Ikebana vases

This is my Ikebana Raku Vases that was auction off at 55 theater gala.

Loaded the big kiln

This is the before and after photos of the big west coast kiln.

Saturday demo

On Saturday I demoed bowls for class. These are for the oven

Horse hair pottery

One of my costumer loaded up on potter for horse hair. There hair from different horse, dogs, cats, and one child.

I have been Rakuing all day

The last pot goes in the paper. It's been a long day

Second Saturday Raku and Potluck

Had a great Second Saturday Raku about a dozen people came by Clay Arts Vegas. We had great food and some stunning Raku pieces out of the kilns.

The Big Bear kiln was loaded yesterday

Tom and I loaded the kiln yesterday I came in at 6:00 am to fire. I have been here all day and it's all most at cone 10. May be an hour to go.

Last second Saturday Raku

I had a very good naked raku fireing these just three of them.

New lidded jars

I have new lidded jars for the bisque kiln. The kiln will be done in the morning.

Feats of Clay will be held on First Friday at CLAY ARTS VEGAS

Once again - in order to get your school registered - please make sure that you have at least 6 students and a maximum of 10 students (4 students for each event)

Feats of Clay will be held on First Friday at CLAY ARTS VEGAS !!- FRIDAY, MAY 5, 2012. Please be there at 4:30pm. The event will begin at 5pm.

Food is not included for this year's event. However there are great restaurants nearby.

Category 1 - 15 minutes

MUGATHON - Each mug must be 3 inches tall (highest point) and you must have a handle on each mug. One finger must be able to fit inside the handle strap and three fingers must fit inside the mug. The most mugs wins.

Category 2 - 15 minutes

NO HANDS THROWING - You are allowed 50 lbs. of clay. You are not allowed to use your hands at all. Any other body part is acceptable (head, knees, feet.) The width plus the height equals the winner.

Category 3 - 15 minutes

CYLINDER STACKING - Cylinders must be wheel thrown and can be any height or width. This tower must be free standing and you can only have one stack. Tallest stack wins.

Category 4 - 15 minutes

COIL BUILDING EVENT- From the floor to the sky, coils are used to create the tallest freestanding coil tower. If the tower falls before it gets measured, it will be measured from its current height. Once again, this is a freestanding sculpture.

Category 5 - 15 minutes

Pinch Pot with Feet - 4 students will make a pinch pot and raise it off the ground by creating "feet". The "feet" can be made in any hand building method as long as a pinch pot is balanced at the top. There is no minimum of how many "feet" you can use, and the size of the pinch pot must be created from a baseball size ball of clay or larger. A maximum of 50 lbs of clay may be used and students only have 15 minutes.

Category 6 - 15 minutes

House of Cards -4 students will create slabs of clay (no required thickness), and cut the slabs into rectangles (no size requirements). Students then must stack the slabs like a house of cards. The tallest house of cards made out of slabs of clay will win. A maximum of 50lbs of clay may be used and students only have 15 minutes.

Scoring for each event will go as follows for each event:

1^st - 20 points, 2^nd - 17 points, 3^rd - 15 points, 4^th - 10 points, the rest of the groups will receive 8 points.

Each school will make a t-shirt design for their school. The school should be wearing the same shirts. The winner of the design will be awarded 10 points and all other teams who designed a shirt will receive 7 points.

Each category will have 4 participants.

No prep work will be allowed except for wedging. Also, no balling up of clay will be allowed.

We will have 10 high schools allowed to participate this year. The first 10 to email me with an official head count of no less than 6 and a maximum of 10 kids will be allowed for each school. Once this is in order please email me to get registered.

REGISTRATION IS DUE BY April 18, 2012 - I will have a registration form and liability waiver right after spring break.

Once again - in order to get your school registered - please make sure that you have at least 6 students and a maximum of 10 students (4 students for each event)

Clay Arts Vegas 

1511 S Main street 

Las Vegas, NV 89103

702-375-4147

Clay Arts Vegas

I am teaching at Clay Arts Vegas today

Clay Arts Vegas Gallery

I will have several of my alternative fired pieces at the gallery in Clay Arts Vegas

Las Vegas Arts and Culture: Clay Arts Vegas moves Downtown!

Las Vegas Arts and Culture: Clay Arts Vegas moves Downtown!

The Clay Arts Vegas Logo

Clay Arts Vegas in the rough

This is Clay Arts Vegas in the rough. The Neon Star Burst stays and we will work to get it working. I would like out logo on the front and side of the building.

New project Clay Arts Vegas

Clay Arts Vegas is a ceramic studio, art gallery and clay retail in the arts district. We will be open in about 40 days