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Jeff
Brown Pottery
Craft Shows And Art Exhibits
78th Annual League of NH Craftsmen's Fair - Tent 5
Mt. Sunapee Resort, Newbury, NH August - 4 DAYS(always starts the First Saturday in August)Aug. 6-9, 2011
10 AM - 5 PMThe Oldest Craft Fair in America
Nine days, starting the first Saturday in August, daily.
This is the one of the best Fine Craft Shows in America.
...More Events coming soon...
Classes And Workshops
Please email - jeff@jeffbrownpottery.com …or call 603-731-7056 for details
Workshop Series at:
Michele Hastings & Jeff Brown Pottery
1423 Pottery Highway 705, Seagrove, NC 27341If you would like to have a workshop at your organization studio, please contact me for details
''Practice Makes Perfect" - Throwing & Experimenting
"Before the Alter & Beyond"- Throwing & Altering
"Burnin' Pots" - Raku
Wood Firing
"Firing Kilns" - Loading and firing a kiln
...These workshops will be repeated from time-to-time.
"Before
the Alter & Beyond"
March 17 & 18
Purple Sage Pottery
Merrimac, Massachusetts
Altering & Texturing Thrown Vessels
Jeff Brown will
demonstrate his throwing techniques, and the various ways he alters and
textures the finished pieces. After demonstrations, participants will
use previously thrown vessels for altering and texture exploration. You
will transform the pieces by using a number of handbuilding techniques.
You'll paddle, roll, drop, squeeze, impress and carve your way through
the leather hard pots, giving you the opportunity to try new ways of
finishing wheel thrown vessels. The focus will be on pushing your limits
and taking risks with different ideas. Even though you will have a few nice
pieces at the end of the day, the goal will not be making finished
pots. Instead it will be about exercising your clay manipulating
muscles by pushing your limits, and about making fearless decisions to
aggressively alter, and texture thrown pots . Being free from the pressure of making a
product will help in developing a fluidity of motion while you work, and
give you the opportunity to take risks with different ideas, and perhaps
bring more of your personal expression into the pottery you make.
Please email
jeff@jeffbrownpottery.com to register for this workshop. Lodging available at:
Seagrove Stoneware Inn
...OR... The Duck Smith House Bed & Breakfast ...OR...
Asheboro has a number
of motels.
136 W. Main Street
Seagrove, NC
336-707-9124
artists@seagrovestoneware.com
www.seagrovestoneware.com
(walking distance)
465 North Broad Street
Seagrove, NC , 27341
(336) 873-7099 - Toll Free: (888) 869-9018
www.ducksmithhouse.com
(walking
distance)
Next ''Before the Alter & Beyond'' workshop at my studio will be:
Burnin'
Pots
A Raku Workshop
April,
2012
- Glazing and Firing Raku pottery
10am
- 5pm
and Sculpture
Cost: Both days - $150.00
Or
One day
- $100.00
Saturday will be devoted to glazing and we will start firing in the afternoon as pieces become dry and ready for the firing. I will provide a clear crackle glaze and two flashing copper luster glazes. I will give out copies of the glaze recipes used in the firings. Sunday morning will be for finishing the glazing as the kiln heats up for the first round of firings. The firings will continue until all is fired. Kiln designs will also be talked about.
or....
Try your hand at Raku and let us fire a pot for you while you watch
You will be able to buy a piece of bisque ware from us, glaze it with our raku glazes, and then we will fire the pieces between 1pm, and 4 pm you will be able to pick your finish pots up before the end of the day
You may email - jeff@jeffbrownpottery.com …or call 603-731-7056 if you have any questions.Please bring:
· Bisqued pots to be glazed and fired.
· Work gloves
· A hat and/or face shield (to protect your hair from the heat of the kiln)
· Long sleeve cotton shirt(to protect your arms from the heat.)
! NO Meltable man-made fabrics !
· Your favorite brushes
· Raku tongs (if you have them)For directions go to
Next ''Burnin' Pots'' workshop will be:
TBA
Available at anytime, and open to suggested dates
''Practice Makes Perfect''
Working in Series
- TBA -This workshop will focus on enhancing your skills using production
pottery techniques......We will start by making a series of cylinders in three pulls to get your
hands used to the motion of pushing the clay. (think of this as pottery calisthenics)
You will then move on to a series of round forms, and later we will
briefly explore the bowl form and how it differs from the cylinder.
Out of those pieces saved for the next day we will work on handle
pulling and making attachments. The pots from the previous day
will also be used for altering and texturing exploration.Even though you will have a few nice pieces at the end of the second
day, the goal will not be making finished pots. Instead it will be about
exercising your throwing muscles by pushing your limits.
Being free from the pressure of making a product will help in developing
a fluidity of motion while you work, and give you the opportunity to take
risks with different ideas.It may never be your intention to be a production potter, but the practice you get from working in a series will help make each individual pot easier to form, and the ideas you have in your mind flow smoother from your fingertips.
Wood
Firing
Romance of the flame
To Be Arranged
TBA
- Glazing and loading
10am
- 5pm
TBA
- Loading
10am
- 8pm
TBA
- Firing -
in shifts
9am
until firings
end, Sunday evening
This intensive will cover a number of glazing, and kiln loading techniques used in woodfiring, as well as how and why to control fire and air to not only reach cone 11 to 12 temperatures, but also how to use the atmospheric affects of the flame and ash to draw out the natural beauty of clay and enhance effects of the glazes used.
for more details -
...more workshops as the year progresses...
If you can't come to my studio for a workshop... then maybe I can come to your location. Contact me for prices... Jeff@jeffbrownpottery.com
Jeff Brown Pottery
1423 Hwy 705
Seagrove, NC 27341
Pottery lessons:I am curently only giving Private lessons in the Seagrove, NC area...
$45.00 per hour
$60.00 per hour for 2 students
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Throwing and/or Hand Building
**...these clases are on hold for the time being...**
please email me to express your intrest and I will add you the my mailing list and contact you when classes resume...thanks8-Week 2 hour Classes - $ - new price soon
new days and hours soon...
8-Week 3 hour Class - $ - new price soon
new days and hours soon...Private Lessons - $45.00 per hour
(Times will be arranged on an individual basis)Gift Certificates Available
Beginners
There will be many demonstrations, and one on one instruction. Time will be spent learning what makes clay work and how you can control it. Materials are included.Intermediate/Experienced
Each person will work at his or her own pace with a little coaxing to experiment with new ways of working. You are encouraged to have your own tools. Clay and glaze will be provided with the class fee. Ambitious potters working in production or large scale series may buy more clay and kiln space if desired.For more information, call Jeff at 603-731-7056
or E-mail: Jeff@jeffbrownpottery.com
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Jeff Brown
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Seagrove, NC 27341
336-873-1001
Jeff@jeffbrownpottery.com
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