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Peninsula Clay Artists are ired up
OCEAN PARK, Wash. — For
the past few years a group of
potters on or near the Long
Beach Peninsula have shown
and sold their work together.
This year, the eighth annual
Peninsula Clay Artists Show
and Sale is scheduled for
Thursday through Sunday,
Aug. 11 to 14, at 25902 Ver-
non Ave.
Peninsula Clay Artists is
a group formed to promote
clay and expand members’
personal abilities.
The 2016 event will showcase
the work of four exhibiting
artists with seven additional
members and guest artist Ruth
Allan of Wenatchee, Wash-
ington.
Each year before and after
the show, the clay artists offer
classes to help the public
interact with clay. This year,
classes will include how to
make clay jewelry, clay wall
pocket vases, slab boxes, ce-
ramic planters, and two types
of mosaics. A full list of all 10
classes can be found on the
Peninsula Clay Artists Face-
book page. Seats are limited
and reservations are required.
An experienced potter, who
will provide all materials and
irings, teaches each class.
All skill levels are welcome.
Classes range in price from
5:30 to 8 p.m. Thurs-
day, Aug. 11
25902 Vernon Ave.,
Ocean Park, Wash-
ington
360-665-5200
Free
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Saggar-ired vortex vase by
Ruth Allan.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
“Urban Geese at the Water Cooler” by Sue Raymond.
$25 to $100.
The Clay Show opens
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thurs-
day Aug. 11 with an artists’
reception following from
5:30 to 8 p.m. All are invited
to come meet the artists and
view the best of the show.
The reception will be the irst
opportunity to meet cerami-
cist Ruth Allan, at teacher at
Wenatchee Valley College
who creates and markets
one-of-a-kind porcelain
clay vessels that are wheel
thrown, hand polished and/
or hand carved then raku or
saggar ired. Allan and her
Bay City prepares for its
Pearl Festival Aug. 27
BAY CITY — The Bay City
Pearl Festival is set for Aug.
27. The free, public annual
event showcases the many
“pearls” the community has
to offer.
Activities will begin at 9
a.m., with live music starting
at 10 a.m. Kilchis Point will
provide a tour for inter-
ested people at 9:30 a.m.
The parade starts at 11 a.m.
(registration begins at 9:30)
along with the pet parade.
The Bay City Arts
OPENING
RECEPTION
Center, KTIL 95.9 FM, the
Tillamook County Pioneer
Museum, the Tillamook
County Library and Bay
City Boosters are sponsors
of the festival.
If you are an artist, ven-
dor, or would like to be in
the parade, check The Bay
City Festival of Pearls on
Facebook or email pearlfes-
tial@earthlink.net for a sign
up form. Forms are also
available at the Bay City city
ofice and library.
daughter will have a display
of work in the show.
On Friday, the show will
be open from 10 to 5 p.m.
There is a glaze-it take-it
class during the afternoon at
Bay Avenue Gallery Studio,
located at 1406 Bay Ave. in
Ocean Park. Participants can
purchase an artist-made mug,
glaze it in the studio and it
will be ired overnight.
At 5 p.m. on Friday, Allan
will demonstrate her tech-
niques on the potter’s wheel,
an event also held in the Bay
Avenue Gallery Studio. Allan
creates beautiful porcelain
pots that are burnished by
hand. Burnishing is the
technique of polishing clay to
a beautiful sheen without the
use of glaze. Ancient potters
used these techniques to pro-
duce their pots before glazes
and kilns were developed.
Today, modern potters use
burnishing to create works of
great beauty.
On Saturday Aug.
13, there will be several
alternative irings. Both
raku and above-ground pit
iring will be coordinated
by Allan. Each of these
irings will give attendees
the opportunity to saggar
ire. Saggars are used to
create a localized reducing
atmosphere, or concentrate
the effects of salts, metal
oxides and other materials
on the surface of the pots.
Prepared pots are placed
in the saggars illed with
combustible materials, such
as sawdust and less com-
bustible organic materials,
including salts and metals.
These materials ignite or
fume during iring, leaving
the pot buried in layers of
ash. Pots produced in illed
saggars can display spectac-
ular markings, with colors
ranging from black and
white markings to lashes of
gold, greens and red. There
will be artist-made pots to
purchase, prepare and add
to the special irings.
More information can be
found on the Peninsula Clay
Artists Facebook page. For
more information, contact
Sue Raymond at Bay Avenue
Gallery by calling 360-665-
5200 or emailing info@
bayavenuegallery.com