Sept 23-Nov 6, 2011 -

SFPN 19th Juror: Mary Barringer, editor of Studio Potter.

Mary started her pottery life as a production potter making wheel-thrown pottery which was fired in gas reduction. About 15 years ago she made a big shift. She now hand builds and fires in an electric kiln. She textures her pieces and then applies multiple coats of several slips and glazes--some on the green ware and some on the bisque. These multiple coats are applied with the kissing strokes of a brush barely wetted in the particular slip or glaze. She then carefully examines the piece and sometimes smoothes out the overlap areas before firing. She alslo selectively removes some of the slips/glazes with a scrubby or damp sponge on both greenware and bisque. Firing is slow and easy to give the slips and glazes time to migrate into each other further softening the edges.

 

Juror Hall of Fame

18th, 2010 Bill van Gilder 17th, 2009, Pete Pinnell 16th, 2008, Linda Arbuckle 15th, 2007, Malcolm Davis 14th, 2006, Tom Coleman 13th, 2005, John Glick 12th, 2004, Susan Peterson 11th, 2003 Wayne Higby 10th, 2002, Jack Troy 9th, 2001, Linda Christianson 8th, 2000, Ken Ferguson 7th, 1999, Warren MacKenzie 6th, 1998, Cynthia Bringle 5th, 1997, Val Cushing 4th, 1996, Phyllis Blair Clark 3rd, 1995, Chris Staley 2nd, 1994, Bill Daley 1st, 1993, Jack Troy

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