Ceramic Arts Daily

Complete Studio for Sale in Boston Area. Wheel, Skutt 1027-3 kiln, de-airing pugmill, slab roller, extruder, scales, 300 lbs.of raw materials and much more. Call (781) 605-1183 or email timhenning55@aol.com for complete list and prices.

For Sale: Olympic 12 cu.ft. gas-fired downdraft kiln. 6 burners. Excellent condition. $3,000 includes shelves and posts. Moving. Call (570) 412-2557.

For Sale: approx. 20,000 molds; approx. 3,000 combined bottles of glaze, underglaze and stains; 3 kilns. Make me a reasonable offer. Charles Havard, 7179 Three Notch Rd., Mobile, AL 36619. mrnell@mobis.com; (251) 666-1338 or (251) 510-0555.

Wanted: 60 ton studio Ram press. TRADE for my 90 ton industrial press. Forced to downsize and need a press that will run on single phase electric. Mine runs on 3 phase, has a 3′3″ x 2′6″ deck with 33″ of daylight. Need to be moved by the end of summer. Will purchase if the price is right. info@cascadiastoneware.com; (360) 398-2326.

Small Hammer Mill wanted. Looking to grind up fired tile body. Please contact Richard Scott at (206) 282-0181 or email status@mindspring.com.

New Jersey Y Camps, a premier youth summer camp, located 1 ½ hours from New York City. Seeking a ceramics wheel throwing instructor. Fully equipped studio. Excellent salary, room, board and transportation provided. From July 27 to Aug. 20. For more information, email resume to clc@njycamps.org or call (570) 296-8596 ext 124. Check out our website http://njycamps.org/camps/html/clc_arts.html.

Whitefish Pottery, a small production Pottery located in Whitefish, Montana, is currently looking for a full-time Production Potter to start in August ‘09. Serious inquiries only please - experience required. www.whitefishpottery.com; or call Tom (406) 862-8211.

Apprentice / Internship. Small production pottery in northwest Montana seeks motivated individual for one-year position starting end of August. 40 hours/week in exchange for studio space (includes materials and firing), room and board, monthly stipend, gallery sales. Check www.whitefishpottery.com for more details about applying.

Experienced English thrower/potter seeks working holiday in Southern USA, January/February 2010. Philip Gardiner, 8 Fore St., Mevagissey, Cornwall PL26 6UQ, United Kingdom. Telephone: 01 144726 842042; hazelroberts9@googlemail.com.

Viterbo University, LaCrosse, WI invites applications for a one-year full-time ceramicist/sculptor visiting assistant professor of art for 2009-2010 academic year. MFA must be completed by summer 2009. For complete details about the position and the University visit www.viterbo.edu/employmentapplication.aspx. Women and minorities encouraged to apply. Review of applications begins May 1 and continues until filled.

Fired Up in the Fall - Naked Raku and Pit Firing with Bob Green; September 26 & 27. Shelburne Art Center, Shelburne, Vermont. For more information http://www.shelburneartcenter.org/.

7th Annual It’s Only Clay Competition and Exhibition. Bemidji, MN. 2009 Juror­ Richard Bresnahan. Purchase Awards plus cash $1,600. $30 for 3 entries. Postmark deadline September 4th, 2009. www.bcac.wordpress.com.

Tom Turner’s Pottery School. For details, see www.tomturnerporcelain.com; or call (828) 689-9430.

“HANDBUILT” The first conference dedicated to Handbuilding with Clay. Philadelphia, PA. Demonstration, Inspiration, Conversation. A Down to Earth Event to benefit the Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF). Demonstrators: Hayne Bayless, Sandi Pierantozzi, Lisa Naples, Holly Walker, with Special Guest Speaker William Daley. September 17-19, 2009. SAVE THE DATE! Contact Sandi at handbuiltevent@gmail.com. For more information and to register: www.sandiandneil.com.

Radca Ceramics: Handmade Architectural Ceramics for Indoors & Outdoors. Corporate & Private Commissions Accepted. Master Classes in Throwing & Altering Techniques. www.TomRadca.com; 15216 Grove Rd., Port Washington, Ohio 43837. (740) 498-4303.

CHRIS GUSTIN WORKSHOP — www.cubcreek.org.

Mid-Coastal Maine Potter’s Retreat. Beautiful ceramics studio/living space on 110 acres. Woods trails, swimming pond, private lessons and critiques/group workshops. Nearby ocean and sailboat. www.starflowerfarmstudios.com; (207) 525-3593.

Acclaimed pottery. Exceptional workshops. Steven Hill Pottery at Center Street Clay; centerstreetclay.com.

Stay & Study Where Over 100 Potteries Call Home. Seagrove Inn & Pottery, North Carolina offers you the complete pottery experience. Four nights lodging at the Inn, four days of Wheel Turning instruction with Master Potter David Fernandez, including materials; $795. Call for dates (336) 707-9124 or visit www.seagrovestoneware.com.

RESIDENCY — www.cubcreek.org.

The Steve Tool for wild texture on pottery! Roll it on, stretch it out. Online or via your local pottery supplier. www.graberspottery.com.

Tom Turner’s 2-day workshop, 4-disc DVD set. To order, see www.tomturnerporcelain.com; or call (828) 689-9430.

PotteryVideos.com – DVD’s with Robin Hopper, Gordon Hutchens and Graham Sheehan. Video Workshops for Potters at all levels of experience. Choose from 21 titles. (800) 668-8040; info@potteryvideos.com

EXTRUDE IT! Getting the Most From Your Clay Extruder, new instructional videos by David Hendley. Volume I—extrusions as handles, feet and additions; Volume II—two-part dies for hollow extrusions; Volume III—the expansion box and extrusions as building components. $43 each or $105 for the set (more than four hours of video). Shipping costs included. (903) 795-3779; www.farmpots.com.

Spring Green, WI. Retiring after 35+ years. Studio/retail shop and home for sale. Includes classic 4-bedroom mission style home; 2000 sq. ft. fully-equipped studio and sales room; 3-car detached garage on one acre in beautiful rural valley. Area home of Frank Lloyd Wright, House on the Rock, American Players Theatre. Available January 2010. For more info (608) 588-2195.

New York Hudson Valley Historic Gristmill. Small, fully-equipped functioning ceramic tile factory. 70 minutes to NYC. 2nd floor apartment with open floor plan overlooking waterfall. $495,000. info@surving.com; Phone (845) 355-9194.

Potter’s Dream: Eaton, NH! Passive solar post-and-beam contemporary home and studio on 18 wooded acres. Four bedrooms, two baths, screened porch, deck, organic garden. Separate gallery and guesthouse, sunny studio, 20 years strong onsite sales. Large gas kiln rolls beautifully on track into studio. $349,900. Contact Alex: (603) 986-5910, alex@alexdrummondrealty.com. Available immediately.

Santa Fe, New Mexico Artist Compound. Home, studio, guesthouse in spectacular setting. 5000+ sq. ft. on 1.5 acres IN TOWN. Fully equipped high fire studio, spacious rentable guesthouse. Artistically designed home. $1,370,000. Contact maxnm@aol.com for pictures and information.

Pottery Shop/Gallery in 2,000 sq. ft. old stone building; 1,100 sq. ft. adobe house and abandoned 900 sq. ft. house on .85 acres in beautiful area 40 minutes from Santa Fe, 20 minutes from Las Vegas, NM. $259,000. Langelier Real Estate; (505) 670-6264.

Studio and Home For Sale.  28 acres, 8 stall horse barn, organic gardens/orchard, 7 acre stocked pond.  Generous workspace with two downdraft kilns (one new), 34″ electric kiln, more. $265,000 King William, Virginia. (804) 994-8248.

Access to Wood/Salt/Soda/Raku Gas Kilns. Community & Private Studios. Residency opportunities in beautiful Taos, New Mexico. Rent starting at $70/month. www.taosclay.com.

Share 700 sq. ft. clay studio near Asheville, NC. Equipped with electric and gas kilns, natural light, river scenery, small town, fantastic community. Send inquiries to Emily at reasonpots@hotmail.com.

Midwest Clay Guild, Evanston, Illinois. Studio space, 24-hour access, gas and electric kilns, parking. Rent starts at $275. (847) 475-9697. midwestclayguild.org.

Large Maine income-producing Studio/Farm appropriate for family or group. Possible to buy into collective after trial rent period for those with compatible vision. www.starflowerfarmstudios.com; (207) 525-3593.

Potter’s Retreat - vacation/yearly rental, in Barryville, NY on Delaware River, 2 hours to NYC. Studio with apartment in handcrafted saltbox house overlooking brook. 2 kilns, electric and soda, with 4 kickwheels. Apartment fully furnished; view more at www.flickr.com/potterystudio-apt. Contact Russ (704) 262-9510; symr813@aol.com.

Manabigama Wood Firing Kiln Plans Available. Fires and flashes 30 cubic feet of pots in 8 hours using 1/2 cord wood. Great teaching kiln. Plans include architected drawings, material list, kiln construction CD and more. Manabigama kiln building and wood fire workshops available. Contact John Thies at monocacypottery@comcast.net or call (301) 898-3128.

Master Kiln Builders. 26+ years experience designing and building beautiful, safe, custom kilns for universities, colleges, high schools, art centers and private clients. Soda/salt kilns, wood kilns, raku kilns, stoneware kilns, sculpture burnout kilns, car kilns and specialty electric kilns. Competitive prices. Donovan. Phone/fax (612) 250-6208.

Accept credit cards in your ceramics retail/wholesale/home-based/Internet and craft-show business. No application fee. No monthly minimum. No lease requirement. Retriever/First of Omaha Merchant Processing. Please call (888) 549-6424.

Ceramics Consulting Services offers technical information and practical advice on clay/glaze/kiln faults and corrections, slip casting, clay body/glaze formulas, salt glazing, product design. Call or write for details. Jeff Zamek, 6 Glendale Woods Dr., Southampton, MA 01073; (413) 527-7337; e-mail fixpots@aol.com; or www.fixpots.com.

Custom Mold Making—Increase your productivity and profits with quality slip-casting molds of your popular designs! Petro Mold Co. offers a complete range of mold-making services, including sculpting and 3-D models, master and case molds, and production mold manufacturing to thousands of satisfied customers. Visit www.custommolds.net or call (800) 404-5521 to get started.

WEB SITES FOR POTTERS - We specialize in custom designed sites for artists, craftspeople. New sites, redesigns, maintenance. Visit www.webkazoo.com/ceramics or call (860) 664-9593.

Grand Canyon Raft Trip with Potters Joseph Bennion and Kevin Crowe; June 11-25, 2010. For Artists of all disciplines and those interested in art. www.joethepotter.com.

TUSCANY AND GREECE WORKSHOPS: Learn to dig local clay, embed texture, colors. Studio overlooking sea. Greece 8/27-9/9, ‘09 or Tuscany 10/17-30.  For details of tours, lodging, meals,  Neuchatel, Switzerland and other workshops contact merart@bigplanet.com; (503) 777-6363.

OVERSEAS CERAMIC WORKSHOPS & TOURS—MOROCCO, October 28 - November 15, 2009, Berber traditional pottery, adobe architecture, tile art in Southern Morocco. LOMBOK and BALI, March 2010, CRETE, GREECE, October 2010. BURMA (MYANMAR) February 2011. Small, culturally-sensitive groups using local translators and experts. Discovery Art Travel, Denys James, Canada; (250) 537-4906; www.denysjames.com; denys@denysjames.com.

Craft & Folk Art Tours — Ecuador, Romania, SW Balkans, South Africa, Christmas in Oaxaca (Mexico), Myanmar (Burma), India, Guatemala, Central Asia, Morocco. Small, personalized groups. Craft World Tours, 6776CM Warboys, Byron, NY 14422. (585) 548-2667; www.craftworldtours.com.

MOROCCO 2009 CERAMICS EXCURSION - October 28-November 15, 2009. Offered again in 2009 due to popular demand. www.discoveryarttravel.com.