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surfing with helen bates - october 13, 2006 - usa, mexico, uk

updated sun 15 oct 06

 

Helen Bates on fri 13 oct 06


Surfing with Helen Bates - October 13, 2006 - USA, Mexico, UK

Greetings from the "Web Sleuth"...

"Taking the poison out of pottery"
(Santa Fe de la Laguna, Michoac=E1n, Mexico)
http://www.cec.org/trio/stories/index.cfm?ed=3D7&ID=3D94&varlan=3Denglish
(As part of a health project designed by the Appropriate Rural=20
Technology Interdisciplinary Group (GIRA), the TRIO program is training=20
potters to reduce lead exposure among potters and their children, to=20
promote workshop safety, to limit smoke in the workshop and particle=20
emissions into the environment, and to manage waste disposal.)

Jay Emery (Dingley Dell)(Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England, UK)
http://www.dingley-dell.com/
(Commercial, but fun) (Bushman Burners are like the Mexican Chimenea but=20
much changed to work in the English climate which can be cool and damp,=20
not to mention cold and snowy. The subsidiary Big Pot Company was=20
developed to fulfilled a requirement for earthy, robust, and rugged=20
architectural garden pots.)

The McCanless family (Dover Pottery) (Seagrove, NC, USA)
http://folkfilms.com/New_Folder/fourteenth_shop.htm
(Website promoting a documentary video on a pottery family, including a=20
pottery video sample with a pleasant selection of celtic music)
Al McCanless on the Chatham Studio Tour) (Pittsboro, NC, USA)
http://www.chathamstudiotour.com/2005site/artists/artists-html/mccanless.=
html
(Al McCanless's Music website: http://www.celticjam.com/
("Traditional Irish music from North Carolina")

Walter Keeler (Penallt, Monmouth, Gwent, Wales, UK)
http://adriansassoon.com/ceramics/ceramicsp3.asp?ArtistID=3D25
http://members.aol.com/nedpotter/Page4.html
http://www.gtj.org.uk/en/item1/20761
http://www.media.uwe.ac.uk/featofclay/walterk.htm
http://www.uwe.ac.uk/amd/archive/keeler.htm
http://www.media.uwe.ac.uk/nevac/whieldon.htm
http://www.aber.ac.uk/ceramics/tourtea/walterkeeler.htm
http://www.studiopottery.co.uk/html/n-wake0704.html
http://www.studiopottery.com/cgi-bin/pp.cgi?item=3D3849
http://collection.britishcouncil.org/html/artist/artist.aspx?id=3D18169
http://www.wai.org.uk/index.cfm?UUID=3D351C8516-65BF-7E43-395C8CF12DFA374=
2
http://www.ruffordceramiccentre.org.uk/ceramic/history/essayview.asp?sele=
ct=3D13
http://www.birchamgallery.co.uk/artists/ceramics/keeler/walter_keeler_cer=
amics.htm
http://www.craftscotland.org/Default.aspx.LocID-cftnewk1d.RefLocID-cft04e=
004.Lang-EN.htm
http://www.oakwoodceramics.co.uk/Cat-Keeler1.htm
http://www.lameridiana.fi.it/uk/maestro.asp?rif=3D011
http://www.cbs-online.co.uk/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=3D34&cat=3DKeeler%=
2C+Walter
http://shop.primaverauk.com/primavera.nsf/ProductsView/76983A5AB820AE1D80=
25713100441D4F!OpenDocument
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/exhibitions/chosenones/co_keeler.html
http://www.thehubcentre.org/content4/index6.asp?aid=3D36&gal=3D116&pid=3D=
21&le1=3D3&le2=3D21
http://www.ceramics.org.uk/artistInfo/entry_86.html
http://www.hove.virtualmuseum.info/exhibitions/hove_exhib_3.asp

Whoooo-ooh! Enjoy,

Helen
(Chilly here, but at least not as much snow as South of us!!!)

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