I had so much fun just dashing from booth to booth in the Exhibit Hall at NCECA 2013 gathering up materials on the latest and greatest tools, wheels, kilns, and accessories for doing pottery! Geez! It was so OVERWHELMING! In OZ, we just don’t get exposure to all this STUFF! So thought I’d give you a pictorial review of the Exhibits! Hang on to your hats!
Hope you enjoy the show!
There is nothing worse in my books than cleaning up kiln shelves! Unfortunately, during my last firing (which didn’t even reach temperature due to the barometer pressure), I had glaze jumping off pots! So now to do the dreaded clean up!
However, when going through the exhibits at NCECA, I happened upon the Euclid booth and found the most wonderful tool! Bought it and LOVED THE RESULTS! It really made cleaning the shelves so much easier! For more information on the kiln shelf cleaner, check out the Euclids Elements & Pottery Tools website! It’s like Santa’s workshop for potters!
There was a near-Elvis sighting at NCECA!!! I was shooting pics of potters shoes (yes, for an upcoming post! Really!) and noticed this big guy with GOLD COWBOY BOOTS!
I couldn’t believe it! So asked if I could take a photo of his boots and then of him in a full-length shot.
He said that the boots belonged to a “dead guy” and then he produced a card with a photo of himself in his Elvis impersonation gear!
Turns out I was speaking to Dennis Siporski, a famous potter, painter, college professor and best of all! an Elvis Impersonator!!!
He was at the Santa Fe Clay La Mesa exhibit and had a place setting on display.
Here it is! LOVE IT!
You never know when you going to run into someone famous!
These are just some of the things/pots I saw-I’ll post more soon!
Wow! I saw soooo many cool, amazing, gorgeous pots at NCECA 2013 in Houston and I was only there for a heartbeat…well, one evening and one day. So I went around like a crazy lady seeing everything that I possibly could during that time.
Please understand that these photos were taken “on the run” (literally!!) by me – so some aren’t as professional as I would have liked!
Here are some photos to give you a taste. I have credited the pottery where/when possible, but in some cases, I just didn’t get the potter’s name – sorry! Anyway, here we go!!!
There are a few of those persons amongst a profession that are the “ROCK STARS” and it is no less true with potters/ceramicists.
I was super excited to see some of my favourite “Potter Rock Stars” at NCECA 2013.
The first person I saw when I walked into the opening reception evening was none other than the famous and amazing Cynthia Bringle!
Then I happened upon Tom Coleman, King of the Copper Red Glaze, speaking to a group!
Ran right into Steven Hill, King of the Art of Spraying Glazes, and now the King of Cone 6 Glazes, and he was quite lovely to chat with!
For me, the King of Glazes is Greg Daly!!! and there he was with the Editor of Ceramics Art and Perception/Technical!
How good is that! Rock Stars Abound!!!
One of the first things I saw when I walked into the Exhibit Hall at NCECA 2013 was this wheel!
I think Ronnie may have to add a few of these to my wheel! It was fun to just imagine the possibilities!
Much more to report on NCECA!!! Stay tuned!
Have you ever had one of those moments when you were merrily skipping along, minding your own business when something hits you in the face? Whap!!! Well, that’s what happened when I found Carol Long’s Pottery! Wow! She has the most elegant forms, with the most intricate detailing, and the most amazing glazes! Love ’em! Here are a few of her wonderful works of art:
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To find out more about Carol and her work, check out her website: HERE!
Ceramics and Pottery Arts and Resources blog posted about Carol’s pottery as well. To read that blog post, click here. Great blog, BTW!
Anyway….WOW!!! Back to the studio!
Well, I should have waited to fire the kiln. It was bucketing water from the dreary, cloud-filled sky. It had not let up for days and days. Literally, we are talking 40 days and 40 nights…we should build an ark! But, no, I was determined to fire that kiln! So I did. But it didn’t ever get to temperature and no matter what I did…switching tanks, putting it into oxidation, opening the flue, adding more pressure from the tanks…NOTHING worked. I convinced myself that there must have been an explosion that caused chards to block the flue or something, but nope, it was just too stinking rainy!! When Adriana Christianson visited on Monday, she indicated that it was a problem with the barometric pressure and that must be the answer as nothing blew up. But the top and lower cones never made it past cone 8, only a slightly bent cone 9, so most stuff was under fired. Here’s what they looked like, so a refire is on the books!
It’s almost too yellow!
Did yal see this ad??
Best ad ever! Love it!!! Sooooo creative!!!!
It would be interesting to know what kind of results you got!
Link to this company is: Wellington Potters Supplies in New Zealand.
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