Mug wall open Saturdays 10.00 - 1.00.

At the North Peace Potters' Guild studio, 10320 94th Ave, on the corner behind Hill Crest Water across the Highway from the Wholesale store.

Hand made mugs by local potters.

Mug wall open Saturdays. 10.00-1.00

At the North Peace Potters' Guild studio. 10320 94th Avenue

New mugs on the mug wall.

See the  attachments for a sneak peek.

Reminder. North Peace Potters' Guild Sale tonight

The members of the North Peace Potters' Guild are holding a summer sale tonight, Wednesday, at the studio located in the Artspost Building 10320 94th Avenue. This is on the corner behind Hill Crest Water accros the highway from the Wholesale Store.  Time: 4.00-9.00pm. Coffee, tea, ice tea. Come down and take a look, visit and see the studio.

It is intended that this be an annual event. Too, if you are interested in taking classes it is a good opportunity to come and see the kind of work to which you will be introduced. Work is by novice and more experienced potters. There is a good variety.

info <scarab@xplornet.com>. Heather

North Peace Potters' Guild Summer Sale

Join members of the Guild for a mid summer sale of work by local potters.

Coming off a very well supported Chili Bowl Bash Fundraiser members of the Potters' Guild would like to show you some of their other ware.

July 14th is a Wednesday evening.  Doors open at 4pm and the sale continues until 9. Come on your way home from work or after supper.

The sale is at the studio 10320 94th Avenue. If you are looking for the studio for the first time this is south from Central School Parking lot about 4 blocks, behind Hill Crest Water. If you are coming by the Alaska Highway it is at the turning opposite the Canadian Wholesale Store.

Wedding season is upon us. Locally made art and craft work is a wonderful gift choice. At the same time you can support the local guild in maintaining a vibrant clay community and studio. The mug wall will be open.

See attached poster. See you there.

Potters' Guild Chil Bowl Bash winner

A new champion. The North Peace Potters' Guild announces that the winner of the 2010 Chili Bowl Bash chili  competition was the recipe submitted by Team Jessica Harrison. Jessica, on the right was acccompanied in kitchen by Valerie Martin, also seen. The winning recipe was turkey based and contains lots of fresh roasted vegetables.

Thank you to all our wonderful chefs. Tim n Tyk's were represented . They also generously lent the guild their kitchen for the event. Wonderful chilis, if not the winning recipe this time, were entries from Lori Ackerman (with Lisa Wildman), Melanie Chapple, Dillon Lazaroff and the defending champions from the 101.5, the Bear, (Christina and her team, including new baby).

Proceeds from the event go towards the upkeep of the pottery studio in the Artspost building. The studio is maintained by the membership. Classes are offered to the community,  in 2 terms: September to December, and January to April. 

 

Thank you to these generous donors to the Chili Bowl Bash

 

North Peace Potters' Guild. A great evening. Thank you all

More later, but for now a big thank you to all who supported the North Peace Potters' Guild 3rd Annual Chili Bowl Bash. Thank you to our great chefs and our 2010 winner, Jessica. Thank you to all our sponsors. Thank  you to our guests who allowed us to sell out the event. Please stay tuned for a complete list of sponsors and winners. Our members should be commended for their output of more than 100 bowls. A special thank you to Tim and Tyks for the invaluable use of their kitchen for the event. It appears that a good time was had by all.

And of course the studio. The event is held to support its upkeep for community members and for classes. It is an expensive endeavour.The Guild is a proud member of the Community Arts Council in whose building the studio is located.

 

Major fundraiser.Chii Bowl Bash update

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All this and you get to take the chili bowl home

A major fund raiser for the North Peace Potters' Guild. All funds raised go towards maintaining our community studio for classes and members.

Chili dinner with desert and beverage.

Silent Auction.         50/50 Draw

Door prize       A piniata. 

North Peace Potters' Guild Summer Solstice Chili Bowl Bash

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North Peace Potters' Guild 6 week class session for children

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It's Flower Pot Painting time again already

Spring is almost here  (:)) and the Community Arts Council and the North Peace Potters' Guild are seeking artists who would like to paint the terracotta colour plant pots that you will see around the community during the summer.

The well received event depends on local artists to create one of a kind designs on the pots that are then planted and displayed.  Each pot is sponsored by a local business or organization. About 50 new designs are contracted every year. After 2 years on display selected pots are offered for auction to the public. The whole event serves as a fundraiser for the Arts Council and local art organizations. It serves, as well,  to highlight the vibrancy of art in our community and showcase local artists and their work. The deadline for completion of the work is March 6th.

Pottery workshop with Jim Etzkorn

Just a month to go.

The North Peace Potters' Guild is proud to be hosting Jim Etzkorn for a 2 day workshop on Feb26-28th. Take a look at the attached poster.

Jim is an experienced teacher and will address the workshop content to the levels of experience of teh participants.

Work shown on the poster is from a couple of years ago. Go to <www.etzkornpottery.com> for images of current work.

The workshop is assisted by a grant from the Community Arts Council.

For more information and a registration form please email Heather <scarab@xplornet.com>

Classes resume at the North Peace Potters' Guild. Some spaces available

Classes at the North Peace Potters' Guild resume this week. There is space available in the Wednesday morning workshop. Students, beginners and more experienced, work at their own pace. Intermediate students may determine their own projects. The Tuesday evening hand building class has one, possibly 2 spaces available. For those with the prerequisite experience there are spaces available in the wheel throwing class.

Please email <scarab@xplornet.com> if you are interested. A brochure is attached to this post.

January adult pottery class brochure now available

The brochure for adult classes at the North Peace Potters' Guild is now available and attached to this group news item. If you are unable to download a big file it is available to view at the Artspost, 10320 94th Avenue. To save paper we are not printing bulk copies since it is 6-7 pages long.

For more information. <scarab@xplornet.com>

North Peace Potters' Guild at the Dr Kearney Craft Sale

Work by members of the North Peace Potters' Guild will be available at the Dr Kearney Craft Sale on  Saturday, November 14th.

Can you help the North Peace Potters' Guild please?

 

The North Peace Potters' Guild is requesting donations of angle iron for the construction shelving at the studio. 4 feet/120cm long minimum please.  Similar steel or iron left over at building sites would be gratefully accepted. Anyone have old bedsteads that you would like to get rid of? The ones that are constructed of angle iron. This works fine. We can pick up in town. Maybe out of town as well depending on the location.

Pottery classes, Wednesday mornings

There is space available in the Wednesday morning class at the North Peace Potters' Guild. Class is from 9am-noon and can accommodate students beginner through intermediate levels. The workshop format allows you to work at your ownpace with the instructor, and once you have learned the basics you are free to come with ideas for projects. Beginners start with hand building and will take home a number of completed projects.

Unusually, there have been insufficient registrations to start the class this term. A busy city and people are working in the daytime? A ten week format, instead of the usual 12 will start on 30th September if there are 4 more registrations. Final date for registration is 25th of September, Friday.

email <scarab@xplornet.com> for a brochure.

North Peace Potters' Guild fall class brochure is available now

Please open the attachment for information on pottery classes at the North Peace Potters' Guild starting in September.

Energy FM, THE BEAR, is the winner of the Chili Contest

Thank you to all the chili contest participants. You all really did us proud.

Edith, Shannon, Suzi, Kim and the winners, this year, of our tiny trophy: Christina and her helpers, Cathy and Marcel, from Energy FM, The BEAR. 

Here is a picture of the winners.

                           

Some pretty bright bowls

Here are some very bright bowls. The clay is a medium fire porcelain used in an unusual way. Natalie Nyffeler has been experimenting. Come and see them at the Chili Bowl Bash

 

And here is another experimental glaze
 

Chili Bowl Bash people's choice perpetual trophy

The Potters' Guild thought it would be a nice touch to have a trophy for the chili competition at the Chili Bowl Bash. For next year it will be mounted on a plinth to enable winners names to be attached.

 Moose fm was the winner last year. Whose name will be added this year?

The small ceramic box is adorned with 2 chili cartoon characters. We hope this tiny trophy will instigate intense competition and become a valuable asset to the fund raiser.

Pics of bowls for the Chili Bowl Bash

Here are some pictures of bowls for the Chili Bowl Bash.

Louise Framst has donated hand built bowls, mostly made without the use of a potter's wheel. Ronda Lee uses colourful glaze treatments. Deanna Roberts is a new member, having completed 2 beginner courses. Shannon Butler has donated bowls from her "Kilnhouse" studio. Here is one of her heart bowls.

Chili Bowl Bash tickets at the Artspost

   "Artspost"  10320 94th Avenue.

  100 tickets. Please buy your tickets in advance.  June 19th. Almost the longest day of the year. Come celebrate the summer solstice with us.

  $25.00. Chili, the bowl to take home, silent auction, 50/50 draw, piniata, a good time and you will be supporting expanding community programming and the maintenance of the studio that makes it all possible.

More bowls. Check out the"Facebook" page

Nita Viola made these bowls for the Chili Bowl Bash. Check out our FACEBOOK group for more pictures, information and to show your support for the event and the Potters' Guild: "Chili Bowl Bash" will get you there.

First picture of 2009 bowls for the Summer Solstice Chili Bowl Bash

Attached is a picture of the first bowls ready for the Potters' Guild Summer Solstice Chili Bowl Bash.

Heather Hannaford made these bowls. Heather has been making pots, on and off, for several years. She is an insructor at the Guild. Consider joining the guild for an evening of some excellent chili, conversation, music and enjoyment. A $25.00 ticket will buy your dinner and the bowl to take home. A silent auction is part of the evening as well. This is our second year and a major fund raiser for the guild. Tickets are available at the Artspost, 10320 94th Avenue, or from Shannon Butler's Kilnhouse studio and shop on 101st Avenue, opposite Moose FM.

North Peace Potters' Guild 2nd Annual Summer Solstice Chili Bowl Bash

Check out the attached poster for the Potters' Guilld major fund raising event. The pics are of bowls from last year. Check back for this year's and for those of silent auction items.Come and bring your friends.

 

There is still room for entries in the chili competition. The Guild will provide the ingredients. You provide the recipe and commit to cooking it at our designated kitchen on the Friday afternoon. 6 entries in total accepted.

A good time to talk about chili :)

With the unseasonable snow on the ground it seems like a great time to be talking about chili ☺

The North Peace Potters’ Guild is inviting entries for its second annual Chili Bowl Bash. The first 6 chili recipe entries will be accepted for competition to be held on, almost the longest and, we hope, the hottest evening of the year, June 19th.

What happens is this.  Members of the Potters’ Guild hand make pottery chili bowls for the event. A $25.00 ticket will buy dinner (chili (from the competition), buns, beverage and dessert) a bowl of your choice in which the chili is served, and which you will take home when you leave at the end of the evening. Lots of fun was had last year. Proceeds from the event helped with the major cost of setting up the studio.

The Guild will supply meat and a dollar amount to cover the cost of other ingredients for the chili entries. Food safety regulations require that the chili be made in a designated commercial kitchen.  Someone must be available to prepare the chili on June 19th.  Please keep this in mind if you would like to submit an entry.

The North Peace Potters' Guild and the Flower Pot Project

A member of the Fort St. John Arts Council the Potters’ Guild, as a fund raising endeavour, has been awarded a part of the contract to assist with the preparation of painted flower pots: the City of Fort St. John’s  “Flower Pot Project”. 

North Peace Potters' Guild classes for Grades 4-7 elementary students.

NORTH PEACE POTTERS' GUILD

CLASSES FOR INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

The Guild welcomes Natalie back to instruct a new, longer class.

WHO: This session is organized for students in Grades 4 -7

WHEN: Wednesday afternoons 3:30pm - 5:00pm for 8 weeks,

starting January 28th