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Boo k Review By Patty Osborne

Extruder, Mold & Tile Ceramic Arts Handbook Series
Edited by Anderson Turner
Published by The American Ceramics Society
ISBN 978-1-57498-291-6
136 pages
$29.95 US
Thanks to Extruder, Mold e Tile, Yve found a use for that roll of

tarpaper that’s been sitting in my shed for the past few years—I’m

Forming
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now using pieces of tarpaper to support the sides of clay boxes so

that I can join all the pieces together without waiting for them to
stiffen up, thus avoiding cracking at the joints. You can also use a piece of tarpaper, stapled
or taped together, to try out an abstract shape and then use that same piece of tarpaper as the
mould for that shape. These are just two of the techniques described in this useful book, along
with using drywall to keep clay tiles from warping; how to make extruder dies out of a plastic
cutting board, plywood, sheet metal or plexiglass; step-by-step instructions for making plaster;
and examples of plaster and clay moulds.

A few of the projects, such as cutting complicated extruder dies, making a metal mitre-
cutter using a sheet of brass, a jeweler’s saw and a vise, or building an extruder table, will be
intimidating unless you have access to a shop full of tools but everything else is doable within
even a small pottery studio. If youre a beginning handbuilder, Extrude, Mold & Tile will be a
great reference book, and if you're a more experienced potter you'll probably find something
inside that you haven't thought of before. rc

For more information or to buy the book, visit http://www.ceramicartsdaily.org.

It's Pot Luck!
By Melany Hallam

Have you ever been to a pottery show and
wondered what it would be like to actually
eat off of the pots? A description of the Red
Deer, Alberta exhibition Service: Dinner for
Strangers (Jan. 10 to Feb. 6) on Carole Epp's
blog caught my attention because it seemed
to start with that idea and then take it much
further. Show attendees were invited for
dinner!

Artist Robin Lambert writes that, “over
the course of the exhibition, I will host three
potlucks for seven strangers from Red Deer
and will serve each on a different set of dishes I
have had especially commissioned for Service."
Photos were then taken of the potlucks and
these photos became part of the exhibition.
Robin explains that, "Service is my latest
research into the crossing of contemporary
visual art, craft culture, the handmade object,
and art as a type of service. At the heart of
the exhibition I am exploring the sharing
of community, ideas and space through the
sharing of meals.”

For photos and more info, see Carole Epp's
blog here and Robin Lambert's blog here (just
scroll down to the February entries).

northern be clayfest

August 13-15, 2009
Prince George, BC

Come join us for some northern hospitality at our second Northern BC Clayfest!
Two-day Workshops * Wine and Cheese « Awesome prizes and give-aways

For more information
and registration please visit
www.pgpotters.ca/clayfest

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