eNEWSLETTER -
September - December 2007
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September - December 2007 |
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ALL THE USUAL INFORMATION The Clayfolk Newsletter is published
five times a year. Newsletter Editor You can email any of the above underlined members simply by clicking on their name |
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32nd Annual Clayfolk Show NOVEMBER 16 - 17 - 18, 2007 at the Friday Admission (as always) FREE Set up Thursday Important SHOW Note Committee
members - this year all chairs will be handing in a notebook describing the activities of their committees. This
is mandatory and points will be given when the notebooks are received at the January meeting. Included will be
budgets, timelines, items covered, committee members,and meetings. If you are on a committee, please support your
chair by showing up to meetings, and taking notes describing your part in the process. Thank you! Next mandatory
Committee chair meeting – Tuesday, September 25 at Bonnie Morgan's Studio. This
year there won't be pizza before the show. However, there will be snacks and coffee served upstairs on Saturday
and Sunday. You are invited to bring something to add to the snacks. All participants in this years Annual Clayfolk
Show please read all materials sent to you. Don't wait till the last moment, call me (Penelope) if you have any
questions regarding the show. Empty Bowls Has Empty Position We
are looking for interested parties to be the Empty Bowls contact person. This person will need to work with Sally
Jones at Empty Bowls coordinating dates, drop off areas for bowls and newsletter reminders. This person will also
need to help with pricing and arrangements. Once a month reminders are ideal. Sally would also like some special
events for bowl making. Anything to do with getting lots of bowls is appreciated. Interested
parties are encouraged to submit written letters of interest to the board prior to the next board meeting Empty Bowls - we are participating
in empty bowls again. People will be coming around to collect bowls (and other items) at the end of the show this
year. A big thank you to all who participated last year. ELLICE T. JOHNSTON SCHOLARSHIP Congratulations
to our two award winners this year. After much deliberation the committee chose this year to split the $1500 scholarship
between two clay artists; Steven Allen a graduate student at
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Digital Photograhpy Service by Stuart Gray Stuart
Gray is offering high resolution digital photography services to three-dimensional artists. After studying at the
Art Center College of Design in LA and starting his career in THE ART SHOW ARTISTS' SURVIVAL GUIDE : This book, brought to you by the National Association of Independent Artists (NAIA), has over 200
tips for artists who do shows. It covers guerilla marketing techniques, tips on digital photography, booth lighting,
and more. To preview a copy, go to the print-on-demand publisher http://www.lulu.com/content/849798 Call For Entries " Show
February - March 2008, jurors Doug Jeck, Akio Takamori, Jamie Walker. $25
fee for 3 digital images, awards $2000 www.Kirklandartscenter.org/clayapp.htm "Big Fish, Small Pot" Small teapot competition. Deadline December 30 Show
February - March 2008, $40 for 3 slides or digitals Send
SASE to CALL FOR PROPOSALS : Featured Artist At SOPS Our
featured artist for September and October is Penelope Dews. Penelope is showing both her majolica and woodfired
work along with favorite tools, books, and glaze formula. She readily admits to having a split personality when
it comes to exploring the world of clay. Her interest in majolica came from her travels and seeing the many countries
where it is found. For Penelope it is intriguing to understand the history of majolica and its relationship to
world history. It also is so colorful, playful and fantastical that it inspired her to come up with her own designs.
Stop by and see Penelope's work, and pick up a copy of her majolica glaze recipe. NEW ITEMS At SOPS New
shapes from PURE and SIMPLE MOLDS We
are very excited about 2 new SlumpHump molds : one is an Oval with a curved bottom and the other is an Ellipse
with a curved bottom. Designed like the other SlumpHump molds they are reversible, so you can work both right side
up or upside down, plus don't forget you can work shallow or deep. Curved
Bottom Ellipse 3" x 7" x 18" $65 Curved
Bottom Oval 4" x 10" x 18" $65 DECALCOMANIA Make
your own DECALS. Yes you can do this with a special decal paper for laser Printers. This decal paper allows you
to make decals of images, type, photos, drawings, etc, using a laser printer or copier (not an ink jet). You can
then transfer the the decal image to your glazed or unglazed pottery and fire it on permanently. The decal sheets
are 8 1/2" x 11" and the images you print are cut out from the paper so you don't have to use the full
sheet all at once. We hope to have a display up soon. Ask to see our fired samples. Prices are : 1 Sheet – $2 ea,
5+ Sheets – $1.65 ea and 10+ Sheets – $1.25 ea. BARGAIN TABLE Don't
forget when you stop by to check out our bargain table. We just finished our yearly inventory and have a full table
of "sell it cheap/move it out the door" sale items. USED EQUIPMENT We
currently have a used Electronic Skutt kiln for sale and an electric kick wheel. Give us a call for details. 535-6700 How to Survive & Prosper as an Artist Selling
Yourself - Without Selling Your Soul By
Caroll Michels - 5th Edition Recommended
From the
Wall Street Journal, How
One Pro Gets Ready to Buy By Lauren A. E. Schuker Lisa
Hunter began buying student art in college and today is one of the top collectors of affordable art. Over 20 years, she has amassed a stockpile of
crafts, prints, painting and photographs centered on theater and film – never spending more that $7,000 on an item.
We asked her to walk us through how she prepares for shows and spots likely bargains well before she walks in the
door. Here's how she would prepare for the upcoming American Craft Show in 1.
As far in advance as possible, Ms. Hunter reads
targeted art publications to get more conversant about the particular genre. For this fair, she would scan
magazines like American Craft, Fiberarts, and Ceramics Monthly. 2.
A week before the fair, she will check the Web
site (http://www.craftcouncil.org/sf) to see which art she likes on a purely aesthetic level, bookmarking
those pages so she can easily find them again. In the case of the SF fair,
12 of the show's 250 artists catch her eye. 3.
She takes that list of artists and begins looking
into their professional backgrounds – as well as viewing more of their work – to get a better feel for their investment
potential. Ms. Hunter quickly eliminates some of the 12 artists when she sees
that their other crafts – including some decorated with bunnies and other animals - are too cutesy and commercial. 4.
While researching, she finds that one of the artists
she likes, Andrea Tucker-Hody, who makes collages with handmade paper, graduated from the Pratt Institute, a top
art school in the "crafts" sector – a good sign. But then Ms. Hunter sees that Ms. Tucker-Hody doesn't
have her own Web site, and the only price Ms. Hunter finds for her on the Web, $2,300, seems much higher than those
of many better-known artists. On a closer glance at the artist's resume, Ms. Hunter also discovers that Ms. Tucker-Hody
hasn't exhibited at either of the three top fairs for craft art, the Smithsonian Craft Show and the Two SFA fairs.
Based on that information, Ms. Hunter concludes that Ms. Tucker-Hody is more of a local artist to track than a
national artist to buy immediately. 5.
At this point, Ms. Hunter has eliminated nine of
her initial picks, leaving her with a short list of three artists: Masuo Ojima, Myra Berg, and Elaine Hyde. To
find more detail on their pricing, she goes to artnet.com, which lists auction
results. Because most emerging artists haven't sold at auction, she browses the site for prices of artists who
have similar backgrounds or are working in a comparable medium. 6.
After doing that, Ms. Hunter knows that all three
artists are in her affordable range - $150 to $2,500 - and she can shoot off an email to them and their dealers,
announcing her interest and intention to buy at the fair. She might also use the opportunity to ask if the artist
has anything smaller or cheaper than the prices than she found online. ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE ARTS Arts & Economic
Prosperity III is available online at
www.racc.org/aep3 It is the results of a survey of the economic impact of the arts in
the Portland Metro region. They found that the arts generate $318 million in the local economy, or the equivalent
of 10,300 full time jobs. This income was divided about equally between money that is generated directly (wages,
purchase of supplies or assets) and indirectly (money that was incidental: commerce with restaurants, hotels, parking fees). The local governments derived $27 million in taxes and fees from local arts non-profits. These
art organizations also are important to the local tourism economy. One of the points of this report was that much
of the money and jobs that are created in the arts are local-oriented and cannot be exported. View Property FOR Three
Acres in Ruch, 10 minutes from Kiln For Cone 10 down draft kiln $2,000 : 4 eclipse burners, fiber door hangs/glides from rail. Includes working safety shut off system, regulator, insulated pipe (to code), gauge, arch form (for the rebuild), and 4 kiln shelves.Purchaser has option to buy 18 Kristar kiln shelves 12 x 24's ($110 each), Axner Oxy Probe ($?), and kiln vent. About 22 sq feet loading space. Email me for pictures or call. Holly, Prosperos@charter.net 541-512-0161 |
