Newsletter ------------------- Aug 2008
Shimpo Slab Roller $697 plus $25 Gift Certificate Free Shipping* or Ark Sales Tax Paid* Shimpo VL Whisper $857 plus $30 Gift Certificate Free Shipping* or Ark Sales Tax Paid* Giffin Grip $149.95 Free Shipping* or Ark Sales Tax Paid* Orton Kiln Vent $299 Free Shipping* or Ark Sales Tax Paid* * Shipping in the contintal US only or Arkansas Sales Tax
First and Formost, Check out our new Studio Website at www.aPotteryStudio.com Sat Aug 2, Kiln Firing & Maintence - Mike & Kelley Learn to load, fire and repair your electric kiln. For Beginners, Teachers and Artists. A 6 hr course on loading, bisque and glaze firing, electricity, voltage, kiln sitter, cones, electronic controllers, ventilation, safety, troubleshooting and repair. The workshop is limited to the first 12. 10am till 4pm $49 (lunch is included). Free with the purchase of a new kiln! Register early, fills fast!. Glass fusing is the joining of glass together by heat. It's one of the most versatile ways of working with glass today. Join us in this fun filled, hands on, information packed, exciting class. No experience necessary. You'll make two pendants and pair of earrings or refrigerator magnets, Learn the basics of glass cutting, placement and firing while receiving extensive information on the technical aspects of kilnwork, safety, and studio set up. Tools, glass and firing are provided! Sat, 10a-4p - $145 includes glass and an assortment of tools you'll need to make your works. Sign up for both workshops and save!!!! Sun Aug 17, PMC (Precious Metal Clay) with Merlene Walker PMC is a wonderful new form of fine silver and gold (and now bronze) which can be manipulated like clay, but after firing is solid silver or gold. True alchemy! Participants will explore the many methods of imprinting textures on Precious Metal Clay as well as learn to carve, fire and finish it. Working with simple tools, we will experiment with pinched, rolled and hollow forms and finishing techniques, plus fire the PMC to final pieces. Sunday 9am till 3pm - Your PM Clay and tools are supplied for this Great Workhsop for just $145 Sign up for both workshops and save!!!! The Saturday Topical Classes are from 10am-1pm and $49 unless noted and are at Flat Rock Clay and aPotteryStudio.com at 2002 S School, Fayetteville, ARkansas, 479-521-3171
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Super Dave's Tip of the Month Those of you who I have had the honor of meeting may have thought that donuts and sticky buns may have been my favorite for overindulgence. Thanks for the sweet thoughts. So, let me tell you the inside story about sticky buns. Once upon a time a gentleman from BellaVista helped me in my shop doing the ordinary odds and ends that every pot shop seems to have. Leonard referred to himself as the bun man. "I'll do anything that needs to be done to the ass, or I mean bottom, of the pots". He became very proficient at cleaning up and waxing bottoms of pieces. So, Super Dave, what does this have to do with sticky buns? Yes back on track and to the tip. But first two questions for you my faithful reader. Have you ever had a plate or platter warp in the glaze firing for no apparent reason? Have you ever fired a lid on a piece to help prevent warping only to have the lid become very hard to get back off? The answers to both questions may be sticky buns! The plate coming back through quartz conversion, where lots of shrinkage occurs, may get hung-up temporarily on the shelf causing it to warp or crack. The lid becoming vitreous at temp almost creates a bond with its bottom. I have found that adding alumina hydrate to my wax resist in both situations. The alumina acts as little ball bearings, letting the plate slide effortlessly across the shelf and as a buffer between the lid and its base. It cleans up after the firing with just a little rub from a piece of sandpaper. The result is no more sticky buns for Super Dave. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Community Notes: SAVE THE DATE! - Empty Bowls 2008. The Annual Soup dinner at George's Majestic on Dickson to benefit the NWA Food Bank is scheduled for Tuesday, November 11, 2008. We're starting on the 2008 Empty Bowls and the next meeting will be Aug 25, 2pm at Flat Rock. The Ozark Food Bank has changed their name to the NWA FoodBank. Also, if you know anyone looking for a place to make larger contributions, we are putting together different doner levels with a full table of 6 starting at $300. Contact Judy Hammond from the foodbank at judy.hammond@nwafoodbank.org
Handbuilding w/ Kelley Wilks
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