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surfing with helen bates - july 26th., 2002 urls

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Helen Bates on sat 27 jul 02


Surfing with Helen Bates - July 26th., 2002 Urls

Here are a few url's I've put aside until today. You may visit Canada, J=
apan,
France, and the U.S.A. plus a mystery destination. =20

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition 2002:=20
http://www.torontooutdoorart.org/cat/php/listings.php?cat=3Dmedium-cerami=
cs&yr=3D2002
Usually held in July each year, this long-running exhibition will be held=
this
year only from August 30 to September 1, 2002 at Nathan Phillips Square i=
n front
of City Hall. Over 70 clay artists in this juried show. =20

JPotters: =20
http://www.jpotters.net/=20
A neatly-designed e-shop listing a number of younger Japanese potters=20
One potter is also a chef. =20
He started learning to make pottery to use with his original food creatio=
ns. =20
It's encouraging also to find that two of the potters are women. =20
A sister site to E-Yakimono:=20
http://www.e-yakimono.net/ =20
This is the Japanese pottery knowledge base and e-store.=20
Check out the Jomon figurative work, something new to me, at least. =20

Bennett Bean:=20
http://www.bennettbean.com/=20
Sculptural vessels fit for royalty?=20

Monica Trevalinet & Jean-Claude Canonne: =20
http://members.aol.com/ceramojc/=20
Fascinating ceramic boat sculptures by Jean-Claude, and "juicy" glazes by=
Monica
French site with some English. =20
Easy to navigate by clicking on the buttons. =20

Cr=E9ation C=E9ramique: =20
http://www.creation-ceramique.com/faillat/index_uk.htm=20
Michel Teyssier, Catherine Vanier, Regula Brotbek; Christian Caillat. =20
These French Ceramists all do interesting work. =20
Also shown is porcelain painter Nicole Dana whose glaze painting on china=
and
porcelain may require 3 to 4 firings. =20

Christian Faillat:
http://www.ceramique.com/Faillat/=20
More pieces by this French ceramist whose work may be thrown or hand buil=
t or
both. =20
His pieces are wood-fired. =20
Click on the thumbnails. =20
Christian writes: =20
> "Je fabrique des objets en terre =E0 gr=E8s que je cuis dans un four =E0=
bois. =20
> Objets divers ou petit mobilier, chez qui l'usuel c=E8de parfois la pla=
ce =E0 l'insolite. =20
> Tous semblent inscrits sous le signe du Temps, navigant entre un pass=E9=
obscure et=20
> une anticipation floue, h=E9sitant entre le mal-d=E9gauchi et le pr=E9c=
ieux." =20
My poor attempt at a translation (no bilingual dictionary handy): =20
> I make my pieces on stoneware, and fire it in a wood-burning kiln. =20
> Various objects or miniature furniture, in which sometimes the everyday=
yields place to the unexpected. =20
> All seem marked by Time, moving between a shadowed past and=20
> a future as yet unformed, hesitating between a bad outcome and a precio=
us result. =20

Kennedy Pottery (1896-1968)
http://www.wilkesnc.org/history/kennedy.htm=20
North Carolina pottery that sat where Tyson Foods chickens are now raised=
...=20
Picture of old treadle wheel in the Wilkes County Historical Virtual Tour=
. =20

Ababi on wed 31 jul 02


http://www.creation-ceramique.com/vanier/
http://www.creation-ceramique.com/vanier/index_uk.htm
Ababi
---------- Original Message ----------

>I was very delighted to visit once more the url's that you serve us regul=
arly.
>Catherine Vanier is a potter I like very much but I could'nt find her in=

>the url you mentionned, it's all about Faillat.
>Is there a way to see the Vanier pots? Many thanks, Jeff



>At 01:14 AM 7/27/02 -0400, you wrote:
>>Surfing with Helen Bates - July 26th., 2002 Urls

>>Cr=E9ation C=E9ramique:
>>http://www.creation-ceramique.com/faillat/index_uk.htm
>>Michel Teyssier, Catherine Vanier, Regula Brotbek; Christian Caillat. =

>>These French Ceramists all do interesting work.
>>Also shown is porcelain painter Nicole Dana whose glaze painting on chin=
a and
>>porcelain may require 3 to 4 firings.
>>
>>
>Jeff van den Broeck
>P.O.Box 1099, Baguio City 2600
>Philippines
>jvdb@skyinet.net

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Jeff Van Den Broeck on wed 31 jul 02


I was very delighted to visit once more the url's that you serve us=
regularly.
Catherine Vanier is a potter I like very much but I could'nt find her in
the url you mentionned, it's all about Faillat.
Is there a way to see the Vanier pots? Many thanks, Jeff=20



At 01:14 AM 7/27/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Surfing with Helen Bates - July 26th., 2002 Urls

>Cr=E9ation C=E9ramique: =20
>http://www.creation-ceramique.com/faillat/index_uk.htm=20
>Michel Teyssier, Catherine Vanier, Regula Brotbek; Christian Caillat. =20
>These French Ceramists all do interesting work. =20
>Also shown is porcelain painter Nicole Dana whose glaze painting on china=
and
>porcelain may require 3 to 4 firings. =20
>
>
Jeff van den Broeck
P.O.Box 1099, Baguio City 2600
Philippines
jvdb@skyinet.net