We have welcomed a new crop of Orientation students to the CAC studio this month. Their final session will be next week (Thursday, Feb 4 - from 10 am to 2 pm), at which point they may join the club if they wish! As you can see from the photos below, Linda has done a good job of teaching them about working with clay. Next week, they'll find out about the glazing process. They are an excellent group, and we're glad to have them with us! Some interesting sculptures have been created by our members recently, as you can see by these photos of Elaine and Estelle with their artwork.
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Not many of us showed up this time, probably because it was the day after Thanksgiving. But there were some interesting things nevertheless - see below. And several of us stayed afterwards to work, making new pieces, finishing works in progress, glazing bisqued pieces, etc.
Important dates before & after the Bazaar - photos of CAC folks having a good time in the Studio11/1/2015 Here is a list of activities leading up to the Bazaar (happening Saturday November 7 this year), since the Studio is closed the week before, as we prepare for to turn it into a stunning Ceramic Art Gallery. Note the date and time that it re-opens for our members to do their work, a couple of days after the Bazaar - Monday November 9, at noon, to be exact! Please scroll down for photos of recent activities... And below are some recent photos for happenings in and around our studio - lots of fun.
We had a wonderful demonstration by the Bay Area sculptor Fred Yokel yesterday. He gave a slide show as well as showing us how he sculpts and glazes he pieces, hands-on. A video was made of the whole presentation, which will be available for our members to view at a later date.
The next such demo will be at our January 12 meeting, by the ceramic artist Daniel Oliver. Mark your calendar! Our annual Pit Fire took place last week. Photos of the process and some of our result below! Very exciting and fun. Several members had really interesting pieces for the April Show and Tell. Lots of sculpting going on, too: Lucia creating images of her grandchildren, Elaine & Judy making dog and cat sculptures for an Animal Rescue group's fund-raising events. That, and many of our CAC members getting their pieces ready for the annual Pit Fire. Never a dull moment! Wow, the month went by so fast. Time flies, as they say, whether you're having fun or not. But luckily we have been having fun! And here are a few snapshots to prove it. Plenty of fun going on in our studio - people making fountains, sculpting, making gifts. Never a dull moment! First off - some snapshots from the Rossmoor Fall Bazaar (on November 1), which was a fabulous and resounding success for the CAC. We had even better sales than last year, and everyone commented on how beautiful our studio looked. Most important, everyone involved had fun and felt great about it. Kudos to Patty and Betty, our fearless leaders! Here are some miscellaneous photos: two from our last Show and Tell, Lucia beside a display of her beautiful ceramic artwork currently being shown in a gallery in San Ramon, and Ellen Sachtschale holding up a pot she'd just made in the last session of her Garden Art class.
Last weekend we unveiled the almost 100 ceramic pieces we'd made to celebrate Rossmoor's 50th Anniversary, and we had an Open Studio for both days. Below is a photo of the display as it was laid out the day before, and also some pictures of CAC members showing their own work over the weekend. Many of the commemorative pieces were sold, making a tidy sum for our club!* Several of the participating members also did well, and it was overall a very successful endeavor.
It's also a good prelude to the yearly Rossmoor Fall Bazaar, when we will be offering some of best work done by our members, as a major fund-raiser for the Ceramic Arts Club. That will be happening on Saturday, November 1, from 9 am to 2 pm. Mark your calendar! *P.S. There are still several of the Rossmoor commemorative pieces available - feel free to come into the studio to browse and shop any time! |
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