Piera's unique crystal pottery is displayed at Two Rivers Convention Center, Crystal Cafe, The Regional Airport in Grand Junction, CO and online at http://artistsregister.com/artist_page.phtml?number=CO199.

THE NEVICA PROJECT. A worldwide online art gallery and art consulting business. We are now buying and selling highly collectable sculpture and pottery. info@theNEVICAproject.com; www.theNEVICAproject.com.

DIAMOND POTTERY GRINDER. 15 in. diamond flat grinding system that attaches to your potters wheel like a throwing bat. Effective and easy to use. Contact sequoiapottery@ocsnet.net or call (559) 542-2203 for information.

Mitchfield clay for sale (also known as Auman Pond) from historical Seagrove, North Carolina. Shipping available to any area. Minimum 4-ton load. Contact Authur at Kim's Pottery Clay (336) 873-7357. 

The Art Center Highland Park, IL is seeking experienced ceramics teachers for adult/children’s pottery and wheel throwing classes for weekdays, evenings, weekends. Please email resume to grousso@theartcenterhp.org.

Do you enjoy ceramics and pottery throwing?

Do you enjoy meeting with other artists and aspiring artists and helping them pursue their creativity?

Are you presently in a position that doesn't allow you to expand your passion for ceramics?

Shimpo Ceramics is looking for an aggressive and enthusiastic individual to work with our dealers and customers to promote sales of our ceramics equipment including the trend setting VL Whisper Potter's Wheel.  This person will call on schools, studios and galleries, conduct workshops, attend trade shows and festivals, demonstrating and promoting Shimpo wheels, pugmills and ConeArt Kilns.  This position is based in Itasca, IL and involves traveling mainly in the Chicago metropolitan area and neighboring states. 

If you have prior knowledge of ceramic equipment and find this opportunity presents an exciting challenge, then we want to hear from you!  Please email your resume with salary requirements to shimpohr@shimpoamerica.com.  There is no relocation allowance for this position.

Midwest Clay Guild Annual Show and Sale, 1236 Dempster, Evanston, IL. Dec. 5-7, 2008.

Our once a year public event. All manner of ceramic art. Contact Mo Cahill (773) 218-3976; mo_cahill@sbcglobal.net. More info at www.midwestclayguild.org.

Ten Day Anagama Workshop with Joe Bruhin in Fox, Arkansas.  Firing Date:  October 6th-15th, number of participants is VERY limited.  Call for details (870) 363-4264 or email joebruhin@gmail.com.

Throwing Large & Saggar Firing w/Tom Radca & Brenda McMahon. Port Washington, Ohio. October 25th & 26th. Triple the amount of clay you throw - and learn to saggar fire. $275. www.bluemoonclay.com or (518) 692-7742; http://mcmahon-radca.blogspot.com/.

Judith Duff Workshop – October 4^th and 5^th. Demonstration of thrown, altered and hand built forms. Discussion of Shino glazes from her studies in Japan and the U.S. She will discuss firing techniques and show slides of her work and a DVD of Japanese master potters. Participation is limited. For information email jessiman@ceva.net or call (434) 248-5074.

6th Annual It's Only Clay Competition, Exhibit and Workshop.  2008 Juror Linda Christianson. Awards: $1,600.00 plus purchase awards. http://bcac.wordpress.com/calendar-2008/ioc-2008/.

"SODA CHICKS & CHET" POTTERY HOMESALE in Bakersville, North Carolina, Labor Day weekend, August 30th and 31st.  Suze Lindsay, Gay Smith and Kent McLaughlin invite Nick Joerling and Lisa Bruns to Fork Mountain Pottery. Visit online www.sodachicks.com.

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

Space For Lease. Established retail/pottery studio with close to 2000 sq. ft. for lease, in whole or part, on the island of St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Equipped and furnished. (727) 698-2329.

Juried Exhibition, "From the Ground Up XXIV"; Las Cruces Museum of Art; eligibility- Rocky Mountain Region; deadline April 10, 2009; juror: Blair Meerfield; cash and purchase awards; prospectus: www.las-cruces.org/public-services/museums//mfa.shtm. (575) 541-2221.

Residency Available – Large work areas; wood, salt, electric and gas kilns. Cub Creek Foundation in beautiful rural Virginia. For more information email jessiman@ceva.net or call (434) 248-5074.

Idyllwild Arts Summer Program offers week-long workshops in ceramics including Hot Clay: 6 Workshops with Ingrid Lilligren, Esther Shimazu, Eduardo Lazo, Richard Burkett, and Estella Dagua (Kichwa, Ecuador); general Ceramics; and traditional Native American Pottery (Hopi-Tewa and Mata Ortiz). All skill levels. Other courses available in sculpture, painting, metals, textiles, mixed media and more. Campus located in the mountains of Southern California. For information and course catalog, call (951) 659-2171, ext. 2365; or e-mail summer@idyllwildarts.org; website: www.idyllwildarts.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.

Pottery West in Las Vegas, NV offers Pottery Classes, Workshops, and Residencies. The pottery studio is 3000 sq. ft. with 21 potters' wheels. Classes meet several times a week and there is studio access 24 hrs. a day. The facility includes a 27 cu. ft. Geil gas kiln, a 100 cu. ft. wood-fire Train kiln, a 50 cu. ft. wood/soda kiln, and a 16 cu. ft. electric kiln. We also have a slab roller, wall-mounted extruder, glaze chemical lab, spray booth, bench grinder, and audio/video equipment. It's a great place to take classes and continue building your body of work. On-site housing is available with a full service gourmet kitchen and an in-ground lap pool. Academic credit is optional thru Alfred University. Visit www.potterywest.com or call Amy Kline at (702) 987-3023 for more information. 

Albany Slip. It’s the real thing! The last load from the original mine. Make those great Albany slip glazes again, from Cone 6 to 11. At Cone 10-11, it fires a deep glossy brown. For further information, contact the Great American Wheel Works, in New York, at (518) 756-2368; email tflitto@msn.com.

Brick By Brick - a DVD. Join the adventure of building a Bourry box train kiln. Instructions aren't included, but if we can build a kiln, so can you. 7cedarspottery.com/dvd.html.

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.

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

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

Pottery Business For Sale in Boulder, CO. Popular handbuilt pottery line has gallery representation in Colorado and beyond. Fun to make, no wheel skills or extensive experience required. $25,000 includes all training, equipment, etc. Please contact Abby: (303) 442-1253 or abberoo@msn.com. 

15 year established gallery and pottery studio for sale in affluent North Carolina community. Property beautifully situated in historic town. Please call (704) 575-7804 or email svillage@alltel.net.

Pottery for Sale, storefront 2-story frame bldg. 7500 sq. ft., apt., studio, showroom, garage, kiln shed, car kiln, soda kiln, clay mixer, and more. $130,000; (319) 848-4963; clary@copper.net.

Electric-kiln studio, gallery and residence in historic Madrid, New Mexico on scenic Turquoise Trail tourist route. Zoned commercial. Anagama nearby. 2000+ sq. ft.; $ 340,000.  View at santafestoneridge.com. Residential Listings, MLS ID # 703241.

Studio Space Available – Muddy's Studio is a 5400 sq. ft. premier ceramic studio in Orange County, Calif. Monthly memberships available. Call (714) 641-4077 or e-mail muddysstudio@att.net; www.muddysstudio.com.

Molds custom made for potters, ceramics manufacturing companies and hobby ceramics. Contact Reach Molds, 20 Camp Rd. 41, Ogdensburg, NY 13669; (315) 393-6065.

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.

Design services, molds, models, tooling for slip casting, jiggering, hydraulic pressing. Samples and small production quantities. Ceramic Design Group, Jonathan Kaplan; (303)909-5488; www.jonathankaplanceramics.com.

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.

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.

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.

Ghana: 3-week indigenous clay and cultural structured tour. Lodging and studio facilities offered. Independent project proposals welcome. E-mail cosima@studiomateceramics.com; www.studiomateceramics.com.

Overseas Ceramic Workshops and Tours—BURMA (Myanmar): 1/14–2/2/2008, Ancient potteries; Mandalay; Yangon; Inle Lake; Bagan temples. TURKEY, Istanbul and Cappadocia: 9/11–10/2/2008, workshops with Mehmet Kutlu and Erdogan Gulec. Upcoming: MOROCCO November 2008; LAOS and ANGKOR WAT, January 2009. Small, culturally sensitive groups using local translators and experts. Discovery Art Travel, Denys James, Canada; (250) 537-4906; www.denysjames.com; denys@denysjames.com.