Centered - Focus on Clay and Creativity

Thoughts about my pots and the creative process.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Journey Sept 21 - 27 More Burnt Toast

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Well after the August firing where all my glazes were too thin, I tried harder to watch how I was spraying. The resprayed pots looked a bit ...
Friday, September 18, 2009

Journey Workshop Sept 14 - 20 Paper Clay Pots

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Well I have been having problems with some cracking on my hand built pots so decided to try some paper clay - made from Tucker's Sandsto...

Journey Workshop Sept 1 - 13 Do You Want to Fit In?

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Something that Steven said to me in July still sticks in my mind. It was when we were discussing being contemporary or not. He asked me ...
Monday, September 14, 2009

Journey Aug 9 to Aug 30th - Cutesy with an Edge

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It's funny how quickly it is easy to get out of the habit of writing this blog - a 2 week stint at MISSA and I have fallen way behind an...
Monday, September 7, 2009

Journey July 26 - Aug 8 - Our job is to make good pots

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As I had been away at MISSA, I did not have too much new work to discuss for my July critique. I had donated one of the fish plates to the s...
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Journey Workshop July 21 to July 26 - Back to my Journey Goals

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Well with MISSA over it has taken me several days to get back onto track of working on my "journey" goals - getting a more unified...
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In Dec 2009 I renamed my first blog to Centered - Focus on Clay and Creativity - as I have finished my year long journey workshop with Steven Hill. The focus will continue to be on thoughts about my work - about creativity, design and function................... I have been making pottery off and on for 40 years, exploring many different aspects of ceramics. I named my pottery business after "The Newfoundout" - the secluded valley high in the Opeongo Hills of eastern Ontario where we own an abandoned farm and where in 2007 I built a wood-fired kiln. I normally fire in a gas kiln in Deep River, Ontario, at the Deep River Potters' Guild, but do several wood firings in the summer. This blog originally documented my year long "journey workshop" with Steven Hill. It was an incredible "journey" which had a profound effect on my work and as was the North Bay mentorship. I highly recommend this type of workshop to anyone who is interested in exploring their work and creativity.
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