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Call
to Entry for "POURING VESSELS" - We're sending out a Call to
Artists for our Autumn Exhibit, "Pouring Vessels", to be held
October 11- November 22. Prizes will be awarded for Best of Show,
Functional, and Non-Functional. This All Ceramics Exhibition is being
held in conjunction with The Ann Arbor Art Walk 2008.
Entries are now being accepted through August 1. Please send 3-5
digital images with specs and contact info on the provided application,
and a $10 jury fee to: Yourist Studio Gallery, 1133 Broadway, Ann
Arbor, MI 48105. Images can be emailed to kay@youristpottery.com. Click
here for application form.
 
Gallery
Featuring the Work of LESLIE SOBEL - Please
stop by our gallery to see the encaustic paintings of artist Leslie
Sobel.
Pottery
Lottery Raffle - Please
join us in our efforts
to
grow our studio. Our first step will be to buy a gas kiln. Your
investment in Pottery Lottery Kiln Fund will help us toward reaching
our goal of $25,000. In gratitude for your gift You will be included in
a drawing for the month.
Thanks
to the support, from our community studio members, students,
customers and patrons, our kiln fund is GROWING! Our next POTTERY
LOTTERY drawing will be July 1. The prize will be 10,000 cubic inches
firing space or a $100 gift certificate. Tickets are $5 each or 3 for
$10. Our Pottery Lottery drawing
will be on May 6.
Donations/Tickets can be purchased at
the studio or by phone 734-662-4914.
Thank you for your generouse support!
CONGRATULATIONS
TO Cindy Reedy! Cindy has won a $100 gift certificate towards
her choice
Gallery/Tools/Class at Yourist
Pottery Studio in the April Pottery Lottery Raffle.
CONGRATULATIONS
TO Mary Callum! Mary has won a $100 shopping spree at our tool
shop in the March Pottery Lottery Raffle.
CONGRATULATIONS
TO GARY COUNTERMAN! Gary has won a $200 gift certificate to the
Earle Restaurant in the February Pottery Lottery Raffle.
CONGRATULATIONS
TO SHARON DRAF-HORNING! Sharon has won a class of her choice at
Yourist Studio in the January Pottery Lottery Raffle.
Classes
make great gifts!
- Or sign up with a friend for one of our upcoming classes.
Please check the classes page
for dates and times. Feel free to
call the studio at 734.662.4914 for more information.
Workshops
- What a great way to spend a day with clay! Each Summer Yourist
Studio offers a Summer Workshop Series running from June- August.
Our upcoming Summer series for 2008 is now enrolling. Please check the workshop page for details. Feel free to call
the studio at 734.662.4914 for more information.
First Sunday Film Screenings
- On the first Sunday of each month at 4 PM, Yourist Pottery Studio
offers free film screenings. Contact us for more information!
New
Tool Alert - We now carry Masonite bats a very inexpensive
alternative to Hydrocal. (More tool information below.)
Introducing Kate Tremel
- Kate Tremel has been teaching ceramics to students of
all ages and abilities for nearly twenty years. Her work has ranged
from functional tableware to mixed media installation. She has
participated in
residencies in Peru, Japan and France and holds an MFA from Cranbrook
Academy of Art.
Pottery Tools -
We are expanding our selection of handmade tools. Wooden
profiling tools from Jepsen, faceting and beveling tools from Kentucky
Spring have just arrived. Also in stock are lots more wooden stamps
from Mecca.
- A
bigger selection of Michael Sherrill's Mud tools have arrived. We now
have Clay Carving Bows and flexible stainless steel ribs along with
lots of the ever popular and colorful ribs that we have always loved.
- We now have four styles of bats to
choose from: Hydrobats from the Ceramic shop. These amazing bats, made
of hydrocal, are absorbent and strong.
The WonderBat system comes with six, six inch square, interchangeable
bats. WonderBats come in simple rounds as well. They are absorbent,
practically unbreakable, and the most economical of our bat choices.
The 20 inch round is under $20. These are made from recycled wood mixed
with a plastic material. We also carry the old fashioned Masonite bats
and Creative Industries plastic bats.
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