Bruce Bowers on fri 8 jul 11
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We still have a couple of spaces left for our 2 full day workshop with=3D2=
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Welsh potter, Phil Rogers, on August 22-23, 2011. The workshop will be he=
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at Monocacy River Pottery in Thurmont, Maryland. We are still taking=3D20
deposits and will cut the enrollment off at 20 participants. We are follo=
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Phil=3DE2=3D80=3D99s requested schedule for this workshop. This requires e=
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bring about 8 leather hard or bisqued pots (preferably bisqued) to the=3D2=
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workshop. You can always bring a few more and, if kiln space is availabl=
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will include them as described below. Phil=3DE2=3D80=3D99s most popular gl=
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decorating stains will all be mixed and on hand for all to use.=3D20
We ask that the work you bring can be finished with your own banding=3D20
wheels (if necessary) and your own personal tools. Both throwing and hand=
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building techniques will be explored.=3D20
You can also just come to see one of the world=3DE2=3D80=3D99s finest potte=
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Doing your own work is optional. =3D20
Phil will present slides, talk about his work and background, demonstrate,=
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and devote some time to interacting with individual participants in =3D20
developing their work. Please see the museum collections he is represente=
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Two weeks later, September 2 =3DE2=3D80=3D93 3, you will return with your b=
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work and we, as a rotating team, will load, fire, and unload the work. We=
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will unload at a time that is best for the vast majority of participants. =
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Immediately after unloading, Phil will be available from Wales, via =3DE2=
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, to answer questions about your results and to look at the fired work. =
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This is optional, of course, and the discussion could be done anonymously =
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you so wish=3D20
The cost of the full event, including firing, wood, and=3D20
glazes/slips/stains is $285. Possibly you or some of your students or fr=
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iends would like to=3D20
take advantage of this unique opportunity. Please email Bruce Bowers @=
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_sailoor47@aol.com_ (mailto:sailoor47@aol.com) or call my cell at (301)=
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646-3481 for more details.=3D20
I am attaching a copy of the workshop poster to this notice. It could be=
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printed and posted at your discretion. If the poster is not attached, or=
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you can=3DE2=3D80=3D99t see it, just click on the link below for a full ove=
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schedule of the event. =3D20
_www.bowerswoodfireandpics.com/Phil_Rogers_Workshop.html_=3D20
(http://www.bowerswoodfireandpics.com/Phil_Rogers_Workshop.html) =3D20
Thanks so much,=3D20
Bruce Bowers=3D20
_www.woodfiredpotteryandpics.com_ (http://www.woodfiredpotteryandpics.com/)=
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