POTTERS GUILD OF NJ SHOW

While Ellen Mulligan is gallivanting around London, England (we miss you Ellen, but have a spot of tea for us!) - Itsuko Ishiguro, Sandy Pancrazi and Cynthia Shevelew will be selling their work at the POTTERS GUILD OF NJ show - see below for details!

  

Potters’ Guild Hosts Annual Pottery Festival & Sale  

Where:       Community Presbyterian Church

                   1459 Deer Path

                   Mountainside, NJ 07902

When:         April 26th and 27th, 2014

                   Saturday 11 AM to 5 PM                          

                   Sunday Noon to 5 PM

Highlights: This increasingly popular event draws hundreds of customers from throughout New Jersey and the tri state area.  Available for sale will be a fabulous selection of vases, wall pieces, pitchers, teapots, platters, casseroles, raku and pit-fired vessels in varying colors and styles, and one-of-a-kind sculptures and decorative objects of art. The show is the perfect place to find a unique item or gift.

Admission:   Free and Credit cards now accepted!

 

Directions:   Route 22 to New Providence Rd, Mountainside.

                        If going east on 22, cross over 22 at New Providence.

                        If going west on 22, go right at New Providence Rd.

                        Follow the double yellow lines up the hill to Deer Path.

                        Go straight ahead to the church on your left. 

Underground Potters rise again!

 

We will be showing and selling our work, along with Susan Bogen, Allan Drossman and Ted Whittemore, who is joining his fellow Underground Potters after a bit of a break.

 

We all attended classes at The Art School at Old Church in Demarest, NJ for years.

While there we started the group 'Underground Potters' to learn together how to present our work, and learn from each other's experience. That first show was in 2003, and we get together every year to show and share our work again.
It has been a wonderful experience for all of us, and The Art School , has been very welcoming. It is a great place, home to the annual pottery show curated by Karen Karnes. That show will be held again, for the 39th time, this December 6-8th, and should NOT be missed.

But back to our show. Please stop by for our reception on Saturday, November 2nd. We will all be there. The pots will be there for sale from October 28-November 8.

 

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Malcolm Davis, 1937-2011

Well, there are tributes to Malcolm Davis all over the internet, and since we all have our memories, we wanted to share. So here I go…

I attended classes at the Art School at Old Church, in Demarest, NJ for 7 years, and during that time was privileged to be able to volunteer at their annual pottery show, curated by Karen Karnes. Those shows, the outstanding work I saw every year, and the wonderful, generous potters I met every year changed my life.

Malcolm Davis was always approachable, easy to talk to, and even a friend, to a star-struck pottery student. I took a few workshops, and then joined him at his first workshop at La Meridiana, in Tuscany. It was a wonderful experience. I had never been to Italy before, and who better to share the food, the wine, the beauty of the scenery, and pottery making, than Malcolm Davis! It was a magical experience. I know everyone who was in that workshop has some great memories. It was a little rough around the edges, but truly exhilarating.

Malcolm petting the beef before dinner - Poggio Allora

Malcolm was describing to me the strange reaction he got when he sent them his material list, including a few toilet brushes for the glaze mixing. I think his explanation strained everyone’s translation abilities. So he asked me to take a photo with them…voila!

I later sent the photo to Malcolm, and a few months’ later it appeared in my new deck of Studio Potter Collector Cards! I was so proud.

Malcolm was a great friend. I still feel overwhelmed that he would take time to gossip with me, exchange recipes, make plans. He really was a Dr. Seuss-like character (not my original observation, but totally true). Malcolm Davis was a great man, and I consider myself really lucky to have known him.

Malcolm and Ellen, Itsuko behind camera!