Photographer

Shout out: Doug Brooks is a local art photographer for the ceramic community. If you need professional shots made for competition link to him at: dougbrooksceramics.com

Sabina

Brooklyn Potters Meeting 4/28/2013

Brooklyn Potters Meeting 4/28/2013


1. I'll be happy to bring my carrot ginger dressing recipe to the meeting for the folks who asked for it.

2. Looking forward to seeing you at the next meeting Sunday the 28th. We will have the pot luck from 6-7 pm and Nami Sakai will present
from 7-9 pm.

3. I am doing an Empty Bowls fundraiser with a friend in Bay Ridge Brooklyn in conjunction with neighborhood potters and the Bay Ridge Arts Festival to
raise funds for a local food bank and a lunch program. Both are run by church's with little funding besides some donations. We are doing this
on May 4th at one of the churches. If anyone would like to donate a bowl or two or more, bring them to the meeting or email me to pick them up from you.
Location of the fundraiser is the Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church in Bay Ridge.

Donations of bowls accepted at April 28th meeting

All proceeds to benefit the food pantry at the Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church and the Ecumenical Lunch Program at Mt Zion Church, serving the Bay Ridge and Sunset Park communities.

Multiple bowl pick up available by arrangement.

Please email emptybowlsbr@gmail.com or contact Ed Huml for additional information.

Many thanks in advance!!

Warm regards,
Ed Huml & Danielle Bullock
organizers

Bowls!

Check out this link from the New York Times: http:  
//www.nytimes.com/interactive/garden/Reader-Bowls.html?ref=style#index

The museum in Portland is having a bowl show and this is a terrific interactive display of that.

Sabina

Screwball Spaces has a space!

From: Screwball Spaces <screwballspaces@gmail.com>

Date: March 13, 2013 10:54:53 AM EDT

To: undisclosed-recipients:;

Subject: small space available

I am writing to inform you of an opening in the ceramics arena here at Screwball Spaces. We have a communal space with 17 spaces and 15 working ceramicists. our kiln room has 4 kilns one 11 cu ft front loading, one 9 cu ft Skutt, one 7 cu ft Skutt and a 1 cu ft test kiln. We have a slab roller, 2 wedging tables, extruder, slop sink, and slip cast draining table. The space available is $185 per month and we require 2 months security deposit, one will be used as your last months payment and the rest returned to you provided everything is left in good order. Screwball Spaces provides trash, heat, electric (not kiln firings), high speed wireless internet, bathrooms, one with a shower, kitchenette area with micro wave, fridge, two vending machines, and a computer with printer and fax. The space also includes a gallery and a roof deck.
 Please contact me via email or by phone (718) 938-5505 to come see the space. I will not be able to show he space until Thursday around 10am.

Clay Forum lll at NYU

 Submitted by Lynn Goodman as she received it:

 

Dear Colleagues,

 

Back by popular demand and in its third edition, you are invited to attend: 

                Clay Forum III  

Saturday April 13 at 1 - 6 pm

NYU Department of Art and Art Professions

                The Barney Building, Einstein Auditorium

 34 Stuyvesant Street (between E. 9th and 10th Streets and 2^nd and 3^rd Ave)

 

This exciting event brings the ceramic community together for education and information and is intended for ceramic artists, collectors, museum professionals, and clay art lovers . This year’s forum will feature Sabrina Gschwandtner, David East and Peter Barnell who are leaders in the field of contemporary ceramics with all proceeds benefiting  the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts.

 

One prominent feature of the afternoon is the opportunity to share your latest work, travel, program, research or other ceramic related activity for a 5 minute  presentation.To Register go to:   http://watershedceramics.org/clay-forum-3/.

Cordially,

Judy

 

Judith S. Schwartz, Ph.D.

Director Sculpture in Craft Media: Clay, Glass, Metals, Fiber

New York University

Department of Art and Art Professions

34 Stuyvesant Street

New York,NY 10003-7599

Tel: 212 998-5733

Fax:212 985-4320

http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/art/

www.judyschwartz.com

(Located between 9th and 10th Streets and Second and Third Aves.)

Google Map: Go to this site to see on Google map.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rlz=&q=34+stuyvesant+street+nyc&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=34+Stuyvesant+St,+New+York,+NY+10003&gl=us&ei=VLWrTNOIM4GB8gbj_bjaBw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBQQ8gEwAA

Next Meeting April 28th / Guest Speaker

Submitted by Ellen Reznick:

 

Save the Date! Next Meeting: April 28th

 

We have a speaker for our next potters meeting which will be on April 28th. Her name is Nami Sakai and she is from Sasayama, a small town in Japan. The pottery there is Tanbayaki and is one of the 6th oldest kilns in Japan. She will be discussing the history of the pottery and the lives of the potters currently making work.  She will be showing slides and will also bring some pieces from her recent trip to Japan.  It promises to be a very interesting meeting.

Submition by Ragnar

Submitted by Ragnar

From RICHARD GIORNI PORCELAIN SITE.

The Italian porcelain manufacturer is seeking a buyer. 

This description of decal technique is interesting.

·       Decalcomania

When it comes to porcelain decoration, the application of decalcomanie (transfers) is one of the most commonly-used techniques. Using a pattern from the factory archives, or a picture or logo designed by a private customer,the product development workshop can produce a slide containing a black background of the colour. A polyester support is then prepared, onto which the slide is glued, until it covers all the available space. The next stage is preparation of the screen printing supports, the metal frames between which a dense polyester mesh or “silk” is stretched. This is covered by a fine layer of photo-sensitive gel. Each support is lain onto a mesh, and placed under a UV lamp, which hardens the gel only in those areas affected by the light. On the areas covered by the slide, the gel is removed with water, cleaning the weave of the fabric thus enabling colour transfer. Printing requires a special type of paper, on which a thin layer of dextrin (a natural water-soluble adhesive) has been applied. A screen printing machine is used, with a sliding rigid rubber spatula that spreads a dense blend of paint and oil onto the mesh. This mixture can penetrate the clear areas of the weave and deposit on the paper. Once the print process is complete, all the colour papers are carefully checked. Small holes can appear in the silk, due to wear and tear or dust, so that the colour passes through during printing. This creates small imperfections on each sheet of printed paper. These blemishes are removed or scratched off using a scraper or felt tip, while papers with larger irregularities are marked with a pencil before being discarded. Before the transfers (decals) are applied, the printed sheets are covered with a layer of collodium, a film of resin dissolved in special solvents. When the thinners have evaporated, the collodium forms a plastic film, through which the decorations can be smoothed out with no risk of tearing or pulling. This process is also suitable for ribbed, hollow or convex shapes. Before application, each design must be removed from the screen printing paper. The operator will immerse them for a few seconds in a tub of demineralised water, so that the dextrin dissolves, releasing the collodium surrounding the colour, which slides easily onto the paper. The worker will then take the decal and lay it onto the porcelain, taking great care: any water or air bubbles which could cause tearing or creasing during the firing process must be eliminated by pressing gently with the fingers and a soft rubber spatula.