Thanks to Hugh Rickard for your guidance, expertise, and knowledge sharing a very successful Raku firing recently, not leaving out the strong backup team, placing wet newspapers, sawdust, shredded newspaper & relining bins. Approx 12 firings with start time 10-00 – 2.30 pm. Pleasant surprises with great outcomes. Fantastic company, delicious shared lunch & of course coffee.
We got down and dirty, we had plaster on our hands and luckily no disasters on the floor! So everyone was able to take a mould home if not two, with enough experience to make more. Not
only did we make press moulds, but we utilised our time and scraps to make stamps and sprigs.
Students were pleasantly surprised by how much detail is picked up of the model. Everyone had a productive and very enjoyable time.
Open to the public from 12 to 22nd November 2020.
It is now less than a week till our exhibition opens. A definite highlight of our calendar. If you don’t have an invite to the opening, send us a message to canterburypotters@gmail.com with ‘exhibition opening’ in the subject heading.
It’s time to get right out of your comfort zone! Using the iconic sculptural forms of Peter Voulkos as inspiration, we will explore construction and process as it relates to our own work. Darryl will challenge us to think differently about how we work with tools and discuss how wood firing can enhance the visual effect.
Who: Anyone who wants to challenge their boundaries.
Beginners welcome!
When: Saturday 10 (9.30 – 3.30) and Sunday 11 October (10 – 3.30)
Cost: $120
Book: Email canterburypotters@gmail.com with “Selector’s workshop” in the subject line. We will send you the payment details – your place will be confirmed when we receive your payment.
Limited spaces available
Darryl will also be giving a talk and slideshow on the evening of Friday, 09 October, about his work and practice. Watch your emails and the noticeboard for details…
The focus of this workshop is learning the technique of how to build a one-piece, drop out press mould. Many of you may have used a press mould and know the advantages of their use such as multiples, sets or coiling and slab. This workshop is about taking the next step; to build a plaster mould.
Amy has been using plaster moulding techniques in her studio practice since graduating from Christchurch Polytechnic with a Batchelor of Visual Arts in 2005. Her moulding techniques range from press moulding to slip casting using a simple one-piece mould to an intricate 40 piece mould. Some of her work can be viewed here; https://amymichaels.nz/
Outline
On Saturday, Amy will start with an introduction on how she uses plaster moulds in her own studio practice. This will be followed by a presentation of examples and the various methods of how to use plaster moulds. She will then demonstrate making a one-piece, drop out press mould. Amy will also discuss suitable objects to use as a model which the students will bring along and use on Sunday.
Sunday will be focused on students designing and building their own one-piece, drop out press mould. Amy will facilitate the day, working with students individually as they implement their design and building projects.
Expected Outcomes
By the end of the weekend, it is expected that students will have gained enough knowledge to be able to execute a mould making project independently. Students will also have a plaster mould to use in their studio practice.
When: Saturday 19th September, 1 pm – 4 pm & Sunday 20th September, 10 am – 4 pm.
Where: CPA Club rooms, 395 Memorial Ave, Christchurch.
Cost: $95.00 (materials included)
Enrolment: email canterburypotters@gmail.com with ‘mould making workshop’ as the subject header. Please include your name and phone number. We will send you the payment details – your place will be confirmed when we receive your payment. Once enrolled you will be sent a list of what to bring to the workshop. Please note that places are limited, so get in quick – by Friday 11th September, to avoid disappointment.
As our membership expands, so too does the workload. When you filled in your subscription renewal form, you will have noticed we asked you how you are able to help us. We hope you will consider giving something of your time, knowledge and skills. As a voluntary organisation, we depend on the good will of our membership to keep things running. If you didn’t return the form, please email it to us, or just email the club to let us know how you can help.
Newsletter Editor – Someone to organise, edit and lay out our quarterly newsletter.
Grants Applications – We’re also looking for someone with experience or interest in grant applications to support the purchasing of new equipment and resources for the club.
If you’re interested or know someone who is, please get in touch by emailing canterburypotters@gmmail.com with ‘Help Wanted’ in the subject header.
Relatively new to our December calendar, this has become a successful event to promote the club and the craft in Christchurch. For a modest fee, potters can set up a stall under the trees in our lovely reserve, to sell their work.
Buy local and handmade this Christmas from established and emerging Canterbury potters under the trees at the Avice Hill Reserve. Practical, arty, unique, decorative and different. Whether you are looking for that perfect mug or soup bowl, a little something for the teacher, a dramatic statement piece for indoors or out, an interesting piece to fill that difficult spot, or anything in between, you can come and buy it here, direct from the artist who created it.
The raku process creates dramatic decorative items. The exposed unglazed area will ‘blacken’
in the firing process and the contrast between the blackened surface and glazed areas is the
key to a successful design. We will have white crackle glazes and copper lustre glazes, and you
can incorporate colour using underglazes.
When: Sunday 16 August 10 am.
Where: CPA Club rooms, 395 Memorial Ave, Christchurch.
What you need: $10.00 per person, bisque pieces and your lunch.
This workshop will operate as two separate days. Come to either one or both. Details, costs and what you will need to bring will follow soon…
Places will be limited. For booking enquiries please email canterburypotters@gmail.com and use ‘Pushing the Boundaries’ in the subject header.
When: Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th October 9.30 am – 3.30 pm.
Where: CPA club rooms, 395 Memorial Ave, Christchurch.
We are delighted to announce that potter/artist Darryl Frost has accepted our invitation to be this year’s selector and gues exhibitor for our annual exhibition. He is a respected artist in steel, stone, glass and ceramic, working from his gallery and workspace, Frost & Fire in Tasman, near Nelson, where he operates two anagama kilns.