CURRENT NEWS Clay Studio of Green Valley
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Green Valley Clay Studio Policy
At socials functions outside the studio members may bring alcohol for their own consumption. No alcohol shall be provided by committee chairs or members during a studio approved function. |
WINDOW DISPLAYS The Clay Studio encourages artists to display their work in the members' Studio windows. Many GV people comment on how they enjoy seeing the artwork we produce and the Studio provides space for exhibition in the windows accessed in the wheel room. You may place your work in the windows if there is an empty space, but please don't touch or move any of the other pieces. To display your work, ask the monitor for the window key and a window display card. Write your name and phone number on the front of the card. You may pencil a price or NSF (not for sale) on back of the card if you wish. The window display supplies are kept in a labeled drawer in the NW corner of the wheel room (and some are often found on top of the windows) Any sale of a displayed item MUST be between the artist and the buyer. The Studio is to have no part in the sale of any of the display pieces. However, if an interested party asks the monitor about a possible price, the monitor may relay the artists suggested price if one is penciled on the back of the card. Submitted by: Rita Bluma and Nan O'Connell- Windows Display Committee |
| 5/23/08 |
| Clay Studio of Green Valley |
| FREE WORKSHOP REQUEST FOR HELP The Education Committee is looking for input from the Clay Studio members. If you have an idea for a workshop or know of a member who is very good at doing a certain thing that you would like to know more about, we would like to hear from you. A few guidelines to keep in mind: ● The theme should be of interest to at least 10 members. ● The workshop can cover the subject in approximately one to two hours. ● The workshops will be scheduled after 4:00 p.m. During the January through April period. Please submit your ideas or questions to Kent Amerman, kaja1@cox.net or call 207-0859. |
| LIBRARY LIBRARY RESOURCES: WHAT’S NEW: Image Transfer on Clay by Paul Wandless: Easy to understand clearly described and illustrated methods to create and transfer to clay unique monoprints using stencils, relief blocks, or stamps, newspaper plaster bats, fabrics. Resist and Masking Techniques by Peter Beard: Discussion and examples using wax resists, latex, tape, paper and other materials to mask and resist glazes, slips and under glazes to achieve a variety of design effects. Coloring Clay by Jo Connell: Detailed description of techniques to create a variety of patterns and colors using thrown and hand building processes. *Making Marks: Discovering the Ceramic Surface by Robin Hopper: Shows techniques of surface decoration using a variety of tools such as brush, stamp, spray, and pencil marks, and resistance techniques and various materials colored slips, glazes, oxide stains, under glazes and firing methods . The companion Series of 6 DVDs covering all aspects of this book is on order and should arrive soon. *Potters Guide to Ceramic Surfaces by Jo Connell: Detailed practical directory of more than 60 decoration techniques at all stages of creation. for both novice and beginning potter. *Architectural Ceramics for the Studio Potter by Peter King: Specfic detailed techniques for designing, creating and installing architectural ceramics for the home and garden. *Alternative Kilns & Firing Techniques by Watkins and Wandless Clearly described directions to achieve colorations in raku, saggar and pit firings. Even though most techniques covered in this donated book, cannot be done in our GVR studio, it can help one’s understanding of the firing processes and to set up a personal studio. *Four books donated by the estate of Mary Moran. Digital Library Reference Guide: A resource guide containing categorized and indexed listings of digital resources where you can click and immediately watch free video demonstrations on throwing,hand building, glazing, sculpting, raku firings or read articles and view photographic examples of works. Click here Digital Library PARTICIPATION: If you would like to add any book, DVD or digital resource please contact the librarian barbarakobler@claywoman.net BARBARA KOBLER |
| GLAZE COMMITTEE The Glaze committee will have their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 4th at 2 PM in the Monterrey Room. A notice will be sent to the committee members. On Tuesday, March 11th there will be a FREE Presentation by the RAKU Committee from 4-5 PM in the studio. Please come to learn more about the Raku process, see some pieces Raku fired by studio members and ask your questions! We now have a high fire dipping glaze (in a bucket) called, Temmoku by Amaco. It is different than the Tenmoku made by Maxine in Tucson and well worth trying. Also, we have bucket glazes, Rosie's Red and RR Cream, available since Linda Touzeau made them for the studio. We all thank her for her wonderful help!! And, YES, the Ripe Apple Red has arrived and is on the high fire shelf now. I would like to find some people interested in taking care of the bucket glazes and someone to learn about ordering the high fire glazes. Please call Mary Maier at 398-6798 or write your name and contact information on the glaze committee list on the bulletin board to the left of the glaze sink. < Mary Maier, Glaze Chair > |
| EXHIBIT NEWS Our next exhibit will be at the East Center beginning April 16th through May 6th. So start planning which pieces you would like to show. If I don't place an invitation card on your piece in the holding room as it comes out of the kilns it does not mean that I don't want it in the exhibit. It only means that you have picked up your piece before I was able to see it on the shelves. So if you get something that really turns out well PLEASE put it into the next exhibit. Fill out a registration form located at the Monitor's desk and place it into the folder labeled for the finished forms. < Don Moberg, Exhibit Chair, 777-7182 > |
| NEW CLAY ASSORTMENT At the February Board Meeting, the Board of Directors approved a new list of clay bodies and pricing. Careful consideration was given to each of the three interests in our studio: Sculpture, Wheel, and Hand Building. Our new assortment will have: - Three cone-10 clays: Biz Bod, Los Altos, and Soldate 60 - Three cone-5 white clays: Hagi Porcelain, B-Mix with Grog, and Dover White - Three cone-5 red clays:SB Red, Hawaiian Red, and MR5 - Two cone-5 novelty clays: Electric Brown and Speckled Buff During the re-assortment process, pricing was also reviewed. Some of the prices being charged at the Studio were too low, some too high, some stayed the same and some were completely new and we had no prior Studio price to compare to. The prices we charge at the Studio are based on the price we are charged per bag when we order a minimum of 500 pounds per type of clay, (we do not get any reduction in price on Biz Bod, for ordering in bulk). We then added the 8.1% Tucson sales tax we are charged, and an average of $1.50 per bag delivery and handling fee. The handling fee covers the un-boxing, labeling of each bag, and putting them away by the Marjon drivers. We plan to keep our new pricing the same for the next six months at a minimum. In six months the pricing will be reviewed and will be adjusted if required, due to inflation, or an increase in the delivery and handling charge. We, the committee, hope you will enjoy trying and working with the new clays we have selected. Biz Bod $22.50 Los Altos $9.00 Soldate 60 $9.00 Hagi Porcelain $14.00 B-Mix w/Grog $10.50 Dover White $10.50 SB Red $10.50 Hawaiian Red $9.00 MR-5 $9.00 Electric Brown $14.00 Speckled Buff $10.50 < Jean DePalma > CLAY ASSORTMENT COMMITTEE CHAIR |
| All members: I have been contacted by the GVR Recreation Coordinator who schedules our Exhibition Spaces for us. She said that since the East Center location is a problematic space for Clay pieces to be exhibited due to the possibility of accidental breakage, GVR would offer us an alternate location. That alternate location would be at the Desert Hills Center and it will be available to us May 7th through June 17th. I have accepted that changed Exhibit space and location. We will not exhibit at the East Center in April. I am sorry for any inconvenience that this may cause for anyone wanting to exhibit their pieces, but we don't want to see any pieces get broken. I hope that our seasonal members understand and will consider showing their pieces next season. Thank you, Don Moberg, Exhibit Chair |
Sunday June 29 Pool Party Social MADERA VISTA POOL, RAMADA AND ROOM 11-6PM SPOUSES WELCOME PLEASE BRING SALAD, SNACK OR DESSERT The Social Committee will supply, hamburgers, hot dogs, lemonade and ice tea. You don’t have to swim. There is a hot tub, shuffleboard, tennis, and a room or ramada for visiting and socializing. Sign up at the monitor desk, or reply to Susanne.phillips@cox.net |