TOM TURNER PORCELAIN
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register. Tom Turner is conducting a two day demonstration workshop at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Asheville on June 26 and 27, 2010. Having the workshop at the Renaissance puts you right downtown Asheville with many restaurants, galleries, and shops to visit. You can leave your car and walk all over downtown, or drive to beautiful places to visit or dine. |
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www.renaissancehotels.com
for accommodations and information, or call 828-252-8211.
Mention the workshop for room discounts. Asheville is a tourist
destination, rates go up from June until November, so find a
buddy to share a room with and have everything under one roof.
You can also google Asheville for other motels, hotels, and
B&B’s. The two day workshop will start with visual images that cover 45 years of his pottery, glazes, and kilns; then a discussion of “what is porcelain”; and then he will demonstrate wedging, kneading, throwing, designing, trimming, decoration, simple glaze testing, with discussions about firing. Participants questions will draw information relative to where they are in clay. The first day will be making pots and the second day will be trimming, decorating, and finishing. Turner has 49 years in clay and almost that many in porcelain. He has one of the best porcelain bodies available anywhere and Robin Hopper says, “Thanks for developing this body. I have already been spreading the word as the best commercially made throwing porcelain that I have used in 45 years.” Turner’s work has been in major exhibitions since the 1960’s; work is included in over 30 books written in 5 countries; and work is in Art Museums across the United States starting with the National Museum of American Art at The Smithsonian. Early registration is encouraged and payment can be made by check, paypal, or credit card. Mail checks to Tom Turner, PO Box 717, Mars Hill, NC 28754; call with a credit card; or use paypal at tt@tomturnerporcelain.com. Please include your mailing address, phone number, and email address. The $200. registration fee includes the two day workshop and a BBQ dinner at Turner Lane, “Home of The Giant Jars” on Saturday evening, along with tours of his Ceramic Art Museum, studio, and school. Your registration also puts your name in the hat for a brand new Shimpo Whisper Potter’s Wheel to be given away at the end of Sunday’s session. A full schedule will be emailed to you when you pay your registration fee. You can google directions to Asheville and get directions to The Renaissance from their website above. There will be an informal “get together” on Friday evening at the hotel, demos on Saturday and Sunday. It is guaranteed that you will receive far more information than you can digest in two days. The concept is that you take the information home with you, digest it, and apply it to your work over a long period of time. Pots and DVD sets will be available for sale at the workshop and at Turner Lane. Thank you.
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