Tom Bivins' Workshop

Occassionally, time gets away from me.

And lately, my efforts have been focused on creating tall pots.

So!

I've been remiss in giving credit where credit is due.

Attended a workshop given by Tom Bivins, a master at throwing tall pots, at the TAC building last Wednesday.

Oughta repeat part of that last statement: Tom is a Master thrower of tall pots !!! If you ever get a chance to attend one of his workshops . . . . run . . . . don't walk to the affair. It will be well worth your time to watch him make the clay rise.

And rise.

Then . . . .

just when you believe it can't get any taller,

Tom brings it up more!

Tom Bivins at the wheel.

Here he is bringing the clay up.

Bringing it up more.

And setting the rim. Notice that now he's standing up!!! It's much too tall to work on sitting down!

A special word of THANKS goes to Tom Bivins for giving us his time and his expertise. In addition to creating beautiful ( and tall !!!) pots, he's actually a really good instructor, presenting a workshop that was not only informative, but lotza fun.

And a special word of THANKS goes to Reed Sullivan of the Valley Citizen - (Teton Valley newspaper) x for sharing his photos of the event. Thank you Reed.

Successful throwing tall days to y'all.

Chae

Update

So !!!

You think because you haven't heard from me lately, i haven't been busy ???

You think that just because my kilns don't work . . . .

I haven't been creating ???

Ha!

Here are a few of the pots thrown recently . . . .

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They are all greenware. All are between 9 inches and 14 inches tall. Except for the little guy ... he's approx. 7 inches in height.

Have done some casserole dishes too. Will bore you with photos of these at a later date.

Am praying sooo hard for a working Cone 10 electric kiln to somehow miraculously arrive . . . .

Happy creative days to all

Chae

Susan Harris

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Susan Harris held a workshop here last weekend and i am delighted that she did !!!

Sometimes an artist's work and techniques are so inspiring that after the workshop ends, one just can't wait to get to their own wheel and see how much they actually learned from the person teaching.

Such was the case after Susan's demo.

And here is the result.

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Thank you Susan for coming. And thank you for sharing. It's quite awe inspiring to learn techniques from a Master Potter.

I want to thank Cynthia Guild Stoetzer for organizing and hosting this event. Cynthia is awesome !!! She is putting her heart and soul into building up the Teton Arts Council's pottery department.

And she is doing a great job.

Bravo Cynthia. And you have my heartfelt appreciation.

Have a very best creative day everyone!

Chae

Born Again

Have been studying ancient Greek pottery recently. It seems that every "new" form we create has already been done by the Greeks !!! Amazing.

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Then, it seems, there is pottery of the shamanic transformation style. One would attribute this to our southwest, perhaps? Or South America?

Anyhooo, i'm sure this fello was around before, in some era from a long time ago, and found somewheres between Greece and South America.

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It is said that a spiritual practioner owning such a vessel is able to transform himself into a supernatural being and take on the powers of the Jaguar !!!

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Which would be fun i guess.

But i ask you,

who

in this day and age,

has the time for such tomfoolery?

Chae

New Work

Oops! Sorry folks. Didn't realize that it's been such a long time between postings.

Well, here we go then.

This is greenware ready for the kiln.

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God willing n the creeks don't rise, a new KM1027 Stutz kiln will make its appearance and these can be bisque fired.

So i'll go ahead and Thank Him for the new kiln even if the thank you is a wee bit premature.

Chae

Work In Progress

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This isn't exactly a teapot.

Which is what i started out to create.

However, a jug was born of its own desire.

11 inches tall and still in the greenware state. In fact, not even off the bat yet.

Silly to create something too tall to fit into the kiln. But since the Paragon kiln has such difficulty working properly, guess i figured: oh what the heck . . . . let's create and then . . . .

Hope and pray a large working kiln comes my way!

God willing and the criks don't rise

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Chae

Bisqued

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Not entirely idle. Have gotten some pieces bisqued.

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Chae