Seattle Pottery Classes April-June 2010

My next 10 week session begins the week of April 19, 2010.
Open Registration begins Monday, March 15th, 2010!
Visit bdpottery.com for details and up to date registration information and availability. Refresh the screen there if you can't see the updated classes.

Individual and semi-private lessons also available.

Seattle pottery classes January-March 2010

My next 10 week session begins the week of January 4th, 2010.
Open Registration begins December 7th, 2009!
Visit bdpottery for details and up to date registration information and availability. Refresh the screen there if you can't see the updated classes.

Individual and semi-private lessons also available.

A Sampling of Students' pottery from Sept-Dec 2009

I managed to snap a sampling of students' work before they made off with it!
To encourage students to keep journals on their pottery making (easier to find your stuff as it moves through the firing system, focuses your learning, tracks your progress, helps in duplicating successes, etc) I've asked Claire (one of my students) to share one of her journal pages. Thanks Claire!

Seattle pottery classes January-March 2010

My next 10 week session begins the week of January 4th, 2010.
Open Registration begins TODAY, December 7th, 2009!
Visit bdpottery for details and up to date registration information and availability. Refresh the screen there if you can't see the updated classes.

Individual and semi-private lessons also available.

Holiday Pottery Sale!

In Seattle? Please join me this coming week, December 4th-6th (Fri-Sun) for my Winter Pottery Sale at my studio!

I’ll have a great selection available in stock and I’ll also be taking custom orders.
French butter keepers, ornaments, bells, candle luminaries, bowls of all sizes, mugs, tumblers and much more.

A selection of my work is also online at Etsy
Everything you see there is 10% off in person at my studio.

December 4th-6th
Friday through Sunday (please note: Husky Game on Saturday afternoon so plan accordingly!)
11am-4pm each day.
Or call for appointments 206.229.3311

Barbara Dunshee’s Home Studio
1060 26th Ave E.
Seattle, WA 98112
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I look forward to welcoming you to the studio!
-Barbara

Ceramic Bells, stringing them up, by Barbara Dunshee

This video is the FINAL installment of my ceramic bell making lesson. It shows you one way of stringing the bells together. Hope this helps!

NOTES:
-I used 20lb test fishing line for stringing the clapper to the stop. Other strings will do, but you don't want them too stiff.
-I used thin copper wire as a threader for getting the soft ribbon through the holes in bell and stop.
-If the holes are too small for your ribbon, you can use string between the stop and the ribbon and tie the ribbon to the top of the bell (of course it can get a little trickier if the holes are too small for the ribbon to pass through).

How do the bells sound?

These are a few of the ceramic bells from my video lessons, in action! They're available for purchase at my Etsy shop.