GREG KREPPS WORKSHOP

Photo by Jed Schlegel

Hand Pinched, Stone Burnished Pit Fired Vessels :    September 7^th and 8th 9am-2pm with Sawdust Barrel firings to take place evening Third Thursday of October 18th.

Gregory Krepps has been creating hand pinched clay vessels for over 30 years. He is a graduate of Illinois State University and one of the founding members of Midwest Clay Artists.

From his studio in Pittsburg Kansas, he has worked to develop and refine the ancient techniques of stone burnishing and pit firing. It is a very peaceful and meditative process. Participants will create and burnish several vessels on Friday and then refine them and create several more on Saturday. Greg will be the featured artist at Phoenix Fired Art on October 18th for Joplin's Third Thursday Art walk and will bring his barrel to fire in.

Participants who create and burnish vessels in the September 7^th and 8th workshop will get to have their work fired in sawdust barrel firings at Phoenix on the October 18th.

Non Member Workshop fee (Includes Firing): $75

Phoenix Member Workshop Fee (Includes Firing): $60

 Call 417 437-9281  or stop by the Phoenix at 1603 S Main Joplin Mo to register.

Cone Box Show

Yes, it's official!! My "Just a Little Tea for Me", a tiny tea set complete with the teapot, 4 cups and tray, was accepted into the 10th International Cone Box Show.  For those of you unfamiliar with the show, it features works that can fit into a cone box and has to be primarily made of clay. The show will be at the Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS from September 14th through October 31st.

Road trip!!

Mug Extravaganza

Angel Brame was just notified that she had all 3 mugs accepted into the Mug Extravaganza juried show at the Walnut Gallery in Gadsden AL. The show will run from Oct. 5-Nov. 16, 2012, good job, Angel.

It's always good to hear when any of our members works are accepted into a juried show. I know several are awaiting notification from the Cone Box Show, so please let us know when you have good news to share.

Here are the mugs Angel had accepted to the Mug Extravaganza.

Art Camp at Art Central

Student work from Art Camp at Art Central, Carthage, MIssouri

GREGORY KREPPS SHOW AT SPIVA

 Midwest Clay Artists member GREGORY KREPPS will be showing along with 5 other artists in a show called

 "Across Boundaries" 

in the Upstairs Gallery at Spiva in Joplin.  The show runs from September 4th to September 30th, with a reception on Friday September 21st from 5:30-7:30 pm.  

Participating artists are:

Gregory Krepps - Pinch Pot Ceramics

Ed "Fish" Dixon - Ceramic Fish

Priscilla Block - Printmaking

Vivian Brill - Photography

Bruce Lowry - Glass

Jeri Au - Contemporary Ceramics

 This is a group of artist friends who have been getting together for the past 31 years, usually in the St. Louis area,  to compete in their own private "Radish Growing Competition".  They get together for a dinner where they give out the seeds and another dinner after the radishes are all grown, about 6-8 weeks later.  

Last year Greg suggested that they all have a show, so he put this one together!  Along with their work, they be displaying some of their unique past "awards" that they have created over the years to acknowledge the winner of their radish competition - The Largest Radish, the Nixon Award (the radish that looks the ugliest), the Smallest Radish, the most Beautiful Radish, and a Radish Bowl that travels to the winner of the Culinary Award each year.  

Please plan on visiting this wonderful show!

BEDE CLARK IS COMING!!! BEDE CLARK IS COMING!!!

Bede Clark, a Professor of Art at University of Missouri who shows his work worldwide, will be at Phoenix Fired Art in Joplin for a workshop on Saturday, October 13, 2012 from 9AM - 5PM. Cost is $100 for non Phoenix members. This will absolutely be a great workshop. Don't miss it! Here is a link to his web site in case you want to drool over his work:

http://www.bedeclarkestudio.com/bedeclarkestudio.com/pots.html

Contact Phoenix for more information:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Phoenix-Fired-Art/250317528347379