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SHOWPIECES
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A Day for Otters, $650
Promise, $450
Moonlight Revel, $850 |
The showpieces for the current season will be retired at 5:00 p.m. CDT on Monday, April 30.
Click here for more information or to order online |
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SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS APRIL 30
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Mark McPherson won Second Prize for Spring in last year's contest with this lovely photo. |
Ephraim Faience Pottery invites amateur photographers to participate in its annual photo contest. The beauty of nature as it changes through the seasons is a great source of inspiration for our artists. Photos submitted for the contest should show how Ephraim Faience pottery and tile reflects and complements the changing seasons, either outdoors or in the home.
Photos will be judged on their originality, technical excellence, composition, overall impact, artistic merit, and seasonal representation. The winning photographs will appear in the 2013 Ephraim Faience Pottery Collectors' Calendar.
See our website for complete rules and contest information.
The finalists will be posted on our Facebook page by the end of the day on Tuesday, May 15. Facebook voting will be open through Thursday, May 31. The winners will be announced on Facebook on Friday, June 15.
Questions? Email Kristin
info@ephraimpottery.com or call 1-888-704-POTS ext. 13. |
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Upcoming Events | |
June 2-3
Arts & Crafts Chicago
Concordia University - Geiseman Gymnasium
River Forest, Illinois
NOTE NEW HOURS:
Sat. 10-7, Sun. 10-4
Admission: $7
More information
June 9-10
SF Modernism
Concourse Exhibition Ctr
San Francisco, CA
Sat. 10-6, Sun. 11-5
Admission: $10
More information
September 22-23
Twin Cities Arts & Crafts
Minnesota State Fairgrounds
Progress Center Bldg.
St. Paul, MN
Sat. 9-5, Sun. 11-4
Admission: $7
More information
October 20-21
Pasadena Heritage's Craftsman Weekend
Pasadena Convention Center
Pasadena, CA
More information
January 26-27, 2013
Los Angeles Pottery Show
Pasadena Convention Center
Pasadena, CA
More information
February 22-24, 2013
Grove Park Arts & Crafts Conference
Grove Park Inn
Asheville, NC
More information
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Greetings! ,
Welcome to the April issue of News & Notes. Spring is all about new growth, and that's what we're celebrating this month at Ephraim Pottery. And do we have a lot to share with you! New pottery and tiles; a new plan for shows, showpieces, and experimentals; and possibly the most exciting, a new California store. Read on to learn more.
Thank you for your interest in Ephraim Pottery, and Happy Spring!
Sincerely, Kristin Cramer for Ephraim Pottery |
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Six new pieces and more tile options now available
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As many of you know, for the past several years we introduced a large group of new pieces once a year in June. This year, we will be introducing smaller groups of pieces at more frequent intervals.
Our first group of new pottery and tile for 2012 is online now and is available for order. We will also offer a selection of these pieces at our upcoming shows (see sidebar).
This year, introductions and retirements will be announced by email and will be presented on our website. New pieces will be introduced in small groups (5-6) four times a year - in April, June, August, and October. The retirement of small groups of pieces will be announced in May, July, September, and November. Our work is dynamic and ever-changing, and this schedule will allow us to present new pieces to you on a regular basis. There will be something new going on each month, so you'll want to make sure to read our emails!
We know that you don't want to miss out on anything new, so we will be sending out full-color mailers showing the newest pottery and tiles in June and October. As always, you can check our online store at any time to view all of the pieces that are currently available.
We hope you enjoy our new pottery and tile as much as we enjoy making it for you! View the new pottery and tiles |
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New California gallery to open in June
We are very excited to announce that we are opening a new gallery on the west coast. Our second
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The Pacific coast at Cambria |
store will be located in Cambria, California, which is about halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Along scenic coastal Highway 1,
Forbes.com calls Cambria "one of America's prettiest towns." Just minutes from the famous Hearst Castle, surrounded by the beauty of nature and brimming with art galleries, Cambria is a popular destination for tourists and natives alike.
Ephraim Pottery's gallery will be located at 728 Main Street, on one of Cambria's main thoroughfares. We plan to open
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Future home of Ephraim's Cambria gallery |
to the public sometime during the week of June 11. We'll keep you updated as the date approaches.
Our Cambria gallery
will carry our full line of pottery and tile and the occasional second or irregular. Experimental pieces will be added to the inventory later this year. We look forward to adding our work to the town's great artistic mix.
If you live in California or are traveling in the area, we hope you will stop in
Cambria and pay us a visit. We look forward to welcoming you to our new gallery.
Learn more about Cambria |
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A new direction for shows, showpieces, & experimentals | | Shows get a makeover just in time for the new season
We're heading in an exciting new direction this year when it comes to shows, showpieces, and experimentals. Just as we all need change to stretch and grow as individuals, companies also need change in order to thrive. As we head into the 2012-13 show season, we're excited to introduce a new format for shows and a new concept for showpieces. Beginning with Arts & Crafts Chicago on June 2, we will be offering a different showpiece at each of the shows listed in the sidebar at left. Each will be a numbered edition of no more than 30 pieces plus an artist's proof. The artist's proof will be on display and we will take orders for up to 30 more pieces, which will be made after the show and shipped to customers. You can read more about the new showpiece concept on our website. We're also changing the way we make and sell experimental pieces. Because experimentals are very time-consuming and labor-intensive to make, we'll be creating fewer of them this year and will not be selling them at the shows listed at left. Instead, we'll be providing expanded access to experimentals via our online store and our two galleries. Any interested customer - no matter where they live - will have the opportunity to purchase experimental pieces in our online store. As experimentals become available, they will be divided amongst the three stores. New experimentals will start trickling in to our Lake Mills gallery in mid May, and Cambria will begin receiving them later this year. We will begin posting experimentals in our online store in July. The experimentals for sale in our Lake Mills and Cambria galleries will be available to walk-in customers only and will not be sold by phone or email. We hope that these changes will make attending shows more enjoyable and improve customer access to experimentals. Show-goers will be able to enjoy a more relaxed atmosphere in our booth while still having the opportunity to get a special piece. Customers who cannot attend shows or visit our stores will now be able to purchase the occasional experimental. We hope that our customers will benefit from and enjoy these changes. |
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