Paul Lewing on mon 3 apr 00
The annual Washington Potters' Association show opened last Friday night
at the Northwest Craft Center in Seattle, in the Seattle Center. If any
of you are going to be in Seattle any time between now and April 30, be
sure to stop in and see it. There is work by about 50 of our members
from all over the state, and the quality and variety is amazing. Every
aspect of ceramics is there somewhere- from raku sculpture to real
honest-to-goodness "dish-drainer" pots. I particularly liked Ruth
Allan's amazing saggar-fired vessels, with colored patterns in greys and
oranges. (How does she get those regular geometric patterns in a
saggar?)
Paul Lewing, Seattle,
off to Arizona to soak up some sun for a week or so.
Hank Murrow on tue 4 apr 00
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>The annual Washington Potters' Association show opened last Friday night
>at the Northwest Craft Center in Seattle, in the Seattle Center. If any
>of you are going to be in Seattle any time between now and April 30, be
>sure to stop in and see it. There is work by about 50 of our members
>from all over the state, and the quality and variety is amazing. Every
>aspect of ceramics is there somewhere- from raku sculpture to real
>honest-to-goodness "dish-drainer" pots. I particularly liked Ruth
>Allan's amazing saggar-fired vessels, with colored patterns in greys and
>oranges. (How does she get those regular geometric patterns in a
>saggar?)
>Paul Lewing, Seattle,
>off to Arizona to soak up some sun for a week or so.
And let me post a Plug for the Annual "180 Potters in Search of a Buck"
show in Portland, Or; otherwise known as "Showcase 2000". Should be 180
potters exhibiting in 130 booths as well as the Gallery, May 5, 6, & 7, at
the Oregon Convention Center. A highlight this year will be "Cooking With
Pottery" demos by TV-Chef, Caprial. And "150 Years of Pottery in Oregon" by
the Northwest Pottery Research Center & the Contemporary Crafts Gallery
will survey claywork from 1846 to the present, with curators on hand to
identify your native clay treasures from 10am-2pm. Pieces from the OPA
Collection will round out the survey from 1990 to the present. In addition,
everyone working the show from security to the wrappers is a potter! So
chat with them and find out what they do. And while you are there, see
things you never thought you'd see made in clay. Hank Murrow, Publicity
Committee
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