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**** Pottery West in Las Vegas, NV will be hosting a demonstration workshop with Bill van Gilder August 16 and 17th. This workshop is taking place and your 50% deposit of $40 is due by August 1st. Polly Beach will
not be participating in this workshop. Polly will be joining us on a future date to be announced.

On-site housing is available for $50 a night. Space is limited so you will need to contact Amy Kline at Pottery West ASAP if you would like on-site accommodations.

During this 2 day, information-loaded, demo-workshop some 50+ making techniques will be demonstrated in answer to these 'how-to' questions. These are techniques participants will want to use and adjust to fit their your own future work. Short cuts, tips and tool use at the wheel will be shared through demo after demo.

Hand-building functional forms will be the focus during part of the demos as requested, defining projects and techniques for hand-builders.

Throughout 40 years of making functional pots, Bill van Gilder has collected hundreds of making techniques used to make specific pots, both wheel-thrown and hand-built.

To View Bill van Gilders' website and pottery work visit http://www.vangilderpottery.com This workshop fee is $80 and pot-luck. Your deposit of $40 is due by August 1st. Polly Beach will not be participating in this workshop. Polly will be joining us on a future date to be announced.We have a full gourmet kitchen for cooking and bring your bathing suit for the lap pool.

****Patrick Horsley Workshop at Pottery West in Las Vegas, NV. Saturday, September 27th and Sunday, September 28th. We will have a slide show Friday evening September 26th at 7pm. The workshop will begin Saturday morning September 27th at 9 am.

The subject is Teapots!

We will create teapots with Patrick Horsley's demonstrations and Hands-on instruction and guidance for all of Saturday and all of Sunday. One bisque-firing will be fired later on Sunday for those teapots ready to fire. You can expect to create 3 - 6 teapots during this workshop. Patrick will cover information regarding cone 6 reduction clay bodies and glazes.

Breakfast is included for both days of this workshop. Lunches are pot-luck.

The fee for this Hands-on workshop with Patrick Horsley is $150 plus a $25 charge for clay. B-Mix and Coleman Porcelain is available. (you can opt to recycle all of your work from this workshop and only pay a $5 fee for recycling).

Registration deadline for this workshop is September 1st. A 50% deposit is required to reserve a wheel. There are only 20 spaces available and half of the wheels are already reserved!

Tom and Elaine Coleman will be hosting a pot-luck gathering at their home on September 27th for those people who attend Patrick Horsley's Workshop. Elaine will provide us with a list of food ideas to bring out to their place.

To Register contact Amy Kline at #702-987-3023 or email potterywest@cox.net. on-site housing is available for $50 a night and includes 24 hour access to the pottery.

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Artist Statement:

My work is strongly influenced by architecture, both primitive and contemporary. I base my work on the idea of the container vessel, and at times utilitarian forms such as teapots and lidded jars.

The image of the teapot has become a major focus of my work. The teapots I create are non-utilitarian and are to be viewed in their profile. The challenge of my work is to combine handles, spouts, and lids into my work to present a new view of a familiar form. My primary interest is in the making, the process, and the physical dance of making pots.