The Potters Council regional conference in July at Adelphi University  (Garden City, NY) is about firing techniques: raku, pit, horsehair, saggar,  majolica, single firing and printmaking on clay. We’ve also included lectures on anagama firing and the works of George Ohr, and you’ll see wheel demos by most of the presenters, as well as pick up information on how to teach alternative techniques in an educational setting.

The presenters have much to offer: Randy Brodnax and Don Ellis; Dan Christoffel, a world renowned sculptor; Steven Hill, the single-firing artist; Bill Shillalies, Adelphi University professor demonstrating horsehair and soda firing on his double walled vessels; Gina Mars demonstrating her large raku forms and how she teaches and fires; Mel Jacobson (need  we say more?); Linda Keleigh with her pit firing techniques; Posey  Bacopoulos, with her incredible majolica; Harvey Sadow with his sand blasted raku vessels; and demonstrations by Steven Branfman, the master of raku. You’ll have the opportunity to fire a few of your own pots and exchange a bowl with others!

Registration information available online.