MONTHLY MEETINGS OF TORONTO POTTERS

Our meetings are held the fourth Tuesday of every month except June, July, August and December. The business meeting begins at 7 pm followed by a talk and slide presentation by our invited guest. We have a raffle at the break, and refreshments are provided. Please bring your own cup for tea or coffee.
Guests are welcome to join us.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 -
Shannon Kennedy is an award winning jewelry designer who operates CYNOSURE JEWELRY located at Globe Studios in Kitchener . Shannon Kennedy was awarded 'Honorable Mention for Jewelry at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition in 2009. She was one of the 13 artists invited to participate in SPARK, a collaborative project of the Ontario Crafts Council. A Certified PMC Instructor, Shannon will give a talk about Precious Metal Clay at the February meeting and will demonstrate how to work with it.

PMC (Precious Metal Clay) was developed in the early 1990s in Japan by Mitsubishi Materials Corporation. Metal Clay is clay-like medium used to make jewelry, beads and small sculpture. It consists of microscopic particles of pure silver or fine gold powder or platinum mixed with an organic binder and water. Metal clay can be shaped just like any soft clay, by hand or using moulds. After drying, it can be fired in a variety of ways including in a kiln. The binder burns away, leaving the pure, sintered metal.

Tuesday March 22, 2010 –TBA
Tuesday April 27 2010 - Susan Collett
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - Members Potluck

NEW LOCATION: GARDINER MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART
111 Queen's Park,
Toronto, Ontario
Bloor St. W. at Avenue Rd.
Museum or St. George Subway

Toronto Potters Sales
Spring Sale has been cancelled

Fall Sale
Thursday, October 28 noon to 9 pm
Friday, October 29 noon to 9 pm
Saturday, October 30 11am to 6 pm

Toronto Potters 2010 Biennial Juried Exhibition and Retrospective

Toronto Potters 15th Biennial Exhibition will be held at the Gardiner Museum in the fall of 2010, and will be juried by Bruce Cochrane and Ann Roberts. The opening reception will be September 16.

This exhibition will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Toronto Potters by including a retrospective of past exhibition award winners and some new aspects.

The exhibition is open to anyone who works with clay as their main medium. To qualify, membership can be paid at the time of the entry application. Deadline for entry is June 1.

For more information and an application package, please email aneela.dias@gmail.com