It was decided that the Festival will go ahead at Anam Cara Gardens as usual in January 2023 so you had better get potting.
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The club's COVID Mandate regarding Vaccine Passports has been lifted and mask wearing has been made optional. It goes without saying that it may change again if we go back to "Red" under the traffic light system, let's hope we don't.
At our committee meeting last night it was decided that the club would continue with our COVID mandate at the present time. We understand that the Government has lifted the mandates but it is entirely up to each organisation as what they think is appropriate. This will be reviewed again when we go to “green” under the traffic light system. This means that all persons entering the clubrooms must be vaccinated and wear a mask. We understand that for some of you this is not what you wanted to hear but for the safety and wellbeing of the majority of our membership we feel that this decision is the correct one. If you wish to have work fired, please contact the club on [email protected] and we will arrange for this to be done. We are postponing the gas firing scheduled for May 4th as there have been very few pots received so far. The updraft kiln is quite large and typically requires about 140 pots to warrant a firing. There is nothing to indicate that the additional pots still needed will be delivered by the Monday 2nd deadline.
The May firing has been rescheduled as follows: · all work on shelves by 12 noon, Monday 9th May · loading will be completed Tuesday 10th May from 2pm · firing Wednesday 11th May (all day, starting 7.45am, completed about 5pm) · unloading Friday 13th May 2pm This firing will still be dependent on there being sufficient work to fill the kiln. A new exhibition at the Tote starts on the 1st April. Two of our long standing members, David Simmonds and Kevin Haste, are the Potters and Jackie Marston is the artist.
Opening night is Thursday, 31 March at 5.30pm - all are welcome The next updraft gas firing, subject to there being enough work to fill the kiln, will be Thursday 24th, March. All work to be on shelves/table on Monday 21st, 5pm for loading Tuesday, unloading Saturday 26th, 2pm.
A few things to note:
Otaki pottery Club is looking for more teachers to run classes, additional to the eleven that we already have in place. We have spaces to run beginner Wheel Classes on Mondays during the day and on Thursday nights. We have spaces to run beginner Hand Building Classes on Monday and Tuesday nights. Night classes usually start at 7 .00pm but 6.30pm is also a possibility. If you are interested please contact Emily Friedlander - OPC Adult Class Coordinator by using the form below. $200.00 if paid by 30 April 2022
$220.00 if paid after 30 April 2022 $110.00 for 6 months to 30 September and $110.00 for 6 months to 31 March 2023 Please pay your subs to the OPC bank account (38-9003-0784227-011) and ensure you have included your name and club number in the particulars/code/ reference. Saturday 23rd April 9:30 to 12:00
Sunday 31st June 9:30 to 12:00 Saturday 24th September 9:30 to 12:00 Saturday 10th December 9:30 to 12:00 We now have a Sunday cleaning bee for those members that were finding it hard to get to the Saturday. Identification mark or number is needed on the base of your pots, a spot of wax on the mark will keep the glaze away and your work identifiable for the kiln fairies to charge your account.
Please make your pots with an adequate foot ring and waxed bottom to protect our new silicon carbide shelves. We are firing to cone 10 so check the firing range of the clay you are using. For example, BRT fires up to 1280 degrees so is not suitable as it will leave deposits of trachyte on the shelves. |
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