October 3 artists' reception and preview sale, 5 to 8 pm 
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We're in the news!
Yourist Studio Gallery profiled in The Daily
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The Michigan Daily recently featured Yourist Studio Gallery in a lengthy article in its Arts section entitled "The Claymakers: Yourist Gallery takes ceramic art into a new generation." The article, by Akshay Seth, was published in the September 10 edition of The Daily and includes a video of activities at the studio. "Walking through the front doors of the
Yourist Studio can best be described as
entering what one considers an art
studio is supposed to look like."
In the article, Kay speaks of the rewards and challenges of starting and running a studio and gallery devoted to ceramics. Community artists Marilyn Edington and and Darcy Bowden talk about what the studio, its classes, its facilities, and its community have meant to them. We only have one serious bone to pick with the article: our Odo is definitely not scruffy! |
In the works
Upcoming studio events
October 12: Get a handle on . . . handles. Making a good handle for your cup, pitcher, or other vessel can be tricky, and frustrating. Let Kay show you how to make handles successfully every time in our next tool time demonstration on Sunday, October 12, at 4:30 pm. This class is free and open to the public. No registration is necessary. Just drop by the studio at class time.
October 13: The Yourist Studio Group Show opens at the University of Michigan Health Services' Gifts of Art Gallery, Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor. The exhibit will be on display until December 7. Gallery hours are 8 am to 8 pm. End of October: The late fall class term starts at the studio. Registration is open now. Check out our upcoming classes and enroll on the Yourist Studio Gallery web site. December 12: Yourist Studio Gallery's festive holiday show and sale opens with its traditional artists' reception and preview sale. The show and sale, which features the works of the Yourist Studio Gallery Resident Artists, continues on December 13 and 14. Look for more details in the November issue of our newsletter, but mark your calendar now.
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Slab building techniquesCreating a layered bowl
Jim Robison of Booth House Gallery in the UK demonstrates how he "builds up layers of interest" in a sheet of clay with a variety of techniques, including clay additions, textures, slips, and glazes, to create a stunning bowl. Robison also shows how he uses a simple nested wooden picture frame to shape his enhanced slab into a bowl.
By the way, if that wood graining tool Jim used intrigues you, they are available here at the studio for purchase.
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Potter's quick tip
Dual-use ceramic ware
Q. I've been making lots of serving pieces that I use at home for daily and special meals, but some of them are big and I'm running out of space to store them. Any ideas?
A. Keep in mind that your serving pieces are not just functional ware, they're also works of art! So how about displaying your serving pieces on the wall when they aren't in use on the table? In a recent article, "A Smart Hanging System That Helps Functional Pottery Double as Ceramic Wall Art," Ceramics Art Daily contributor Annie Chrietzberg describes potter Cristine Boyd's clever system for making plates that can be hung as wall art without interfering with their use as serving pieces. A timely and useful idea.
Readers, if you have a pottery question for Kay, ask away. And if you want to revisit a past tip, you'll find earlier issues in our studio newsletter archive on the News and Events page of Yourist Studio Gallery web site.
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How we celebrate
Pottery is for lovers
According to Wikipedia, anniversary celebrations originated during the Holy Roman Empire, "when husbands crowned their wives with a silver wreath on their twenty-fifth anniversary, or vicennalia, and a gold wreath on the fiftieth." Nowadays we celebrate anniversaries every year when they roll around, and there is a list of traditional gifts for each one. Pottery is the traditional gift for couples marking their ninth anniversary.  If you're in the market for a ninth-anniversary present, how about giving the happy couple a beautiful, hand-made ceramic vase filled with birds of paradise, the traditional flower for this anniversary? Or, if your taste in gifts runs more to gemstones, choose a bauble of lapis lazuli (the traditional ninth-anniversary gemstone) and present it in a charming ceramic keepsake box.Of course, you don't have to wait for a ninth anniversary to give someone pottery. Pottery is a great gift at any time for any occasion.
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 Load: Mon-Tues,
October 6-7
Fire: Thurs, October 9
Unload: Sat, October 11.
Lend a hand with the firing and earn the blessings of the kiln gods. To volunteer as a helper call Kay at 734-662-4914.
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Tool time class
Getting a handle on handles. Want to become a better handle maker? Then drop by the studio on Sunday, October 12 at 4:30 pm, when Kay will show you everything you need to know to make practical handles for your cups, pitchers, and other vessels. Free and open to the public.
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September issue
Our last issue was packed with news about the fall pottery sale, studio classes, upcoming events, and a couple of other items of special interest to potters: Tip on firing pots in your home grill. Video of Jeff Blandford throwing a globe vase at a recent workshop. If you missed these treats, you can catch up by visiting our newsletter archive.
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Upcoming classes
Registration for late fall classes is under way. Sign up on our web site.
Beginning/Cont. Wheel Throwing
Oct 27-Dec 8Mondays, 7:00 to 9:00 pm. Instructor: Kevan O. Wilson Oct 30-Dec 11Thursdays, 12:30 to 2:30 pm. Instructor: Nancy Bulkley Oct 30-Dec 11Thursdays, 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Instructor: Kay Yourist
Coffee and ClayNov 1-Dec 6Saturdays, 9:30 to 11:30 am. Instructor: Nancy Bulkley
Try it Once on the Wheel
Oct 11, Nov 8
Saturday, 1:00 to 2:30 pm. Instructor: YSG Team
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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
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