Don Carpentier's Historic Eastfield is again presenting a summer workshop
on ceramics and ceramic technology.  In my opinion, this is the best
program available for leaning about ceramics, being able to see the
production processes and to spend three days with some very knowledgeable
ceramic historians, collectors and archaeologists.  Here is the Web site
and program for the summer.   Historic Eastfield also offers courses in tin
smithing, and other topics.  Check out the web site.

George L. Miller


http://www.daats.com/gac/workshops/classes.htm

4. British Earthenwares-1650-1850 The Commeration of People, Places and
Events
June 27-29 (3 Days)

      This year our impressive panel of speakers will tackle a subject very
dear to most historians and collectors alike. Before the age of instant
news casts and the internet, very few people had access to current
pictorial views of important events and people that made history around the
world.

      Technical improvements that developed during the mid 18th Century
allowed potters to fill this need for their customers. A piece of pottery
decorated with a sprigged bust of Lord Rodney, a deep blue transfer printed
plate of The Landing of General LaFayette at Castle Garden or the Opening
of the Erie Canal were the only glimpses of an unfolding history that many
people would ever see. The range of subjects is staggering and often
humorous - because the likenesses and information are often not very
accurate. Yet, these items were prized by their original owners.
Some of our Topics and Speakers will include:

? Kings and Commoners - Tin Glazed Earthenwares 1600-1820
Amanda Lange: Assoc. Curator, Historic Deerfield, Inc.

? Patriotic Pottery for the American Market on British Creamware -1790-1820
S. Robert Teitelman: Independent Scholar, Collector and Author

? From Shards to Pots to Provenance in Portsmouth, N.H. 1750-1825
Carl Crossman: Author of Decorative Arts of the China Trade and Ceramics
Consultant for Northeast Auctions, Inc.

? Demonstration: Production methods of English Slip-decorated and Tin
Glazed Earthenwares Introduction by Robert Hunter
Michele Erikson: Practical Potter, Independent Scholar and Author with
Robert Hunter - Editor, Ceramics in America Journal

? Scribed, Painted and Dated British Earthenwares
Jonathan Richard: Independent Scholar, Collector and Author

? The Development of American Views: Dark Blue & Other Colors -1815-1850
Margaret Johnson Sutor: Independent Scholar, Collector and Antiques Dealer

? From Scenery to Portraits: a historical view of Josiah Wedgewood's
Commerative Pottery
Nancy Ramage: Professor of Art History, Ithaca College

? Demonstration - The Art of the Paintress
Denise Carpentier: Practical Potter, Paintress and Independent Scholar,
Eastfield
? New Finds in the Field of Historical Potmaking Technology
Don Carpentier - Practical Potter, Director, Eastfield Village

? Demonstration - Transfer Printing on Pottery
Nick Mosse: Practical Potter, Owner, Nicholas Mosse Pottery Kilkenny,
Ireland

? Demonstration Copperplate Engraving
Thomas Curran - Artist and Craftsman, Chatham, NY