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surfing with helen bates - december 8, 2007 - norway, costa rica, usa,

updated mon 10 dec 07

 

Helen Bates on sat 8 dec 07

France, Canada

Surfing with Helen Bates - December 8, 2007 - Norway, Costa Rica, USA,=20
France, Canada

Hi Folks,

Here's hoping that these sites I found a while ago make it through to=20
the List...

Lisa Strachan (Vineyard Haven, MA, USA)
http://strachanporcelain.com/
(Handbuilt Porcelain)

Richard Roth (Grand Prairie Designs Pottery) (Winlock, WA, USA)
http://www.grandprairiedesigns.com/

Ryan LaPine (Glaze Mixer) (Cardiff, CA USA)
http://www.glazemixer.com/
(Glaze Mixer mixes glazes to order)

Debbie Gilmer (Gilmer Clayworks) (South Mountain, ON, Canada)
http://www.gilmerclayworks.ca/
(celtic pottery)

Brooke Cassady (Athens, GA, USA)
http://www.brookecassady.com/
(Carved, woodfired functional pottery, well-designed with an individual=20
flare. A member of the Potters of the Roan)

Shirley Thomas ("Mouse works: The Presence of Mice") (Philadelphia,=20
PA, USA)
http://3rdstreetgallery.com/artists/thomas_index.htm
(Mouse Nest Art for Kelly Savino)
http://fallonandrosof.blogspot.com/2006/04/hitler-vacuums-transience-and-=
mice.html
(Commentary)

Aase, Arne (Arne =C5se) (Norway)
http://arneaase.com/

Barbara Harnack and Michael Lancaster Studio 98B (Cerrillos, NM, USA)
http://studio98b.com/
(raku potters) (their Cerillos, NM studio and home are for sale, and=20
they are moving to Costa Rica)

Alicia Coto and Francisco Mung=EDa (Costa Rica)
http://artesplasticas.ucr.ac.cr/galeria/ (Spanish)
(la Escuela de Artes Pl=E1sticas de la Universidad de Costa Rica)
(School of Fine Art, University of Costa Rica)
Just scroll down and click on the artists' names

Ida Knaebel (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
http://www.potteryalaska.com/products.html
(seal oil lamp - traditional seal blubber and moss wicking are=20
replaced by olive oil and cotton wicking.)

Royce Yoder (Lederach, PA, USA)
http://www.leftbankgallery.com/crafts/ceramics/yoder/default.htm
http://www.cokercreekgallery.com/new/pages/art_yoder.htm

Olivier Calvo (France)
http://oliviercalvo.free.fr/
Translation (home page text is an image so will not be translated. The=20
other links will have translatable text):=20
http://babel.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=3Dfr_en&trurl=3D=
http%3a%2f%2foliviercalvo.free.fr
(Sculptor)

Richard Fisher (Richard Fisher Pottery) (Dundas, ON, Canada)
http://compostpot.com/
Richard Fisher makes lidded, bail-handled pottery compost pots (Not=20
Richard Harris as the Toronto Star article referenced recently had it.)

Andrew Tarrant (Trespasser Ceramics) (Calgary, AB, Canada)
http://nucleus.com/~trespass/
((Pottery with an effective use of sprigs that he designs himself,=20
usually inspired by historical and/or cultural artworks or symbols)

Katy MacDougall (One Pot Mama) (Atlanta, GA, USA)
http://onepotmama.com/
(Hand Built Pottery, Sculpture, & Clay Creations)

Candace Austin (Dallas, TX, USA)
http://candyaustinceramics.com/
(Vessel-based sculpture) (Slide show is in Real Audio format [RAM])
(The site includes some clay, terra sigillata and glaze recipes she uses)

Bridget Hauser (Sunset Canyon Pottery) (Dripping Springs, TX, USA)
http://sunsetcanyonpottery.com/
(Extensive line of functional wheel thrown and slab built pottery)

Eleanor Murphey (Sunstone Pottery) (Bend, OR, USA [formerly La Jolla,=20
CA, USA])
http://sunstonepottery.com/
(Uses a high fire stoneware clay body, the pieces being thrown on a=20
potters wheel or hand built or both, and using an acrylic-based wax=20
resist medium to separate the different glazes during the application=20
period, much like batik on cloth)

I liked them at the time; I hope you all like them too.

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