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It’s a Beautiful Day in Our Neighborhood

February 28, 2017February 28, 2017 by Lindsey

Lindsey

The Village Potters are a wonderful creative community teaming with amazingly generous people. Now our block is growing and we are thrilled! Wedge Brewery Co., 12 Bones Smokehouse, and RAD Skatepark are now in our back yard, literally! So, come visit us and see the amazing pots being created here…

We Are Social Creatures

January 31, 2017January 31, 2017 by Lindsey

Lindsey

By Sarah Wells Rolland We are social creatures. We need one another and draw from one another every day. Here at The Village Potters, we are an intentional creative community, dedicated to each other’s success. We have students working with clay for the first time in their lives in small…

Digging Deeper: Reviving the Apprenticeship

December 6, 2016 by Lindsey

Lindsey

There are so few experiences these days where the dissemination of information comes only from direct experience. We most often turn to the internet to be our teacher and guide. We look up definitions, videos, blog posts, and articles written by someone we have not met in person and likely…

Digging Deeper: Obviously…. Obvara!

November 2, 2016November 2, 2016 by Sarah

Sarah

Last week a group of Village Potter Independent Study & Mentoring students gathered with Judi Harwood to fire pots in the raku Kiln and get to know some alternative firing techniques. We met in the morning ready to learn and experience an unpredictable day of firing. It was unseasonably warm for…

Digging Deeper: ‘Kazegama: the inaugural firing’

October 4, 2016October 4, 2016 by Lindsey

Lindsey

After hours, days, and months of work the Kazegama kiln has been completed! And she is quite a beauty. The inaugural firing of the Kazegama took place this past weekend and it was a beautiful sight. It was certainly an instance in which it ‘took a village’ to make it…

Digging Deeper: ‘The Culture of Generosity’

September 5, 2016October 4, 2016 by Sarah

Sarah

by Dearing Davis, The Village Potters & Red Clay Halo Pottery When you walk through the door at the Village Potters there is a sense that something is different. It is evident that our gallery space is exquisite and displays unique, gorgeous work, however there is something else. Something that…

Oh, Bertha!

August 2, 2016August 3, 2016 by Sarah

Sarah

by Dearing Davis, Red Clay Halo Pottery The Village Potters is unique and wonderful in that we have a variety of options when it comesto firing our pieces. We have seven electric kilns, a raku kiln, a car-sized gas kiln (Bertha), and a new Geil kiln (Glorifred). We are even in…

Digging Deeper: The Corner of 18 Wheelers and Lyman Street

July 4, 2016August 3, 2016 by Sarah

Sarah

A few months ago on a gorgeous Spring day a young woman hurriedly entered our gallery door. She quickly exclaimed, “Where are the buildings with the graffiti?” and ran out after hearing the short directions. At the time it stuck me as such an ironic request; entering into our beautiful…

Digging Deeper: Get a Grip.

June 1, 2016August 3, 2016 by Sarah

Sarah

Oh the handle…that small piece of clay that makes all the difference in the ever popular mug. The handle serves great function on a drinking vessel….to keep our sensitive hands from the heat and to assist an ease of motion to our mouths. Almost every day there is a brief…

Digging Deeper: ‘Big Magic’

May 1, 2016August 3, 2016 by Sarah

Sarah

When was the last time you were enchanted? Wide-eyed and delighted by something you had created? Whether a bright, fresh meal or an intricately layered painting, creating is hard wired into who we are as human beings. Everyday at The Village Potters, I am able to create beautifully and wildly,…

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