PurpleLama@aol.com on tue 1 dec 98
If everything goes as planned, three weeks from tonight I should be spending
my first night in my new home in Redondo Beach, CA. Good-bye winter and hello
sun, warm days, and ocean. After a bad winter in Baltimore a few years ago, I
decided that I was getting too old for the cold and started making plans for
my escape. The day is almost here.
The one thing I will miss about Baltimore is Baltimore Clayworks - the
classes, the people, the atmosphere. For those of you not familiar with
Baltimore Clayworks, it is a wonderful clay co-operative that offers classes,
a gallery, gas kilns, a wood kiln, etc. It's is heaven for someone like me who
is clay crazy or as a friend put it "has mud in her blood."
I am bringing my wheel (electric), a small kiln that I use for raku, a slab
roller, glaze materials, etc. I won't have room to set up all of these in the
small house that I am renting. The slab roller, kiln, and glaze materials may
spend some time in storage.
STUDIO QUESTION
So, my question for you Clayarters who live in LA, especially Long Beach to
Santa Monica, is what are my clay options? Are there studios/co-operatives
where I can take classes? Spend time outside of classroom time on the wheel?
Have pieces fired? Buy tools? Buy clay? Or, are there people in the area who
might be interested in starting such a place?
CLAY QUESTION
I use mainly cone 6 Porcelain clay (Standard Clay 213). Am I correct to assume
that having Standard Clay delivered to LA would be too costly and that I will
need to switch to something local like Laguana Clay? If so, is anyone familiar
with what Laguna clay would be equivalent to Standard 213?
DOG QUESTION
Are there any beaches in the area where dogs are permitted?
Thanks for your help.
Shula
Richard Gralnik on wed 2 dec 98
Shula,
Hi from Lomita/Torrance. It's a good thing you didn't move already or
we'd greet you with rain instead of our normal 75degF sunny winter.
You should get that in late December though :)
Clay places here include El Camino College where Neil Moss has been
running the ceramics studio for about 30 years. There's the ClayHouse
in Santa Monica but that's a shlep from here. On the other hand, once
you're up that way there's a good program at Santa Monica City College.
(Rich, are you there?) Another local program is at Harbor College.
There's also the local chapter of the American Ceramic Society and the
Torrance Craft Guild. There is also a co-op up in LA but I'm not familiar
with them.
For supplies yes there is Laguna of course. There's also Aardvark
down in Santa Ana (?). Stewart is halfway between Aardvark and
Laguna (looking north/south). Geil Kilns is right here, and there's an
AP Green (sorry Harbison/Walker) outlet as well as Pyro Engineering
about 30 minutes away if you need refractories. Thorley is about
the same distance from the beach if you need shelves/posts, etc.
Creative Industries isn't too far south of here either. Other than
that I'm afraid you're on your own...
That should give you enough to get your feet wet/hands dirty (choose
one or both).
Richard
At 01:58 PM 12/1/98 EST, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>If everything goes as planned, three weeks from tonight I should be spending
>my first night in my new home in Redondo Beach, CA. Good-bye winter and hello
>sun, warm days, and ocean. After a bad winter in Baltimore a few years ago, I
>decided that I was getting too old for the cold and started making plans for
>my escape. The day is almost here.
>
>The one thing I will miss about Baltimore is Baltimore Clayworks - the
>classes, the people, the atmosphere. For those of you not familiar with
>Baltimore Clayworks, it is a wonderful clay co-operative that offers classes,
>a gallery, gas kilns, a wood kiln, etc. It's is heaven for someone like me
who
>is clay crazy or as a friend put it "has mud in her blood."
>
>I am bringing my wheel (electric), a small kiln that I use for raku, a slab
>roller, glaze materials, etc. I won't have room to set up all of these in the
>small house that I am renting. The slab roller, kiln, and glaze materials may
>spend some time in storage.
>
>STUDIO QUESTION
>So, my question for you Clayarters who live in LA, especially Long Beach to
>Santa Monica, is what are my clay options? Are there studios/co-operatives
>where I can take classes? Spend time outside of classroom time on the wheel?
>Have pieces fired? Buy tools? Buy clay? Or, are there people in the area who
>might be interested in starting such a place?
>
>CLAY QUESTION
>I use mainly cone 6 Porcelain clay (Standard Clay 213). Am I correct to
assume
>that having Standard Clay delivered to LA would be too costly and that I will
>need to switch to something local like Laguana Clay? If so, is anyone
familiar
>with what Laguna clay would be equivalent to Standard 213?
>
>DOG QUESTION
>Are there any beaches in the area where dogs are permitted?
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Shula
>
>
Rick Sherman on wed 2 dec 98
There are lots of clay folk in your new environs. Get in touch with the
Southern Design Chapter of the American Ceramic Society. You may want
to join. The web site is: http://www.csun.edu/~vfoao0l8/acsdc.html
Then visit the Clayhouse in Santa Monica. They have classes and studio
space. 2090 Santa Monica Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90404 1-310-828-7071,
Fax 1-310-829-9783.
Rick Sherman
San Jose, CA USofA
sherman@ricochet.net
----------------------------Original message---------------------
If everything goes as planned, three weeks from tonight I should be
spending my first night in my new home in Redondo Beach, CA. Good-bye
winter and hello sun, warm days, and ocean. After a bad winter in
Baltimore a few years ago, I decided that I was getting too old for the
cold and started making plans for my escape. The day is almost here.
The one thing I will miss about Baltimore is Baltimore Clayworks - the
classes, the people, the atmosphere. For those of you not familiar with
Baltimore Clayworks, it is a wonderful clay co-operative that offers
classes, a gallery, gas kilns, a wood kiln, etc. It's is heaven for
someone like me who is clay crazy or as a friend put it "has mud in her
blood."
I am bringing my wheel (electric), a small kiln that I use for raku, a
slab roller, glaze materials, etc. I won't have room to set up all of
these in the small house that I am renting. The slab roller, kiln, and
glaze materials may spend some time in storage.
STUDIO QUESTION
So, my question for you Clayarters who live in LA, especially Long
Beach to Santa Monica, is what are my clay options? Are there
studios/co-operatives where I can take classes? Spend time outside of
classroom time on the wheel? Have pieces fired? Buy tools? Buy clay?
Or, are there people in the area who might be interested in starting
such a place?
Andrew Buck on thu 3 dec 98
Shula,
I'm sure you will find the climate in So. Cal. friendlier than Baltimore,
but, I have to warn you it isn't all sun and fun. I have an ex-wife that
once told me that the coldest, greyest, rainiest, nastiest winter she ever
lived through was the summer she lived in Redondo Beach. I live in the
Puget Sound area of Washington state, and love it, so I'm not quite sure
what her problem was. Matter of fact I moved here from So. Cal. for the
cooler, damper climate.
As far as clay goes, I can tell you, without being specific, that you will
not have to look far to find groups to work with (try the local Community
Colleges). There are several suppliers around but Laguna Clay is the
biggest, and IMHO, the best. They have many very good clay bodies
available so you should not have trouble finding one to suit (cone five
"B-Mix" comes to mind. Aardvark and Stewart Ceramics are a couple of
other suppliers to check out. They are smaller and at least used to be a
little more personal in their dealings with the hobbyist/studio artist.
Then again, Laguna used to be more personal before they bought out
Westwood Ceramics and became so big.
Dogs on the beach? Forget it! Maybe out at Palos Verdes but, as I
remember, that is more rocks than beach.
Andy Buck
Raincreek Pottery
Port Orchard, Washington
On Tue, 1 Dec 1998 PurpleLama@aol.com wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> If everything goes as planned, three weeks from tonight I should be spending
> my first night in my new home in Redondo Beach, CA. Good-bye winter and hello
> sun, warm days, and ocean. After a bad winter in Baltimore a few years ago
>
>
> Are there studios/co-operatives
> where I can take classes? Spend time outside of classroom time on the wheel?
> Have pieces fired? Buy tools? Buy clay? Or, are there people in the area who
> might be interested in starting such a place?
>
> CLAY QUESTION
> I use mainly cone 6 Porcelain clay (Standard Clay 213). Am I correct to assume
> that having Standard Clay delivered to LA would be too costly and that I will
> need to switch to something local like Laguana Clay? If so, is anyone familiar
> with what Laguna clay would be equivalent to Standard 213?
>
> DOG QUESTION
> Are there any beaches in the area where dogs are permitted?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Shula
>
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