CPC October newsletter - the Cairns Potters Club website

Cairns Potters Club Inc.
October 2015
Newsletter
ABN 60 623 179 734
Postal Address
Clubhouse
Newsletter Editor
President Lone White
PO Box 1470, Cairns QLD 4870
28a Grove St Cairns 4870
Lone White
Phone contact 40 537 508
Email cairnspottersclub@hotmail.com - Website www.cairnspottersclub.net
Fired raku ceramic piece by Linda Gordon
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President: Lone White.
Vice President: Kylie McKenna
Secretary: - Erica West
Minute Secretary: Christina George
Treasurer: Mark Davis
Librarian: Christina George
Kiln Booking Officer: Jennifer Arthur
Newsletter: still vacant (acting newsletter editor -Lone White)
Glass Officer: vacant
Website Manager: - Jennifer Arthur
Clay Officer:- Di Sant.
Committee Members; The following members have agreed to be on the Committee:
Rebecca Barnes, Claire Heathcock, Glenys Lonie, Heather McCoy & Hedy Verhulst ,
CLUB MEETINGS
The Management Committee of the Club meets at 4.30 pm on the first Monday of the month
at the Club premises at 28a Grove Street Cairns. Members are welcome to attend and/or
bring issues to the Committee at these meetings.
The next Management Committee meeting will take place Monday 5 October 2015 at
4.30 pm. All members are welcome.
A word from the President.
The glaze room extension is finished and after the clean up of the shed all the glaze materials
are now safely stored in the glaze room. Yuki with the Wednesday group are now busy
sorting out all the glazes already made up and deciding what new glazes the club should
make up. Hopefully next month most of the things will be in place in the glaze room. Once
this has been organised, all the glazing must be done in the glaze room.
The next big event for the club will be our Christmas Fair 5 December 2015, so get busy
potting, so we will have plenty of pots to display and sell.
Please note: Opinions expressed or advertisements displayed by contributors to this newsletter are
not necessarily those of the Editor, Executive Officers or the Committee. Whilst every effort is made
to publish accurate information, Cairns Potters Club Inc. accepts no responsibility for statements
made or opinions expressed.
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At the Clubhouse
CLASSES:
SATURDAY MORNING – between 9am and 11.30 am wheel throwing classes for beginners and
advanced potters . Contact Marc Lucas on 40370381.
EVENING CLASSES -Wheel throwing and hand building class for beginners and existing potters
who would like to refresh their skills.- Tues and Wed evenings from 6:30 to 9:00.. Contact Yuki
@ yuki.koyuki@hotmail.com or 0438741922 (prefer SMS)
CHILDREN’S CLASSES –
Wednesday and Thursday – between 4 and 5.30 pm . Contact Felicity Bury 0434047974 – email
felicity19@optusnet.com.au
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
MONDAY AFTERNOONS - Partners In Recovery group classes 1 – 4 pm
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY MORNINGS - CLUB MEMBERS GET TOGETHER Between 9
and 12 noon– no cost involved. Members can practise their hand building, wheel throwing,
decorating and glazing techniques and perhaps share a firing, also a chance to get to know other
potters and share their joy in pottery making. Contact Glenys 0487194747 or Yuki on 0438741922
(prefer SMS)
THURSDAY AFTERNOONS - BAWU classes 1pm to 4 pm
CLUB NEWS
FREE School Holiday "Creative Clay" activities at the Pier
did get off
to a wonderful start( more than 400 children over the first 4 days). Thanks to Di Sant who
organised it through the Red Chair Gallery and Yuki who also taught there part of the time.
Apparently sometimes there was even a queue of children eager to play with clay and some
were coming back later to paint their master pieces, which will be fired at the clubhouse.
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Cairns Regional Gallery CRAFT + DESIGN MARKET 25/27 Sept
Three members of the Cairns Potters Club: Mollie Bosworth, Hedy Verhulst and Marian
Wolfs were invited to participate in the “TAKE IT HOME “ POP UP SHOP at the Cairns
Regional Gallery. Several of our members sell their pottery at the TANKS market, however
it is good to see that the Cairns Regional Gallery is now opening up its doors for more
opportunities for Cairns artists to promote and sell their works there.
Report from Webmaster and kiln officer Jennifer Arthur.
Well, it's almost the end of the year yet again and although we have quite a few new
members I'm still waiting with baited breath for new pics for the members gallery.
Great opportunity to get yourself out there as the website gets lots of hits each day. You get
your own page and up to 9 pics. A short bio is required and 9 jpeg images.
Also a reminder that if you want to book a kiln at the club the first thing to do is check the
on-line calendar to see the existing bookings, then send me a text message with the kiln you
want to use and the date. You must be an existing member and able to operate the kiln
without supervision to make a booking.
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CLEAN UP SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER FROM 10AM TO 3PM
What a job!!! Can you recognise the
inside of the shed and the raku area?
Anybody visiting the clubhouse will
agree we need a big clean up. Well
four people Christina George, Mark
Davis, Tom Britton and Lone White
started and spent 5 hours cleaning
the shed and back yard and shifted
glaze materials into our new glaze
room. It was a very big job, just
look at the skip, however it is only
the start. Now we need the glaze
room sorted out, then the main
room and gas kiln room, so we still
need helpers to make the club an
easier place to work and relax in.
The day before the clean up Samallie brought a
friend ( with muscles) and together they picked up
about 12 wooden pallets and took them to a place
for recycling..
Yuki, with helpers from the Wednesday’s group has
started to sort out all the club glazes and they will
now be all labelled and with test tiles attached, so it
should be easier to find a suitable glaze. All the
glazing should in the future be done in our new glaze
room.
Thanks to the potters who so far have helped making
the club a better place to work in.
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CLAY FOR SALE
The new order has arrived and already many potters have come to buy clay, so if you are
planning to make plenty of pots for Christmas, make sure you buy your clay now .
Prices as at 1 /9/15
*Non members of Cairns Potters Club will have to pay $5 extra pr bag.
Clay types – can all be fired to stoneware temp except Feeneys Terracotta
Sales price per bag
Blackwattle White Paper Clay stoneware
Walkers No 10
Walkers White hand building
Walkers Feeneys white stoneware
Walkers PB 103
Feeneys dark stoneware
Feeneys Red stoneware
Feeneys White Raku - stoneware
Feeneys Buff Raku (Trachite)
Feeneys Terracotta
Keanes White Raku
Keanes Special K
Keanes stoneware 7
Keanes Porcelain
Orton cone 11 10, 9 , 8, 7 , 06 ,04
each
$ 25
$ 22
$19
$ 19
$ 22
$ 18
$ 18
$ 18
$ 18
$ 16
$ 24
$ 26
$ 26
$ 26
$ 0.60
If you would like to purchase some clay please contact Di Sant on 40324487 or 0419657553
email disantart@gmail.com
Payment for clay can be either cash or chq to Di Sant on 40324487 or 0419657553 or
directly deposited into the Club’s Bendigo Bank A/C by making an electronic transfer to the
following bank account showing your name and reference to clay and/or materials
Cairns Potters Club – Account # 119552826
BSB 633-000
North Queensland Potters Association is no longer organising biennial ceramic award
exhibitions at Perc Tucker’s Gallery in Townsville. The Director of the Gallery is calling for
entries to the 2016 biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards - Exhibition 4 March –
1 May 2016 – entries closes 11 December 2015 – Entry forms from Pinnacles Gallery 20
Village Boulevard, Townsville Qld 4810- 0747738871 or pinnacles@townsville.qld.gov.au
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Linda Gordon
Hi, my name is Linda Gordon & this is a photo of myself & my Family.( I always look better
in photos when surrounded by others.) I have been living in Cairns for over 15 years and
joined the Pottery Club when I first moved here.
I had pottery lessons at the Club & then went to TAFE where I was introduced to all the
possibilities of Clay & Ceramics. I enjoy making Pottery for family & friends and the
satisfaction of someone buying one of my Pots.
I have been coming to the Pottery Club quite regularly this year & I am really impressed
with the new Glaze room & the time & effort the members put into the Pottery Club.
Marking on my pots & less Glaze is this year’s Theme.
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From
CAIRNS POTTERS CLUB INC
PO BOX 1470
CAIRNS Q 4870
Cair
Cairns QLD 4870
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Website www.cairnspottersclub.net