artist-orchard.shtml

Jennifer Klein (Jennifer Klein Pottery) (AKA Marisol Pottery) (Carmel
Valley, CA, USA)
http://www.jenniferkleinpottery.com/
(Tableware, wood-fired and textured ceramics)

Jane Shellenbarger (Ceramics Faculty Kansas City Art Institute) (Kansas
City, MO, USA)
http://www.kcai.edu/faculty/detail/?dept=2 (Scroll down page for Jane's
entry)
http://www1.akardesign.com/art/ceramics/previousshows/shellenbargershow.htm
(thrown and altered work "with highly personal surface treatments.in
both porcelain and stoneware clays, firing with atmospheric kilns to a
high temperature. Often the pieces undergo multiple firings, or are
enameled and sandblasted to achieve a depth of surface")

Sarah Jaeger (Helena, MT, USA)
http://www.sarahjaeger.com/
http://www.unitedstatesartists.org/Public/USAFellows2006/USAFellows2006/SarahJaeger/index.cfm
"I am obsessed with making pots that convey a sense of volume, that
speak of the capacity to contain and also offer their contents, that
express their potential to be useful, generous, and, in a way,
luxurious.") (Works with porcelain)

Mary Bethune and John Ackison (Gauley River Pottery) (Mount Lookout, WV,
USA)
http://www.wvpottery.com/
http://www.wchstv.com/traveling/2007/twv070201.shtml
(Stoneware tableware and other functional pottery in flowing glazes)
(They have a lovely Goblet form) (There are pigs here too... piggy banks!)

Enjoy...

Helen


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Helen Bates
Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Clayarters' URLs: http://amsterlaw.com/clayart/