Empty Bowls 2011!

Friday was the annual Second Harvest Food Bank Empty Bowls event and it was very well attended.  If you are unfamiliar with the event, you pay $25 and you pick a bowl from a very crowded table.  You take it to the counter where they wrap it for you and put it in a bag.  Next, you go through the silent auction tables and bid on some wonderful items, then it's on to the buffet line and you eat lunch.  During lunch several speakers share the milestones Second Harvest Food Bank has achieved in the previous year and thank all the sponsors and donors.  And, if all that wasn't enough, there are drawings for door prizes.

Thanks to all the sponsors and donors for a wonderful time and thanks to all the potters for making and donating the great bowls. 

Most of all, thanks to Second Harvest Food Bank for all the amazing things they do to feed the hungry in our community.

Bowls into the distance...

Shelley staffing the Clayworks table.

Decisions, decisions...

The crowds start to arrive.

Canned food art.

Shelley, me, Kim.

Andrew Linton of Pottery Central was demoing.

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2010-10-17 Sunday - ClayMatters raku workshop at Pottery Central

Sunday we had our Carolina ClayMatters Guild meeting at Pottery Central.  We had a small, but hardy group attend who were ready to do some raku.  Folks used several different methods and materials including copper lustres, clear crackle, naked raku, horsehair, and some commercial glazes.  Good results were revealed each time the pots were removed from the reduction cans. 

We had a good group, the weather was perfect, and we had our usual treat of good food and great fellowship.  Thanks to Andrew for hosting us at Pottery Central.

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2010-05-16 Sunday - ClayMatters Meeting at Pottery Central

Sunday we had our ClayMatters meeting at Pottery Central.  It was a good meeting and Andrew did several demos.  We started outside and due to a downpour we were forced to reconvene inside the building.

In the parking lot.

Ju-Ian in the studio.

Ju-Ian and Sylvia in the gallery.

Demoing outside.

Demoing inside.

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