Serving It Up: Just Desserts!" exhibit opens
Whether it's your signature recipe or a simple scoop or two of ice cream, make your dessert a special occasion with delightful ceramic serving ware. "Serving It Up: Just Desserts!", a juried exhibit of dessert ware by Michigan potters, runs from March 2 to April 8, 2012, at Yourist Studio Gallery.
The exhibit officially opens with an artist reception and dessert tasting on Friday, March 9, 2012, from 6 to 9 pm.
The show features a variety of inspired ceramic dessert ware from ice cream bowls to tea and coffee cups by artists Nancy Bulkley, Renee Baxter, Darcy Bowden, Joanne Daniels, Trish Early, Marilyn Edington, Sarah Gelsanliter, Oksana Linda, Brigitte Lang, Inge Merlin, Anny Unbehaun, Julie Walther, and Kay Yourist. A selection of fun and funky handmade aprons by Darcy Bowden will also be on display.
Come and learn the art of serving your desserts with the same flair and attention you put into creating them. And for some yummy dessert ideas, check out allrecipes.com, myrecipes.com, and foodnetwork.com.
Images from the exhibition Work on display (from left to right) by Renee Baxter, Kay Yourist, and Sarah Gelsanliter. The images on the right are also from the show.
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Ready, set, spiiiiiiiiiin
We've set the date: the Great Top Spin-Off will take place at the Yourist Studio Gallery on Saturday, June 2, 2012, at high noon. The Spin-Off is open to everyone regardless of age or experience with ceramics, making it an ideal activity for the whole family. All you need to participate is a ceramic top of your own design and making. * The contestant who can keep a top spinning the longest wins the championship.
| Tops by Kay Yourist |
Jumpstart your top construction by signing up for Yourist Studio Gallery's special top-making workshop on Sunday, April 22, 2012, from 1 to 3 pm. Cost is $20.00 per participant and includes instruction, materials, glazing, and firing. For details or to register for the workshop, call Yourist Studio Gallery at 734-662-4914.
*The fine print: your top must be glazed and fired (no tops made of raw clay allowed).
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Sarah Gelsanliter teaches advanced class
As a person who absolutely loves to throw, Sarah Gelsanliter says, "I like having the chance to share all the techniques I've learned over the years and then seeing people adapt those techniques to their own work."
| Sarah Gelsanliter at work |
Happily for us, she instructs the Advanced Pottery Class (Wednesday, 6:30 to 9 pm). Sarah's curiosity and excitement with glazing, firing and throwing enrich class, making it a favorite destination for students.
The last 20 years developed her love and expertise in clay-from visiting pottery studios in Japan while teaching English there for a year, to apprenticing for a wood-firing potter, to being teaching assistant for a ceramics professor. She spent 10 years as a production potter at Greenfield Village. Now besides teaching, she has started a pottery and tile business with her husband Thomas, blending her thrown work with his background as a tilemaker and-importantly-giving her a chance to stay home with her two little girls. We're grateful she's chosen to add Yourist Studio Gallery to her list!
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Oldest pottery in the world?
How long ago do you think people began making pottery? 5,000 years ago? 10,000? Well, if you guessed 15,000 to 18,000 years ago, you're right on the nose.
According to ScienceNOW, researchers in China have found "ceramic remains in a cave in China's Hunan province that are from 15,400 to 18,300 years old. That's at least 1000 years earlier than other pottery fragments from the same region, which were previously thought to be the oldest in the world." Dessert ware, maybe?
To learn more, read this article in Science Magazine.
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Dessert plate by Nancy Bulkley
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Chip bowl by Joanne Daniels
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| Dessert bowl by Marilyn Edington |
| Dessert tray by Anny Unbehaun | Studio calendar
Spring workshops
March 25 Glaze Application Technique: Deb Oliva.
April 20-21 Exploring the Human Figure in Clay: Norma Penchansky Glasser. Upcoming classes
March 5
Beginning/Continuing Wheel Throwing with Kay Yourist. Mondays, 7:30 to 9:30 pm.
Kids Clay Class with Nancy Bulkley. Mondays, 4:30 to 5:30 pm.
March 8Beginning/Continuing Wheel Throwing with Inge Merlin. Thursdays, 12:30 to 2:30 pm.
Beginning/Continuing Wheel Throwing with Nancy Bulkley. Thursdays, 7:00 to 9:00 pm.
March 10
Coffee & Clay Saturdays, 9:30 to 11:30 am. Kids and Adults Clay Class. Fridays, 10 to 10:50 am.
See our class schedule for details.New classes start in April. We'll have more information about them in the upcoming issue of this newsletter.
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Yourist Studio Gallery
Inspiring classes and workshops for new and experienced students
Bright, modern, fully equipped community studio workspace Comprehensive selection of pottery tools for sale Gallery exhibiting the works of celebrated artists
1133 Broadway Ann Arbor, MI 734.662.4914 youristpottery.com |
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