| Great Ideas |
Have you come across, or invented, a great tool for your pottery work?...or come up with a super technique that makes potting easier?
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| Ask a Potter |
Questions to our potters should be e-mailed to: askapotter@okanaganpotters.caGeneral Information
Q. Where in the Okanagan can I learn to make pottery?
A. In Kelowna, Bonnie Anderson of Potters Addict offers classes at all levels. In Vernon, contact Al Scott of Breakaway Pottery. Both potters are members of OKPA.
| Travelling Potters |
Ardene Lund travelled to China...
We recently took an 18 day tour of China, beginning in Shanghai, ending in Beijing and including 11 days cruising the Yangtze from Nanjing to Chongqing. You can imagine how delighted I was to discover that one of our ports of call was Jingdezhen, including an onshore tour to the potteries in existence from the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8) and which later were designated as the imperial potteries during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties (1279-1911). The site is now a working historical museum where pots are still created, decorated and fired using the same methods and materials as those used 400 to 800 years ago. The development of porcelain clay, blue and white glazes, gem tone glazes, design transfer, piercing and etching all began here. We were able to observe masters applying these techniques in ages-old fashion. The clay still used here is a mixture of kaolin and porcelain stone.
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