Don Carpentier is again offing his workshop on ceramics at Eastfield
Village.  This is a very good course for learning a lot about ceramics from
a number of experts, a chance to handle ceramcis and see production
processes.   Further information can be had from [log in to unmask]
The lectures are listed below.

Peace,
George L. Miller


3.  British Ceramics: The Development of Technical Genius in the British
Ceramic Industry-1650-1850                            No limit
June22-24 (3 Days)                                          Fee: $465.00
From the earliest attempts to replicate the much-desired Chinese porcelains
to the introduction of turning lathes for earthenware production, the
British ceramics industry was in the forefront of the industrial
revolution. This 3-day symposium explores some of the remarkable inventions
that not only made Wedgwood & Spode household names, but had a powerful
effect on society, not only amongst the Potteries’ workers & their
families, but in a broader international context.  There will be a large
number of early 19th century models & molds from the Spode Factory
exhibited for the inspection of the participants. This is part of the
collection of rare material purchased from Spode by Eastfield in the past
year.
Lectures and Demonstrations include:
·     Beer Shops and Bread Riots, The changes in technology, including the
(limited) introduction of steam power & the increasing mechanization of
making processes, did not come about without a huge impact on the way of
life of the ordinary working potters – men, women & children.  This lecture
looks at some of the changes in the working & home life of the Georgian &
early Victorian potters including child labor, the rise of the unions &
food riots. Miranda Goodby, Keeper of ceramics, the Potteries Museum, Stoke
on Trent, UK
·     From Clay to Glost Oven, This talk covers the processes involved in
the many phases of pottery production from the raw state to the final glaze
firing until the late 20th century. It includes a section on the process of
bat & transfer printing.  Robert Copeland, author & former historian of the
Spode Factory & noted member of the family that ran Spode for over 175
years
·     The Development of Lathe Turning in the Potteries from the 18th
century to the mid 19th century, Lecture details the progression of lathe
work from the simple turner’s lathe to the complicated rose & crown engine
lathes. Includes how these lathes actually worked & what was made on them.
Don Carpentier, practical potter & director of Eastfield Village.
·     Josiah Wedgwood, Master Potter & Marketing Genius, From his
experiments to create new bodies and glazes, to his ability to secure royal
contracts for his pottery, Josiah Wedgwood was one of England’s most
important and influential potters of the 18th century. Nancy Ramage,
professor of art history at Ithaca College, author & lecturer on 18th
century pottery, especially Wedgwood.
·     The Influence of Chinese Export Porcelain on British Ceramics in the
18th to early 19th Century, Traces the use of Chinese designs after the
development of porcelain in Britain (1740s), the role of the East India
Company in providing Chinese Export porcelain for the upper class,
factories who provided matchings and entire tea & dinner services in the
Chinese style to an ever increasing public demand, with an emphasis on the
prominent role played by Josiah Spode. Connie Rogers, General Editor of the
Transferware Collector’s Club Database of Transfer-printing patterns C.
1780-1900, author & lecturer.
·     The Rise and Fall of Slip, Slip decoration on utilitarian
earthenwares rose to extraordinary heights of inventiveness during the
1770-1840 period, then began a long, slow slide into oblivion. Rickard
explores some of the more creative uses in which fluid clay was used to
make everyday objects visually exciting. Jonathan Rickard, Author,
Collector and Independent scholar specializing in 18th and 19th century
Mocha & Diptwares
·     Ceramics for Hyde Hall, Cooperstown, NY 1813-1834, Hyde Hall, one of
the great country houses in America, was designed by its builder George
Clarke & Philip Hooker, Albany's leading neoclassical architect, between
1817 and 1828 on a site overlooking Otsego Lake near Cooperstown. It stayed
in his family until purchased by the state in 1963.  A number of the
original contents remain in the house. Clarke was a meticulous record
keeper & many of the bills for his furnishings still survive. These
document his choices of English, French & a few Chinese ceramics from
retail merchants & auction in Albany, Cooperstown & New York City between
1813 & 1834. Dr  Gilbert Vincent, Independent Scholar& former Director of
the NY State Historical Society, Cooperstown NY
·     The Making of Potter’s Tools by a Potter,. Demonstration of the
creation of a blowing bottle for slip work & a three chamber slip pot. Bob
Nopper, Practical Potter, Salem, NY, manager Bear Pottery Studio, creating
functional & decorative stoneware, sculpture & raku pottery
·     The Evolution of Polychrome-Painted Pearlware from the Late 18th to
the Early 19th Century. Lecture and Demonstration. Denise Carpentier
Practical Potter, specializing in polychrome pearlware reproductions &
adaptations.
Searching through Spode, Detailed visual account of the search through
three enormous late 18th century storage buildings at the Spode Factory
site for early tools, models & master-molds in 2006 & 2007. Learn about
important items.that were recovered in the

                                                                              
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