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Surprise! We’ve made some exciting changes to Fired Arts & Crafts. You’ve probably noticed the new logo and look of the cover, but we didn’t stop there! Inside the magazine, you’ll see the articles have a whole new look. We’re making a huge investment to help grow the fired-arts industry, but we also need your assistance.
Did you notice the tag line on the cover? “The Teaching Resource” is more than just a publication full of techniques. The new Fired Arts & Crafts is an educational tool for teaching professionals and anyone else who wants to share the excitement and magic of fired arts. Think back to the first pieces you created. Remember how thrilled you were to show them to family and friends? That’s where you come in! We need you to share Fired Arts & Crafts with everyone you know. And we’ll make it easy, because you can do it for free! We’re so certain we can make a positive impact on the fired-arts market that we are willing to give free subscriptions to anyone willing to do one simple thing: Share it with more friends.
Think we’re a little crazy to make this offer? We crafted this plan after careful consideration and discussions with industry professionals, manufacturers, and creative artists. The free digital subscription will reach artists who have worked in fired arts previously, as well as those new to our world. If the industry grows, it will drive demand for more products, education, and workshops. Studios will be busier, and they will buy more molds, clay, kilns, colors, and everything else required to fulfill creative desires. Don’t worry, we’ll keep printing the magazine as well, and we’re offering fantastic rates and incentives for the print edition as well as the digital.
The new lesson-plan format is designed to make it easy for anyone to teach. The lesson objectives give a quick overview of what‘s covered. The easy-to-follow steps walk each reader through what needs to be done. The materials list lets them know exactly what they need. And what we need most is you encouraging others to give this a try.
There are hundreds of thousands of art teachers in our schools, and every one of them could be offering a fired-arts program. The sad part is, many don’t, or have kilns sitting idle because they don’t know how to use them. Fired Arts & Crafts will show them how to use and maintain those kilns. But we need your help to get that information to those teachers! Imagine if all those teachers could offer fired arts to their students at a young age. We all need to work together to encourage everyone we know to give fired arts a try. We have so much more to offer than any other leisure activity. We work with kilns and fire!
Enjoy the new look, and welcome to the future of fired arts! I look forward to working closely with each of you. If you have questions or comments, please contact me at
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or call (715) 445-5000 ext. 113.
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Southwest Ceramic Association holds 60th, final show in May 2012 |
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Tuesday, 20 December 2011 09:37 |
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The Southwest Ceramic Association (SWCA) has announced that its 60th Annual Ceramic & Craft Show, scheduled for May 4 and 5, 2012, will be the group’s last show. According to Show Chair Willie NeSmith, the SWCA will end its association after the last show. “We feel we are not getting the response that we did 15 or 20 years ago. There are so few ceramic shows in the Dallas area.”
The show will take place at the Mequite Convention Center, 1700 Rodeo Dr., Mesquite, Texas. The event will include an open competition. Find out more at http://swca-inc.com. |
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Upcoming Shows & Seminars by Paula McCoy |
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Tuesday, 20 December 2011 09:19 |
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 Paula McCoy of Colors for Earth has announced her schedule for show and seminars where she’ll be teaching classes in the coming months:
Jan. 5-8, Reno, Nev. McCoy will be a guest instructor at David Hoff’s 32nd annual Seminar of the Decade Technique Extravaganza at the Peppermill Hotel Casino in Reno. (www.davidhoff.com/Seminars.html)
Jan. 8-9, Las Vegas, Nev., at Pat’s Ceramics on 1567 N. Decatur Blvd. Jan. 8 class will cover piping, color blending, and background techniques producing a pansy design on a vase and box. Jan. 9 class will produce a vase with a poppy design in relief on top of Lava Stone glazes. Contact Donna Fowkes at (702) 646-6011 or
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for more information or to sign up.
Jan. 12 & 17, Queen Creek, Ariz., at Country Ceramics. Jan. 12: Hand-built flowers by Helen Daum and pansy and berry piped vase or box by McCoy. Jan. 17: Elegant embroidery glass candle holder by McCoy. Contact Karen Willes at (480) 987-3935 or
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for more information.
Jan. 14-15, Phoenix, Ariz. Make-n-take projects include piping on egg boxes and pieces decorated with Lava Stone and glass frit. The show is located at the Arizona State University’s West Campus University Center in Glendale. (www.ceramicdollshows.com/phoenix.html)
Jan. 20-21, San Bernardino, Calif. Make-n-take projects featuring piping and glass frit. Located at the Orange Show Event Center Dome Building. (www.ceramicdollshows.com/sanbernardino.html)
For more information about Paula McCoy and Colors for Earth, visit www.colorsforearth.com. |
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Artists re-form International Ceramic Association |
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Friday, 18 November 2011 10:04 |
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The International Ceramic Association’s (ICA) guidelines and rules used to be standard for ceramics show competition. But, over the years, alternative methods have been developed and used, which has caused confusion among artists and show judges. A renewed interest in the standardization of judging has led a group of artists to re-form the ICA. Their goals are to make the association a source of information for the industry, to educate, and to reestablish the judging program.
ICA members will have access to teachers’ and judges’ manuals. The teachers’ manual covers all aspects of ceramics, clays, mold making, slip making, casting, proper cleaning of the ware, hard spots not hot spots, kilns and firing of different clays, glaze defects, basic decoration, and different products such as underglazes, glazes, overglazes, stains, and brushes. Health and safety information for specific products is left to the manufactures. The judges’ manual covers what a teacher should know about helping students prepare pieces for competition, as well as general knowledge for the classroom. A quarterly newsletter will be sent to members and archived on the website.
Membership is open to individual artists, teachers, studio owners, and manufacturers. Get full details at www.ceramic-ica.org.
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Wisconsin Fired Arts Retreat 2012 dates announced |
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Tuesday, 27 September 2011 11:55 |
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Michael Harbridge’s first Wisconsin Fired Arts Retreat held Sept. 23-25 was such a huge success that he’s planning two retreats for 2012. The spring affair will be held May 18-20 and the fall event will be September 21-23. Participants from around the world created a dozen large projects using raku, horsehair, clay, and painting methods.
 Several participants in the 2011 event commented, “If the event were done right now after only the first day, it would be worth every penny! And we’ve got two more days!” Space is limited to just 18 participants at each retreat.
“I had so much fun with this first group, I can’t wait to open up my home studio again in spring and teach a whole new set of techniques!” Harbridge said. For additional information or to sign up, go to www.claypuzzling.com. |
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