Fun and prizes aplenty at the Spin-Off
For an afternoon of family fun, join us at the Yourist Studio Gallery for the Clay Top Spin-Off on Saturday, June 2, 2012, at high noon. Registration is free by calling the studio at 734 662-4914. Do you have a clay top that spins like a champ? The fastest clay top in Ann Arbor? The most beautiful? The most creatively designed? Or maybe it's the quirkiest? Then you could be one of our Spin-Off winners!Bring your clay top along to the Spin-Off to compete for prizes. Or if you don't have a clay top, come to cheer on our contestants. Everyone is welcome. This event is open to all ages, from the young to the young at heart.  | The whole family gets into the act at the top-making workshop
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Recipe for a happy Mother's Day
How do you make an ordinary Mother's Day gift into an extraordinary one that will surprise and delight your mom? Combine it with a coordinated piece of ceramic art from Yourist Studio Gallery.
The gallery is filled with ceramic works that will inspire you to come up with an unforgettable gift for mom. Some suggestions from us to get you started:
- Put that splendid bouquet of flowers for mom in a unique and beautiful ceramic vase
- Pair a variety of mom's favorite blended coffees with a special ceramic mug all her own
- Treat mom to rich, handmade chocolate truffles on a lovely ceramic dessert plate
- Create a garden of mom's favorite house plants in a colorful ceramic planter.
- Combine a selection of mom's preferred teas with a charming ceramic teapot to brew them in.
- Invite mom to join you at the studio for a fun and relaxing, get away from it all, hands-on clay date.
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In honor of Mother's Day, Yourist Studio Gallery is offering a special clay experience for mom and you on Saturdays from 1:00 to 2:15 pm during the month of June. Bring your mom to one of our Try It Once classes and together you can learn how to throw a pot on the wheel. The fee is $65 for the two of you and is good during June only. Because classes fill quickly, preregistration is required. To sign up, drop by Yourist Studio Gallery at 1133 Broadway in Ann Arbor or call us at 734-662-4914.
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Potters' pipeline
Volunteers needed for cone 10 firing
We're looking for community studio members and students to help fire the gas kiln on Friday, May 11. You will get to find out how the gas fired kiln works and see a reduction firing in action. Please let Kay know if you can lend a hand. Wares for the firing will be loaded on Thursday, May 10.
Tom Coleman's porcelain has arrived!
Tom Coleman's porcelain is now available at the studio for $18 per 25 pound bag.We also have seven other new kinds of clay to try, including some sculpture clay and a small amount of paper clay for you paper clay fans. Stop by the studio to check out our new clays.
Keeping it clean
Picture this: you go out to the best restaurant in town expecting a fine meal. Instead a server seats you and asks for your order after merely brushing the remains of the last diners' meal to one side of the table. Major ick factor.
Of course diners do not want to sit down at a dirty table for a meal. Likewise, we studio users do not want to sit down to work at a dirty wheel, a dirty hand building table, or a dirty glazing table. The goal of studio cleanup is to keep hazardous clay and glaze dust to a minimum and to make the environment comfortable for everyone who uses the studio. Studio monitors work hard to keep the studio clean, but they depend on users to make their work areas as clean or even cleaner than they found them.
As studio users, we are all responsible for keeping the studio safe and user friendly. Here's a reminder of the studio's cleanliness rules: - Use plenty of water when you clean to avoid stirring up clay or glaze dust.
- Avoid sanding green ware or bisque ware. But if you must sand, go outside. We recommend that you also wear a dust mask when sanding. Be sure to brush all clay dust off your ware before you come back inside the studio.
- Thoroughly wipe down any surface you've used with a damp sponge.
--If you are hand building, sponge off your area on the hand building table and do a quick mop up of the floor under your table. Also sponge off the slab roller and wedging table if you've used them.
--If you are wheel building, wipe down the wedging table, wheel, wheel table, wall in front of the wheel, and spills on the floor. Clean wheel trays in the sink after pouring slip into the slip bucket and use glass cleaner to clean the mirror in front of your wheel. Mop the floor around your wheel and put any clay scraps from the floor in the garbage.
--If you are glazing, sponge off the glazing table, any splashes on the wall, and any spills on the floor. - Clean any studio tools and equipment you have used: molds, ware boards, rolling pins, brushes, water containers, bats, glaze mixers, glaze tongs, and so on. Be sure to put tools and equipment back in their places after cleaning them.
- When you are done cleaning, completely rinse out all sponges you have used.
By following these rules, we can make sure we all have a safe and comfortable studio to work in.
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We have a winner . . .
Congratulations to
Karen Jacobson, winner of the dessert cookbook drawing held at the Yourist Studio Gallery "Just Desserts" exhibit. Drop by the studio to claim your prize, Karen.
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Studio calendar
First Sunday VideoSunday, May 6, 2012, at 4:00 pm. Two vintage silent films, Mashiko Village Pottery and The Leach Pottery. The first video features Shoji Hamada, Mingei (folk art) potter and Japanese national treasure, whose studio was in Mashiko. The second recounts daily activities at the studio of Bernard Leach, potter, friend of Shoji Hamada, and co-founder with him of the Mingei movement.
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Finishing a clay cat
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Firings
May 11
^10 reduction firing. Wares will be loaded on Thursday, May 10. For details, see the Potters' pipeline in this newsletter.
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Summer classes
Register now
June 18-22
New! Clay Camp for Kids (ages 7 to 11) with Nancy Bulkley. 9 to 10:30 am.
New! Clay Camp for Teens (ages 12 to 16) with Jeremy Andersen. 9 to 11 am.
June 25-July 30
Beginning/Continuing Wheel Throwing. Instructor to be announced. Mondays, 7:30 to 9:30 pm. June 28-August 9
Beginning/Continuing Wheel Throwing with Brigitte Lang, Thursdays, 12:30 to 2:30 pm.
Beginning/Continuing Wheel Throwing with Nancy Bulkley. Thursdays, 7:00 to 9:00 pm.
June 23-July 28Coffee & Clay with Nancy Bulkley, Saturdays, 9:30 to 11:30 am.
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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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