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Dear Members,As I write this I am fuming. My kiln and I have
been introduced to load shedding Eskom style. It would be okay if
the load shedding followed the carefully drafted and printed
schedule sheet. But no, it is not to be. So if I decide to fire
early because the load shedding is pm, then suddenly it happens am
and if I decide not to fire one day because there is load shedding-
it does not happen. Creative Flexibility on part of Eskom?
Welcome back to all our members. We have some good workshops
lined up for you this year. If you have not yet paid your
membership the details for 2015 are further down.
So far we have Minette Zaaiman(workshop postponed) who will be
giving us a decorating workshop later in the year, Di Buchanne on
28th March, Trayci Thomkins in May, Hennie Meyer in August, Ellalou
OMeara in September
And possibly Andrew Walford sometime in the year. These dates
are not finalized yet but you all will be the first to know. To
find out more about Hennie visit our website
www.ceramincssa.org
Is your profile on this website? Send me a short biography, a
picture of yourself, a picture of your work, contact details and it
will be uploaded by our web master John Shirley (who does this for
FREE). Look at what the other potters have posted to give you an
idea of what you should say about yourself.
For those of you who missed our AGM you will find my report
further in the newsletter . We say good bye to Corrie Hook as a
committee member. We will miss her input and expertise. We welcome
2 new committee members-Louise Jennings and Sharon Erichsen.
Keep Creating,
Lynette
KZN region newsletter Number 1, 2015
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Front page! 1
Dear members,! I attended the Clay Festival in Johannesburg
recently and enjoyed this event which takes place every two years.
It was successful on many levels. The presenters were informative
and professional. The trade hall buzzed with demonstrations by the
likes of Merentia Kooiman and the shopping for ceramic supplies was
awesome. Our own Lindsay Scott gave a workshop on throwing with
paper porcelain and explained how he uses Leachs concept of
accidental effects . (Paper clay being forgiving enough to allow
lots to happen to it.) If you have a chance - plan to attend the
next one in 2013.
I also attend the National Ceramic Council Meeting on behalf of
our KZN Region and it is good to know that we have dedicated people
handling the extraordinary amount of work that it takes to host
clay Festivals, Nationals and our website.
Our National Exhibition is in Pretoria next year (Oct 2012) and
there will also be a catalogue .- all sponsored by Corobrik, It
will costs over R60,000 to host this exhibitionOur invited
international judge for this event is Daphne Corregan (born in the
USA, currently resident in France), who has a very impressive CV.
She has agreed to accept appointment as the Award Judge for the
National Exhibition. Daphne teaches at the University in Monaco and
has to slot her visit in to complete everything within a four week
period. She will also be giving us a workshop here in KZN. We host
her for over a week and if any member would like to contribute to
her stay it would be most welcome i. e she is keen to see game
parks and the Berg. If one has contacts re accommodation for the
above please let us know.
Finally a decision has been made about when does one become a
Senior Citizen. In the interest of a non discriminatory society all
of us become Senior Citizens when we turn 65 !
Members who turn 65 can claim a reduced membership.
We are in discussions with website designers to upgrade our
website. Existing profiles will be upgraded to your advantage. This
will incur costs to members who would like a profile. We willreport
back once a decision is made about the new look and workings of the
site artSPACE is in the process of paying everyone (for work sold
on the Regional). Contact me if you have not received monies
yet.REMINDER : We continue to ask our members to do internet
transfers when booking a workshop. With all the cash handed to us
for our last workshop we could have been charged over R200 by the
Bank. (God rest their souls)
Keep Potting
Lynette
Forth coming workshopsand Ardmore successPage 6
Cathy BrennonGets all fired up running her workshopPage 2
Karen MurrayGets us working up close and personalPage 4
Jane JarvisTalks us through her walk from college to colonial
tea parties Page 5
Hennie StroebelWowing us with creativity- he takes us on a walk
aboutPage8
Newsletter " issue No 4 Winter 2011
Southern Africa KZN
Buying an electric kilnWhat to look for and what to avoidPage
7
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Clay Festival
P. 9
AGM Page 10
First ExhibitionMarch 18th P.2
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Opportunity to order Clay We would like to get an order together
from CPS in Cape Town. I know there are a few potters and ceramists
who like the Supa Porcelain and black clay so now is your chance.
If we can order 1 ton of clay between all of us we will get a 20%
discount. If anyone is interested please email Louise Jennings at
[email protected] and she will send you the price list. Cut off
date for our order is Friday 3rd March 2015.
Opening on 18 March is our first exhibition of the year,
entitled Line. Do not be put off by the name as it most certainly
does not limit you to just drawings. The possibilities for
interpreting this theme are vast and varied! Put on your thinking
caps and come up with something special.There are no real limits of
quantity or size within reasonable constraints of available space,
but it must please be work that has not been shown before. We do
reserve the right to selection. There will however, be a hanging
fee which will be 10% of the artists price for each artwork to a
maximum of R100. So if you value the piece at R500 the hanging fee
will be R50. This amount is payable on delivery.It would be
appreciated if you would indicate your participation and if you
send in images on or before 4 March we might be able to use these
for the invitation and any other publicity. All work must be
delivered between 12 and 14 March to Artisan Gallery and all work
submitted must be ready to hang/display.We are looking forward to a
really exciting and varied exhibition! If you have any further
questions please do not hesitate to contact Ingrid on 031 312 4364
or at [email protected]
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KZN Regional Annual Report
for 2014
Commi9ee
Chairperson Lyne/e Morris-Hale
Vice: Mary Slack
Treasurer: Lucille Schiess
Newsle/er: Lyne/e Morris-Hale, Cassy Healey
Secretary: Corrie Hoek
Commi/ee Members
Carol Tullidge ,Francois Cheney, Joanne Kuter
Lorraine Wilson
REGIONAL
Our Regional was held earlier this year in July at the same
venue- KZN Art Gallery. Our sales in 2010 totalled R22, 000, 2011,
R19, 000 , 2012 R21, 000 and 2014 R35,000.
It was a successful exhibiWon and the standard was varied and
fresh.
Our invited guests were only 3 arWsts this year but as usual
they added a fresh dimensional. Teaching Studios were represented
again and it is posiWve that one of our members, who won the award
last year under the teaching studios umbrella won a Highly
Commended Award this year and had work selected for the NaWonal.
Kyle Pierpoint.
Our Selectors/Award Judges were Daryl Houghton, Lindsay Sco/ and
Corrie Hook . In order to promote and grow the AssociaWon we
conWnued with the concept that every member is allowed one piece on
the show- the rest being selected by our selectors.. We again
posted informaWon as to where the public could nd ceramic classes
in Durban and surrounds.
FIRED UP NEWSLETTER
I conWnue to put the newsle/er together and gather informaWon. I
think other editors will agree with me- its hard work especial ly
as members dont o]en contribute.
OUTREACH
We donated clay to a rural school. Jane Jarvis an art teacher
did wonderful work with the students and they made mugs. We will
conWnue to donate to this school under the mentorship of Jane if we
can aord it.
We have sponsored membersh ips , exhibiWon fees and workshop
fees of 2 arWsts whose work has now been selected for NaWonal Frank
Nthunya and Phumlani Nyawo. We are sWll sponsoring Sbonelo Ntulis
membership (NaWonal winner in 2010). He held his rst solo exhibiWon
at the Durban Art Gallery late 2014
Member AcWvity
Other members who have been very acWve were Je/eke de Vries,
Carol Hayward Fell, Louise Jennings ,Siobhan O,Reagain and myself.
We had solo or group exhibiWons in 2014.
MEMBERSHIP
2011-49 members
2012-59 members
2013-68 members
2014- 59 members
WEBSITE
I dont have the Wme to manage our website and there are no
takers here.
FINANCES
We are in the black
NATIONAL CERAMIC MAGAZINE
This year we will have sent an arWcle on Rorkes Dri], our
Regional ExhibiWon and Astrid Dahl - and am hoping to send one on
Sbonelo.
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WORKSHOPS We have had some interesWng workshops this year
starWng with
1) At our AGM we had a few short presentaWons. Kamel Po/eries
discussed a variety of common ceramic problems We showed a video on
ceramic mugs to inspire our members for our Regional where we had a
secWon dedicated to ceramic mugs. This proved popular as most of
the mugs sold and we had a report back by Glenda Karow on her trip
to La Meridiana- a ceramic school in Italy.
2) Drury Brandt gave us a lovely workshop on textures and slab
work.
3) Ardmore -a day excursion and workshop
4) Regional ExhibiWon
5) Andile Dylvane
6) Photographic workshop to help members take good photos for
NaWonal
7) Magdalene Odundo - 29th November
8) A table for KZN Ceramics at a local market in Dec
So a total of 8 workshops/events have been arranged in 2014, a
successful Regional exhibiWon and our membership is up.
FIRST WORKSHOP2015
Minetter Zaaiman Venue: 50 Haygarth Road, Kloof-exit
24 and follow signs for Haygarth RoadTime 9 for 9.30
Cost: R280 per member R380 non members.
Please pay into our account and use your name as reference.
Banking detailsCeramics Southern Africa
First National BankBranch 223726 (Hillcrest)Acco No
53730022000
Email proof of payment to Lucille- [email protected]
For those of you looking for fresh ideas about surface
decoration, ideas on how to start a slab sculpture or want to
refresh your memory re surface
decorations- this is the workshop for you
Minette writes:
Workshop Details
This workshop is a hands-on, fun and practical occasion where we
can interact, ask questions, and be reminded of things weve long
forgotten (bring a note book)
All your Brushes
1)We will spend a good hour discovering what the dierent shapes
are intended for-whether we are old or new potters. Thats when we
will be using the poster paint or oxides on hopefully absorbent
paper (newsprint).
2) The leather hard tiles are for decorating-slips, comb
patterns, paper resist, sgrato and burnishing
3) You can also bring 2 or 3 leatherhard or bisque pots to
decorate if time allows.
4) The bisque tiles: painting with underglaze colours, light,
medium and dark colours of your choice-you will probably nish them
o at home with a glaze
5) I will also demonstrate one way of starting a sculpture-or a
second way!
6) I will discuss a pot or two.
The Association will sponsor newsprint and poster paint for
participating membersPos
tponed
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Postponed!
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Mine/es story I have been on the pottery scene since the start
of the Association-APSA as it was known-Association of Potters of
Southern Africa- 1972
At the rst National meeting in Durban nogal-I was quite out of
my depth among the well known potters. I could only think the f act
that I could speak English was why my region sent me down to
represent them.
Anyway, I stuck it out and actually love being with fellow
potters-planning, making the public aware of clay. At a stage
Pretoria-then called Northern Transvaal (eventually Magalies) had
over 300 members-not sure of the count now.
My main interest is actually painting and drawing and teaching.
It is wonderful to see how people develop-relax,laugh,complain,
unburden their ups and downs. Clay has this healing eect-and
levelling the playing eld
I have taken part in many Regional and National exhibitions (Its
somehow expected from a committee member!) Also did workshops here
and there and meeting wonderful people-the same interests-loves and
hates!
So on with clay and teaching-ginger tea and also red wine during
evening classes.
Participants are requested to bring:
1. All your brushes old and new
2. Paper to practice on eg newsprint
3. Poster paint or cheap oxide
4. 3 or 4 leather hard tiles , appro. 20x15cm
5. 3 or 4 bisque tiles same size as above
6. Board to work on
7. Saucer or something to mix on
8. sharp tool e.g porcupine quill
9. small piece of comb
10. 3 coloured slips
11. a few small sponges-if we do resist patterns
12. teaspoon for burnishing
13. Banding wheel-if we decorate leatherhard or bisque pots-
could be fun
14. Lets check out your tools-bring all of them!
15. Lastly a nished article for general discussion
Review of one of Mine+es Workshops by a Gauteng Member
SCULPTURE WORKSHOP BY MINETTE ZAAIMAN
Minette welcomed us and started to show us immediately how to
make a round form of leather-hard clay. She had filled a nylon
stocking with a substance called vermiculite of which one can form
any shape one likes. She decided to make a round one, draped her
slap over it and unceremoniously dropped both items on the floor
and voil there was a round form! Back on the table she removed the
filled stocking and sculpted a tortoise with the ease as only a
very experienced artist can do. She also showed us a mask ,which
had been created earlier on by using the same method. Then, Minette
started the preparations for the creation of a horse-sculpture.
First of all she taped two wine bottles together and wrapped them
in news paper, at the same time making a paper base. She then
placed a bat, with a roughly shaped slap of leather-hard clay on
the banding wheel, the bottles were placed on top of that and the
clay wrapped around them, forming the body of the horse. The base
was cut off neatly, scored and attached to the upper form, dipping
her fingers in vinegar all the time. By now the bottles could be
removed and the finishing of the inside, starting by rolling a
coil, shaped at an angle, (tip from a German lady) in order to fit
neatly into the seam. Minette made a cut at one end, roughening the
edges using a little comb, vinegar to glue, creating the form of a
horses backside . Same procedure was followed for the back and
neck. The head was sculpted separately and attached later, so was
the tail. There it was, Minettes stylized horse! She mentioned how
much she loved horses and also told us about this autistic boy and
the great understanding between him and his horse, indeed they are
special creatures!
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Everyone, with great enthusiastic energy, started to make their
own creation by using Minettes method. We saw a chicken, an aloe, a
modern form and of course horses. Minette was helping us all,
showing how things were done and of-course with a big smile on her
face. Thank you Minette for giving us an inside to your way of
sculpting, the teaching was enjoyed by all.
Minette at a workshop in Gauteng
An example of Minettes
work
Kiln Wanted call Seth 082 04444 87
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Olivia Villet Biography
Olivia studied Fine Arts at Stellenbosch University in Cape
Town. After completing her degree she decided to further her
studies with an Honors Degree in
Illustration, specializing in childrens books. Part of a
local
childrens writers and illustrators group, she was advised by
Niki Daley (an award winning South
African childrens author and illustrator) to send off one of
her
end of year projects to Bloomsbury Books in the UK.
The project in question, initially titled Choppers Big Surprise,
was
fished out of the dreaded slush pile thanks to a painted
envelope
and published in 2002 under the new title of Chesters Big
Surprise. Chesters Big Surprise went on to win the Best
Newcomer award at the Bologna Book Fair pre-publication in
April
2000. With Bloomsburys book contract in one hand and a suitcase
in the other, Olivia
decided to take the leap and move over to the UK. Here she
illustrated many books for amongst others The Chicken
House, Harper Collins and Readers Digest USA
Maggie Matthews
Lynette Morris-Hale
Olivier Villet
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In 2010 Olivia returned to South Africa, this time with a
husband,
two children and the contents of a shipping container. Based
in
Durban and wanting to join a creative class of some sort,
Olivia
found herself in Corrie Hooks studio. Well and truly bitten
by
the clay bug, clay became as much a part of her creative
expression as a pencil. Olivia now divides her time equally
between
illustration and ceramics and is very excited by the marriage
of
her two loves. She has a particular interest in mark making and
is influenced by both the natural
world as well as graphic patterns with a quirky twist.
2014 saw a collaborative range between Mr Price Home and
Olivia, with a range of home ware inspired by her ceramic mark
making. Olivias ceramics are
stocked at ZuluLulu in the Natal Midlands.
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Summary of WorkshopsAll workshops cost R350.00 for members and
R400.00 for non-members
Members Special: book for 4 workshops for R1200.00
Lunchtime Talks open to members only, R50.00 each
To book for any of the workshops or talks please do so by EFT
and send your proofof payment to [email protected] using your
name and the numbers of theworkshops you wish to attend as your
reference.Ceramics SA GautengFNB Westgate Branch code 250841Acc no.
56340006555
The clay festivalexperience gives new meaning to your
creativity
Saturday Morning 9:00 am 12:00 pm
1 Creative Expression with movement Ralph Johnson (Western
Cape)2 Decorative Carving Madoda Fani3 Exploring Ceramic Sculpture
Carol Cauldwell Hamman4 Raku with a twist Evette Kruger
Saturday Lunchtime Talk 12:30 - 1:30 pm
5 Internship with The Studio Potter Ronnie Watt
Saturday Afternoon 2:00 5:00 pm6 Creative Expression with
movement Ralph Johnson (Western Cape)7 Decorating the Fired Surface
John Shirley8 Exploring Ceramic Sculpture Carol Cauldwell Hamman9
Raku with a twist Evette Kruger
Sunday Morning 9:00am 12:00 pm
10 Traditional Coiling Techniques Michelle Legg and Nic
Sithole11 Figurative Ceramic Sculpture Lydia Holmes (Eastern
Cape)12 Make & Use Your Own Tools and Brushes Chris Patton13
Raku with a twist Evette Kruger
Sunday Lunchtime Talk 12:30 - 1:30 pm
14 2014 Taiwan Ceramic Biennale Review Eugene Hn
Sunday Afternoon 2:00 5:00 pm
15 Traditional Coiling Techniques Michelle Legg and Nic
Sithole16 Decorating Techniques with Slip Sandra Goercke17 Creative
Development Masterclass Eugene Hn18 Raku with a twist Evette
Kruger
CLAY FESTIVAL2015PROGRAM AND BOOKING GUIDELINES
SATT: 074 703 4399 F: 086 664 0958 Email:
[email protected] on offer will be demonstrating,
participating, in some instances including a
PowerPoint presentation.Demonstrations in the Trade Hall are
organised by Gauteng Teaching Studios and there is no
charge for watching these amazing artists at work. In addition,
artists will be demonstrating wheel work and an ongoing sculpture
exercise over the 2 day period to further complement the
line-up. Some artists will have examples of their work on sale.
SATURDAY 7TH AND SUNDAY 8TH MARCH
Berario Recreation Centre
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AGMWe had a great turnout at our AGM. A big thank you to all who
attended.
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A reminder to renew your membership
MEMBERSHIP FORM NAME:
______________________________________________________
ADDRESS____________________________________________________
EMAIL ______________________________________________________
PHONE
No._________________________________________________________
Membership Group Couple R570. Individual R370 Ea Pensioner R300 (65
and over) Student R200 Group/Club/organization R600
Membership gives you Eligibility to enter Regional and National
exhibitions Opportunity to sell work at our IHeart Market venue
Chance to meet and workshop with fellow ceramic artists 4
magazines a year
6 newsletters 4 or more workshops at reduced rate
Bank Account:Ceramics Southern Africa
First National BankBranch: Branch:
223726 (Hillcrest)
Acc No 53730022000
Please use your name in reference box and email proof of payment
to: Lucille [email protected] and any change of email address
to
morrishale@telkomsa
MEMBERSHIP NEWS
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Lynette Morris-Hale [email protected] 031 266 0543Mary
Slack [email protected] 031 572 6108Lucille Schiess
[email protected] 031-765 1992Carol Tullidge [email protected]
031 765 1247 Lorraine Wilson [email protected] 031 702 5648
Francoise Cheyne [email protected] 031 767 0091 Jo-anne Kuter
[email protected] 031 563 5414Layout Editor
[email protected] 072 189 7155Louise Jennings
[email protected] Erichsen (Weaving)-
[email protected]
Bank Account:Ceramics Southern AfricaFirst National BankBranch:
223726 HillcrestAcc No 53730022000Please use your name inReference
box and fax proof of payment to:
Committee