The Big Saggar Reveal

 Our meeting on Sunday 3 August was the Big Saggar Reveal.

After being taken off site to be fired in a gas kiln, all our saggars were brought back to the hall and unpacked.

Packing our saggars at the July meeting

Our saggar bundles in the gas kiln

Some bundles were tricky to undo but there was only the one casualty where the clay saggar was too tight around the neck of a bottle.

The 'before' combustibles in a shallow dish

After the kiln firing to 600 deg C all organics have burnt out leaving just the wire wrapped around the bundle

'Before' showing materials used

The wire and the red terra siggalata gave the interesting colours here.

combustibles here include seaweed and ferns  - see below for results.  The terrasig pulled off in places leaving some white patches.

    

Random images from the big reveal day, with the results of some of the Raku at Ray's too.

Some were in foil and clay - some in only clay or only foil

a bit of a polish brings out all the colour 

Our new member was very pleased with the results of her first saggar firing

this little cat figure came out with some nice greens and black stripes.

Some lovely results in the raku firings too.

Clay Chat - a Cuppa and Cake

 Members are invited to come along on Sunday afternoon, 20 July for an extra meet up.  

Interested in joining? come along and have a chat.

a workshop with Niha Hukku

 Our members enjoyed a day in the warm studio at the @hazelhurstartscentre on Sunday 18 May.

Organised for our members the day provided great tips on the techniques needed to create decorated pots.

We found Niha Hukku to be a very capable and interesting presenter.  Her generosity with sharing her techniques and tool tips was appreciated by all who attended.

brushes are not her only tools

fascinating to see the fish come to life

Heritage Festival 2025

 Our members were very happy to once more combine with the Continuum Arts Society and put on a wonderful display titled Shire Creativity at the South Village Shopping Centre in Kirrawee.

On the Saturday we also held pottery wheel throwing demonstrations in the Brick Pit Museum where members of the public could then hop on the Heritage Festival vintage bus to travel to other venues.

Treasurer, Ann with her selection of freshly thrown vessels.

Our President, Margaret enjoyed the atmosphere

Our committee member, Anna showed that smaller is not necessarily easier with this mini wheel.  the children visiting were fascinated.

From functional to wonderful sculpture our display was very popular and complimented by the painting by members of Continuum Arts Society along side us.

Shoppers enjoyed browsing both displays and there was also a display from the students of the Miranda Public School.

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2024 in brief

 An exciting year as we explore our new premises and what we can undertake there.

We look forward to even bigger and better things in 2025.

a successful Raku Firing

A big clean outside and inside at our new premises

Our hands on monthly get togethers have inspired some wonderful creations.

A successful exhibition at Hazelhurst Arts Centre (see tab in header for more details)

it included a People's Choice Award and a free hands-on activity for the public. 

Winning entry of the People's Choice Award by Kate Combes titled 'Elara- Whispers of the Earth 2023'

We also conducted our first sale event at the hall and attended the Bulli Christmas Markets.

The year was rounded off with a get together at the hall for a Christmas feast.

Hope to see you there in 2025 with our first meeting being held on Sunday 2 February 2025.

If you would like to join us please email our secretary on pottersgroup at hotmail dot com.