13 Monday / June 13, 2016

Keep It Simple: Working with Porcelain


By Hand Gallery
http://www.byhandgallery.com

Karen’s porcelain and stoneware pottery is wheel thrown, often altered and decorated with thick slip and by carving, appliquéing and incising. She uses fossils, seashells, fabric and kitchen tools for decoration. For color, she applies glaze over glaze, uses wax resist brush decoration and touches up with metallic oxide washes. She also uses local Indiana clay slip on some of her stoneware pieces. Karen high fires her work in a gas reduction atmosphere to the temperature of approximately 2350F.

“I’m guided by the concept taught to me by my teacher Nan McKinnnell at Loretta Heights College in Denver, ‘the first 100 don’t count’. I’m moving into to keeping it simple, as well, being patient with the process. Repetition helps me understand a form, a glaze, a texture. I strive to create pieces that stand alone as beautiful, are sensuous to the touch and function for every day use.”

Karen is a founding member of Local Clay Potters’ Guild. She is also a founding member of Artisan Guilds of Bloomington.

Exhibits

13 Monday / June 13, 2016

Meditation Group


Unity of Bloomington, 4001 S. Rogers Street, Bloomington
http://www.unityofbloomington.org

Led by Edith Gingles the weekly gathering takes place downstairs in the Emilie Cady Room. Drop-ins are welcome any week.

Health

13 Monday / June 13, 2016

Game Night at Cardinal Spirits

07:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Cardinal Spirits
http://cardinalspirits.com/events/game-night

Get ready for Cardinal game night, guest hosted by our resident dungeon master Mike Trotzke.

Want to move pieces around on boards while consuming tasty beverages? No matter if you’re new to board gaming or already a full on geek, we’re here for you.

Board game night at Cardinal Spirits takes place the second Monday of the month at the distillery. We play some of the top-selling, best-time-having hobby board games of all time. Don’t know how to play? We’re glad to teach.

This month we’re building cities! We’ll have all the standards, but we’ll also bring along Quadropolis, Between Two Cities, Flip City, Machi Koro, Sun Rise City and a few more city themed favorites. Get your build on June 13th!

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