2014-03-29 - Saturday - Hickory Show

On Saturday morning, Ju-Ian and I went to Hickory to attend the pottery show.  It's a great show with many talented potters showing top shelf work.

I missed getting photos of several potters and got some really blurry photos of others (I guess the old hands aren't as steady as they used to be).  I've only included the ones that are passable.  My apologies to everyone else.

It was a lot of fun chatting with everyone and I purchased two pieces.  A Kate Johnston vase and a plate by John Vigeland of East Fork Pottery.

Kim Ellington

Jim Whalen with a customer.

Chad Smith with his family.

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August 9 - Thursday mileage hats and pots

I was sitting at a traffic light (I do that a lot) in Hickory when I looked down and noticed my mileage.  Interesting number.

In the evening I went to Clayworks (something else I do a lot) and after Julie's class left, Justin showed up to trim his large bowl.  He didn't like the way it came out and thought about making a hat.  We both agreed that it was quite fetching.

I threw some pots from recycled clay and it was such a short batch (it had no plasticity and tore easily) that I had to rib it on the inside and outside to make it stand up.  I was originally going for a more "organic" shape, but was forced to make more traditional forms because of the double ribbing.  I guess potters in the old days must have had short clay which caused them to make the forms that we consider traditional.  Oh well, I got it to work with a lot of patience.

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