Clay Times Back Issues Vol. 1 Issue 1 • Dec 1995 | Page 2
Ron Meyers: 30 Years . . . . . 4 New Pottery Books . . . . . . . .3 Bisque in a Raku Kiln? . . . . . .6 Working with Different Bats .7 Tips & Techniques: The Slurry Bucket . . . . . . . . .7 Soda Firing at Frostburg State University . . . . . . . . . .8 Barium Glaze Hazards . . . . .11 Majolica Methodology . . . . .13
We’re pleased to introduce you to Clay Times. In this issue, we hope you’ll enjoy our selection of pottery news & features, practical tips & techniques, and useful information designed to offer you inspiration and assistance in your clay studio or classroom.
What is Clay Times? Previously known as The Claytime Companion, we’ve been publishing since February ’95. This marks our 11th monthly edition. Following overwhelming positive response and encouragement from our readers, we are offering this expanded version of our publication in fullcolor, with advertising support from clay-related suppliers and services. Please take this opportunity to review Clay Times, then let us hear your comments. Our publication is designed to be of service to you in the areas of wheelthrowing, handbuilding, glazing, firing, studio health & safety issues, equipment concerns, and small business practices.
What You Can Expect In the coming months, we’ll feature articles like next month’s interview with clay master Don Reitz by Atlanta potter Rick Berman, our associate editor. A behind-the-scenes look by Robert and Maureen Dolan at their handmade pottery tool-making business will also be featured in January. Join us in that same edition for a tour of Seagrove, NC: the small southern town which boasts more than 70 potteries. Also look for regular ceramic book reviews by Steve Branfman of The Potter’s Shop and School in Needham Heights, MA, plus answers to kiln/firing questions by Marc Ward of Ward Burner Systems, Dandridge, TN. Glaze recipes and technique-oriented articles like next month’s tips for wheelthrowing can be found in every issue.
Something for Potters at All Levels
Equipment Concerns
Whether you’re an experienced professor of college-level ceramics, a professional studio potter, or a beginning student of clay, you can expect to find new and inspiring stories and ideas in each monthly edition of Clay Times. Of emphasis will be articles which offer the howtos behind featured projects, so you can try the techniques you read about in your own studio or classroom.
Feature stories on what to look for when buying pottery supplies and equipment will appear frequently. To locate new and used pottery supplies and equipment, browse through the advertisements which appear throughout. If you decide to respond to an ad, please let our advertisers know you found them in Clay Times – they’ve helped make distribution of this full-color edition possible.
Coverage of Recent Clay Events
This is Your Forum...
You’ll also find up-to-date coverage of recent clay events and workshops across the U.S. and elsewhere, such as our article on a recent Steven Hill workshop to be featured in our next (January) issue. Hosts of upcoming workshops and conferences are invited to share their stories with us whenever possible.
Clay Times has been created to offer you an opportunity to network with fellow clay artists and benefit from each other’s advice. Do you have a particular area of expertise you’d like to share with 10,000 readers? If so, we’d love to hear from you. Our monthly issues will not only feature articles by our regular contributing writers, but freelance submissions, too. A list of writers’/photographers’ guidelines is available on request.
Business News If you run a pottery business, you’ll appreciate articles on subjects like tax record-keeping, studio maintenance, building your own displays & display furnishings, and dealing with galleries.
Useful Educational Material
If you’re an educator, you’re bound to enjoy our master potter profiles: interviews with the ceramics field’s most celebrated artists. You’ll also find Clay Times a great source of new ideas. Even the most complex subjects will be explained in a reader-friendly fashion, to assist you in presenting material to your students in a way they’ll quickly comprehend.
Studio Health & Safety Monona Rossol, president of Arts, Crafts, and Theatre Safety (ACTS), will share her expertise via a regular column on studio health and safety concerns to keep you up-to-date on the latest findings which affect the way you work.
To subscribe to Clay Times, just fill out and mail the card which appears between pages 8 and 9. There you’ll also find a mail-in card to send a free sample edition to a friend or colleague. Again, we hope you’ll contact us with your comments, questions, and suggestions, so that we may design each monthly edition to reflect your direct needs and interests in the exciting world of clay. Enjoy!