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Glaze Your Own Pot Workshop |
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Have you always wondered what it would be like to work in the EFP
studio? On Thursday, December 3rd, 2009, 15 people got a chance to find out.
John Raymond started the first Glaze-Your-Own-Pot Workshop with
basic information about Ephraim's glazes and techniques. Artists
Eric Anderson, Becky Hansen and Paul McVicker then demonstrated some
of glazing techniques on the same type of pots that the participants
would be using. After that, it was time for the apprentice glazers
to get to work on their own pieces. Each participant was provided
with a specially marked bisqued
pot thrown by an EFP potter specifically for the workshop. Participants
chose the colors and techniques they wanted to try, and the artists
provided guidance and individualized assistance. At the end of the
afternoon, each of the 15 participants had a glazed pot ready to go
into the kiln. |
John Raymond
explains some of the basic principles of glazing. |
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The pots were fired on Friday and came out of the kiln on Saturday
morning. As the workshop participants looked on excitedly and a bit
nervously, their pieces were unveiled to the waiting crowd at the
Holiday Pottery Fest Preview Brunch Reception on Saturday morning.
All of the pots came out without a crack and the participants were
uniformly pleased with the results. |
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Each of the workshop pots bore this
special mark on the foot. |
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We hope to be able to offer this workshop in conjunction with future
Holiday Pottery Fests. If you're interested in participating, please
check the details for the 2010 Fest when they're announced this
fall. |
Ron Bry prepares to
dip his pot into a bucket of glaze. |
"The glazing workshop was
an experience, to say the least.
I would suggest we do
not give up our day jobs." |
Carol Pederson adds
a second color to the outside of her pot while Paul McVicker and
Judy Loewen look on. |
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"We had a
fantastic time. It really gave us an appreciation for how [the]
skill and creativity of the glazers bring life to the sculpting
of the throwers." |
Colleen Kerl and
her mother, Barb Kuska, add details to their pots. |
John Siebenshuh and
Carol Rowe scrape glaze from ginkgo leaves. |
The glazed pots
ready to go into the kiln. |
"The glazing workshop was an
eye-opener! This is one tough process! I have a new appreciation of
what it takes to get a vase from clay to firing. Glazers have my
utmost respect." |
Happy participants
and their instructors at the end of the day. |
The glazed and
fired pots are revealed. |
Each participant's
pot was unique! |
The generous patronage of our workshop
participants allowed us to donate $1000.00 to the
Lake Mills Food Pantry to help feed the hungry in our local
community during the holidays. Thank you to all who participated. |
