a year later

It is a year ago that we started our Ceramic Certificate Course in Haliburton . We are still in contact with each other. We are on the email at least 3 times a week with about half of the class. Some are very involved, others just read it. We share results, exciting moments, disasters, recipes and questions. One of the teachers, Barbara Joy Peel , is on the email list and she is very helpful.

Joanne just emailed that she is teaching 3 classes. Beginners, adults and children. Lori is starting up in Toronto and is close to doing her first firing. Charlene is still going at it and is trying to fix her kiln after it got an electric shock. Helen is busy living, but is the first one to help out if we need notes or lost recipes scanned. Ruth bought her own Whisper wheel and is getting her stuff in a local café. Lela is now setup in her basement, ready to go and still looking for some excuses to slow it down. April , our technician, went to Medalta. She was part of the 2005 Medalta International Residence Program . We haven’t heard from her how it went, but hopefully we will at some point. Last time we got an update from Mandy, she was working with a potter in exchange for studio hours.

Most of us are still trying to make it a big part of our life, and it takes some time to set it all up. I just dropped off my portfolio at 2 galleries in Victoria. We’ll see what happens. In the meantime I’m working on my orders that were a result of my show and I am still figuring out my kiln.

And I am sad that the summer is over. September is beautiful here on the West Coast, but the summer went by too fast.