Ceramics Southern Africa (Western Cape)

(Promoting, Marketing, Teaching Ceramics)

N e w s l e t t e r A u g u s t 2 0 1 4

C h a i r m a n ‘ s C h a t

Dear members

The November month long ceramics programme; From African Earth; a celebration of ceramics is a World Design Capital official project #WDC577 and the Potters Market although part of the From African Earth programme has been officially recognized in it’s own right as a World Design Project # WDC 670. This means that the WDC marketing machine will promote our November events thereby attracting many more people to our exhibitions, Potters Market and Art in Clay Festival. Hence more opportunities for you to showcase your work at the 2014 Corobrik National Exhibition, CSA-Iziko exhibition and of course sell your work at the Potters Market.

Corobrik National Exhibition You are invited to submit work for the Corobrik National Exhibition. In this newsletter you will find information about the Corobrik National Exhibition; dates, image requirements and submission methods and rules for entering work. Please note that there are only about 8 weeks left before your images must reach us .

CSA- Iziko African Heritage Vessel Exhibition This exhibition is also open to all members of CSA and has two strands. The first strand is an exhibition of African vessels from the Iziko ceramics collection reflecting our African pottery heritage and the second strand is the contemporary exhibition of CSA members pots inspired by this genre, that is smoke fired pots. More information below.

Please note that work cannot be sold at Iziko however pots may be reserved at the desk and arrangements made when the exhibition closes.

From African Earth pamphlet We have designed a pamphlet which shows all CSA’s November events as well as events allied to CSA. I have attached a copy of the pamphlet which I hope you will send onto your data base. A printed version will be in the next issue of the NCQ.

Open Studios Map I am pleased to announce that the map is almost ready for printing. Shannon has designed a beautiful map which I hope will bring many people into the participants studios. If the map is a success it will be reprinted next year and those who missed out on this one will have an op-portunity to get onto the next.

November is Ceramics Month It is our intention to continue with November is Ceramics Month in Cape Town beyond 2014 as in November we usually have a major exhibition, the Art in Clay Festival and the Potters Market. It makes sense to expand the number of events to include galleries and shops that specialize in ceramics and to continue with Open Studios. Cape Town will be then become known for it ceramics celebration every November and thus become a calendar event.

Magdalene Odundo Visit and Workshop Magadalene’s visit to Cape Town is an historic event. She is an International ceramic icon held in very high esteem throughout the world. Magdalene has presented workshops in prestigious academic institutions and has delivered papers at many international symposiums. Her beautiful hand crafted pots grace museums, public and private collections. We will have the privilege and honour of having Magdalene for a week in Cape Town. She is the award judge and guest speaker at the Corobrik National Exhibition, will open the CSA-Iziko exhibition and will be present at all other CSA events where you can meet and engage with her. Her workshop on Saturday 15 November is an event not to be missed. There will be a power point presentation about her life experiences, ceramics and her cur-rent installation of 1000 hand blown glass pieces in Sunderland. This is to be followed by a demon-stration of her working methods. We have almost 60 bookings so please get your name onto the list or miss out on a once in a lifetime opportunity. To book please contact me on ralphjinclay@telkomsa.net. Potters Market The next Potters Market is on Saturday 22 November at Rondebosch Park. As the market is a WDC project we would like this market to reflect some of the excitement of Cape Town being the World’s Design Capital. As Black and Yellow are the WDC official colours we would like you to bring those colours into your display by having Black and / or Yellow table cloths, wear Black and / or Yellow T shirts, wear your WDC badges (I have a few), perhaps Black and / or Yellow pots. We will have live demonstrations, trade stalls and our usual food court. We will promote and advertise this market as extensively as possible and hope you will do the same. If you have ideas about how to make the market even bigger and better please contact myself or Iris Stuck. See table rules and fees below. We are excited about November 2014 and hope that you will support this wonderful opportunity to show Cape Town, South Africa and the Worlds visitors our unique, beautifully crafted ceramics. Happy Potting

2 0 1 4 C a l e n d a r o f E v e n t s

11 Nov - 11 Dec

Anglo Oriental & Heritage

Contemporary Exhibition

Rust-en-Vrede

13 Nov - Jan 2015

CSA - Iziko Heritage and Contemporary Vessel Exhibition

Slave Lodge

15 November

Magdalene Odundo Workshop

Groote Schuur High School Auditorium

16 Nov - 6 Dec

Corobrik National Exhibition Opening

The Great Cellar Alphen Estate Constantia

22 November

Potters’ Market A WDC Programme

Rondebosch

25 Oct - 30 Nov

Art in Clay Festival

Franschhoek

Please note that to be able to trade at the Potters Market your membership must

be valid and your table fees paid before the market. On receipt of your table fees

we will send you a ‘Permit to trade’ which should be prominently displayed on

your windscreen or front of dashboard so that the security guard on boom duty can

see it easily and allow you into the park. He is instructed to only allow those traders

with the permit into the park.

We will send out a reminder to book for the market in October

Market rules:

Please be ready to trade by 8am and all cars must be removed from the park by that

time. If possible we will try to organise parking for traders in the grounds of

Rondebosch Primary school.

Due to this being a special market trading will be extended to 4pm.

Table fees and table rules:

One table (max 2 meters with no extensions, wings, boxes / blankets on the grass) is R220

Two or more tables (a maximum of 4 meters width on the circle perime-ter with a maximum 4 meter depth into the circle. Note that 2 meters is the average length of a door / canteen table thus a maximum of 2 x 2m tables will be allowed on the edge of the circle). is R400.

The Potters Market exists for the benefit of CSA members and to ensure the

continued existence of the market in it’s present form all members are

expected to co-operate and pay their dues.

Maureen Visagé is looking for an 8 cubic foot kiln.

078 332 48703

(021) 438 3296

www.maureenvisage.co.za

P o t t e r s ‘ M a r k e t 2 2 N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 4

8 C u b i c F o o t K i l n N e e d e d

This exhibition is also open to all members of CSA. This exhibition has two strands.

The one strand is an exhibition of African vessels from the Iziko ceramics collection

reflecting our African pottery heritage and the second strand is the exhibition of CSA

members pots inspired by this genre, that is smoke fired pots. These may be hand

built or thrown, carved or burnished or both, patterned or plain, slipped or not but all

must be smoke fired in some way; pit, hole, bin etc. NO GLAZES ALLOWED and

NO RAKU. Look at our African heritage pots for inspiration.

The exhibition will be opened by Magdalene Odundo and we hope will be attended

by Cultural attaches, diplomats and other VIPs. This prestigious exhibition will be at

the Slave Lodge ( previously the Cultural History Museum ) at the top end of

Adderley Street.

Please note that work cannot be sold at Iziko however pots may be reserved at the

desk and arrangements made when the exhibition closes.

Please note that your CSA- Iziko Contemporary Exhibition images to be sent

on same dates as National Exhibition images but with a separate entry form

and fee.

C S A - I z i k o A f r i c a n H e r i t a g e V e s s e l E x h i b i t i o n

NB Entry forms will be in the Spring issue of the NCQ

A few notes on entries

1) Only members who have exhibited previously on Regional exhibitions are

allowed to enter the National Exhibition

2) A non refundable entry fee of R150 must accompany your entry and images

paid preferably by EFT.

3) 3 entries per member, one of which may be an installation or a set. (Note that

an installation or set is priced as a set and cannot be sold individually. Due to

space restrictions you may be contacted about how the installation or set is

exhibited)

4) All work must be for sale with a 40% commission added to your selling price

5) Images may be sent in from Monday 13th October until 15th October.

No late submissions will be accepted

15 October: Final date for submission of images for Corobrik National Exhibition

and CSA-Iziko Smoke Fired Vessels Contemporary Exhibition

22 and 23 October: Selection by image for Corobrik National and CSA-Iziko

Contemporary Smoke Fired Vessels Exhibitions

4 November: 9am to 3pm delivery of selected work for Corobrik National

Exhibition to venue; The Great Cellar, Alphen Estate, Alphen

Drive Constantia

4th November: 9am to 3pm delivery of selected smoke fired vessels to venue;

Iziko Slave Lodge, Adderley Street Cape Town

11th or 12th November: Award judging for Corobrik National Exhibition

13 November: 6pm opening of CSA-Iziko African Heritage and Contemporary Smoke

Fired Vessels Exhibition

16 November: 11am Opening of Corobrik National Exhibition

6 December : Final day of Corobrik National Exhibition

8 December: 9am to 2pm Collection of unsold work.

31 January 2015: Final day of CSA-Iziko Smoke Fired Vessel Exhibition

2 February 2015: 9am to 3pm collection of work from CSA- Iziko Smoke Fired Vessel

Exhibition

C o r o b r i k N a t i o n a l E x h i b i t i o n

I m p o r t a n t D a t e s

for the Corobrik National Exhibition and

the CSA- Iziko Smoke Fired Vessel Exhibition

Images may be sent as from 13 October until 15 October 2014 - no late entries will be allowed.

National Exhibition

You may enter 3 works of which one may be a set / installation

Send 3 views of each work entered. Place a match-box in one of the images to give us an idea of

the size of the work.

Please photograph all work against a white backdrop (if you have a light grey backdrop that will

also do) and on a white base.

If possible photograph with light from a window or light source from one side for maximum

impact.

Email your images to Jeanne Crooke at crooke@me.com or send on a flash drive or CD to

13 Chesham Road, Claremont, Cape Town 7708

CSA-Iziko Exhibition

You may enter 3 works of which one may be a set / installation

Send one image of each work entered. Choose the best view.

Please photograph all work against a white backdrop and on a white base. (if you have a light

grey backdrop and base that will also do)

If possible photograph with light from a window or light source from one side for maximum

impact.

Email your images to Jeanne Crooke at crooke@me.com or send on a flash drive or CD to

Ralph Johnson, 13 Chesham Road, Claremont, Cape Town 7708

Images for the National Exhibition catalogue

We will use images submitted for selection for the catalogue. To have uniformity we would like

all work photographed with a white background and base.

CSA reserves the right to use your images for the

catalogue, publicity and marketing purposes.

If possible have your work photographed by a professional photographer.

Western Cape

We have engaged the services of Les Hammond who has offered to take photographs at his

studio in Pinelands. He will photograph 3 works under professional conditions for a fee of R80

per 10 minute session if there are at least 10 people. These images will not be tweaked or

enhanced. Please let me know if you are interested in taking up this offer asap so that I can

confirm this arrangement. The date for taking images would be the week of the 6th October 2014

Les Hammond is a well known professional photographer who amongst other assignments

photographs for the Stephan Welz & co auction catalogues.

I m a g e s f o r S e l e c t i o n

C l a y M u s e u m E x h i b i t i o n S c h e d u l e + D e s i g n 2 0 1 4

Start End Exhibition

Theme Ceramic Curator Ruth Prowse Cube Artist(s)

Office Showcase

Artist

19-Aug 11-Sep Out of the Blue Mervyn Gers Lynette Bester Mervyn Gers + Mervyn Gers +

(Fine Art)

16-Sep 9-Oct

14-Oct 6-Nov The Name of the Rose

Colleen Lemkhul tbc Mignon Hattingh Ceramics Gauteng : Cube + 1 cabinet (tbc)

Ceramics Gauteng

tbc

(Betsy : co-ordinator) (Outreach) Outreach : 2 cabinets+Gift Box

11-Nov 11-Dec Ceramic Month - the Anglo-Oriental experience

Monica Ross n/a n/a n/a

Note : START DATES are exhibition openings at Rust-en-Vrede : The Exhibition Theme is normally held over

for 2 Gallery exhibitions

Note : The Cube contents and participants is the decision of the Ceramic Curator

Note : The ceramic curator will co-ordinate the ceramic participation

Note : Western Province Rose Society will collaborate in The Name of the Rose

Note : The exhibition openings are on a Tuesday evenings, and end of exhibitions are the Thursday before the

next opening

W e l c o m e t o N e w M e m b e r s

Juliet Eidelman, Luisa Belter, Ena de Villiers, Erna Ziegelmeier,

Samantha Rushovich, Karen Lijnes, Pieter Mostert, Trevor Rizzato,

Katherine Rosenberg, Christ ine Gittens, Alna Prodgers,

Claire Shields, Eugene Marais

Contact Details

(021) 979 3537

info@ceramics-sa-cape.co.za

www.ceramics-sa-cape.co.za

Banking Details

Cheques must be made payable to Ceramics Southern Africa

Bank: First National Bank, Rondebosch

Branch Code: 201- 509 Account: Ceramics Southern Africa Account number: 59381145811

NB! Remember to e-mail confirmation of payment to ralphjinclay@telkomsa.net

The opinions expressed in this newsletter are those of contributors and not

necessarily those of Ceramics SA

Committee Members

Chairperson Ralph Johnson Exhibitions Lesley Porter Education/ Ralph Johnson (021) 671 6139 (021) 701 1952 Skills Training (021) 671 6139

National Rep Betsy Nield Workshops Betsy Nield Website Ralph Johnson

(021) 797 8651 (021) 797 8651 (021) 979 3537

Treasurer Hylett Engelbrecht Potters Market Iris Stuck Secretary Yvonne Thurtell (021) 976 6316 (021) 715 5530 (021) 975 6228

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