This Saturday, December 17th, the Westwood Artists host a POP UP SHOP from 10:00AM to 2:00PM at Post Office Plaza, outside of Decor and More, between “Post” Office and “Toast” Office… 695 High Street in Westwood Ma. This is the final sale of 2022 Holiday Season for us and me.
Some Handmade Gift Giving Ideas from Lisa WB Walker Pottery
These Westwood Artists will be selling from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Carol Ahearn – Watercolor & Acrylic Painting Rima Bechara – Walls & More Karen Flowers Cagan – Photography Elidi Chan – Watercolor & Gouache Art Betsy Husted – Felted Ball Garland Kathleen O’Donnell – Origami Earrings Lisa WB Walker – Wheel thrown & Hand built Pottery Kathy Zola – Fiber: Hand knit & Hand woven Items
SHOP SMALL ~ SHOP LOCAL ~ SUPPORT YOUR WESTWOOD ARTISTS
This Saturday, November 6th from 11am-3pm, TEN Westwood Artists will be selling their artwork at Westwood Senior Center, 60 Nahatan Street in Westwood, MA. Rain (or snow!) or Shine, the following artists will be outdoors on the lawn in front of the Council on Aging:
I’ve just completed an update on my website with class updates and how to purchase my pottery until December 31, 2020. I’ve been stopping in at the galleries and shops that support me and filling in with new pieces for the final days of in-store shopping. The snow is falling and spring ideas are starting to pop into my head. I’m looking forward to creating new work and completing some special orders in 2021. Be Well and Stay Safe.
As I watch the cities and towns turn from green to yellow, I’m reminded that patience is important. I miss being in the classroom; I miss the closeness that comes from sitting opposite a student and pulling a pot up together; I miss the close interaction with a child who is frustrated and needs a helping hand; I miss so much that this pandemic has forced us to press pause on.
Teaching Pottery to Adultspre-COVID
The upside of pressing pause and rethinking how to teach has provided new opportunities for personal growth and adding technical tools to my teaching regime. This can only be a good thing. Here are some of the teaching opportunities available to students of all ages.
Drawing lessons on zoom – one to one, or groups. Single classes or multiple. All ages welcome. Email me to set something up.
6 and 8 week hand building classes at Mother Brook Arts on zoom starting in September. A monthly Q & A on Monday mornings and Thursday evenings. Sign up today!
Outdoor Art 4 Sunday mornings starting September 12 at the Westwood Recreation Department. Registration is open!
Try out “Pottery from home”, a virtual class held on Zoom on Friday afternoons this fall through the Westwood Recreation Department. Registration is open!
Newton Community Education Pottery classes will be virtual for grades 1-5 this fall. “Pottery at Home” will be offered Mondays, Wednesdays & Thursdays for 14 week sessions Sept-December. Sign up here!
Keep Art in your life. Clay is any form is clay!
Clay and Chardonnay PRE COVID – Here’sto getting back to that as soon as it’s safe!
Making clay baskets can be complex forms to create. They are born on the potter’s wheel, the place where I do my best thinking, as small shapes that begin as bowls and then transform into objects of whimsey. The rim of the pot becomes a place to alter: roll it, split it, cut it, pinch it … each action creates a different result.
Wheel thrown vessels that will become the foundation for baskets.
Once the wheel thrown pieces are trimmed or finished, hand pulled handles are added to each piece. The shape of the basket determines where the handle is placed in order to create a functional form.
Handles are added to the bowls to create baskets.
When the clay is still malleable, I take the opportunity to add decoration to the surface. Handmade, found and manufactured stamps are added to make each piece unique.
Adding color to stamped baskets.
Once bone dry, underglaze colors are added to “pop” the pieces. These one of a kind baskets are now ready to head into the kiln where they will be fired to cone 06 and then be ready to hold glaze.
I decided on a satiny white liner and an opal glaze to emphasize the underglaze colors. One characteristic of the opal glaze is its movement; it can drag or pull the color down the pot that is vertical. I use this knowledge to create the effect I am looking for. The baskets head back into a kiln and are fired to cone 6.
It’s finally happening! We’ve brought the ART to WESTWOOD!
Please join the Westwood Artists for their first Marketplace on Friday, December 9th from 3:30-8PM and Saturday, December 10th from 10AM-2PM at the Westwood Historical Fisher School located across the street from St Margaret Mary’s on High Street (Route 109) in Westwood, MA. Parking is available at the Thurston Middle School, across the street at St Margaret Mary’s and Baptist Church adjacent to the Fisher School.
There will be 12 juried artists selling their handmade one of a kind artwork.
Here is a preview:
Wheel thrown “dotty”mugs by Lisa W B Walker
Catherine Perrone Watercolors
Kevin Becker glass (recently picked for the Boston Globe gift issue)
Gaye Whalen’s Coastal Creations
Carol Ahearn Watercolors
Karen Flowers Cagan Photography (Fisher School pictured here)
Jane Wojick handmade one of a kind pottery – both functional and nonfunctional works of art
Stephanie Hasenaur Jewelry
Kathy Zola handknit fiber work
Melanie Guerra will be bringing her jewelry (only sale this season!) and photography. Bibi will have an assortment or her artisanal baked goods for sale and gift giving. Jane Norris brings wonderful handpainted furniture and decorated wreaths for the holidays.
In my classroom for 2D art camp, the students created all sorts of wonderful projects. They were given many high quality materials to work with and learned how to use them. Here is a look at some of my favorite projects from each lesson:
(oil) Pastels and Watercolors
Creating texture with Tempera Paint
Painting Rocks with Acrylic Paint
Collage!
Creating books with colored pencils and regular pencils
Colored markers and a composition that describes you!
It’s the last day of summer! How would you spend it? Tell me in paint on a canvas….
I come away from teaching with a renewed sense of wonder 🙂
This Saturday, March 12th from 10am-2pm, the Westwood Recreation Department will host “March into Summer” (10% off registration fees when you sign up for summer classes March 12-15). I will be hanging out with other teachers and students talking up my summer classes: 2D and 3D Art in July. Wegmans is sponsoring this event.
3D Art ~ explore three dimensions while learning about carving, modeling and sculpture using recycled products, mixed media, clay and more. July 11-14.
2D Art ~ explore the mark on a flat surface while learning about graphite, colored pencils, watercolor and more. July 18-21
I’m thankful to the Westwood Recreation Department for providing a place where I can teach children to express themselves through creative means.
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