Important Dates!

Studio Closure for Floor Painting

  • When: December 27th at 5:00pm until December 31st

  • Why: The studio will be closed for floor painting around the wheels.

 

Volunteer Request

We will need assistance with moving the wheels in preparation for painting the floors.

  • December 27th at 5:30pm: Preparing the studio for painting.

  • December 31st: Returning the wheels to their places after the painting is completed.

**If you are available to help with either task, please email admin@waterbrookpotters.com. Thanks in advance for your consideration. We can do a lot together

 

Quarterly Board Meeting

  • When: Wednesday, January 8th at 7:00 PM

  • Where: Zoom (Zoom login details will be emailed one week before the meeting, with a reminder on the day of.)

We hope you can join us for the quarterly board meeting. We appreciate and value all members' input and ideas. Please save this date; we are looking forward to seeing you on Zoom!

 

Winter Holiday Party

  • When: Saturday, January 11th at 7:00 PM

  • Where: Waterbrook Pottery Studio

  • RSVP: An official invitation will be sent shortly. All members are welcome to bring one guest. Please be sure to RSVP to the invitation coming your way so we can get an accurate count for ordering food.

 

Fall Studio Clean-Up

It's time for another studio clean-up! Below are three different times slots, choose which one you will attend. If none of the time slots are convenient for you, please select ‘other’ and let us know so we can work something out.

Bring a Friend Night

Our first Bring a Friend night was a hit, so we’re doing it again! For a donation of $10, you can bring a friend to the studio for a night of fun and creativity.

$10 donation includes 3 visits: throwing or hand building, trimming & glazing!

Date: Oct. 30, 2024

Time: 6pm - 9pm

6 wheel spots and 8 hand-building spots are available

WOOD FIRE WORKSHOP with Matthew Tell

Flyer for Matthew Tell Woodfireworkshop. Information is in the blog post.

WOOD FIRE WORKSHOP with Matthew Tell

Saturday April 26th - Glaze and Load Kiln Sunday April 27th - Fire Kiln unload will be the weekend of May 3rd

Please bring 20-30 bisque fired pieces All of your pieces should be made from cone 10 clay.

COST IS $275

TO SEE EXAMPLES OF MATT'S WORK: HTTPS://MATTHEWTELLPOTTERY.COM

MATTHEW'S STUDIO IS LOCATED AT: 163 POTTERS HILL ROAD MARLBORO, VT 05344

 

THINGS TO KNOW

Starting at 10AM Saturday at Matt's studio we will glaze our pieces (glaze is provided by Matt), load the kiln and determine the helper schedule. Please bring a packed lunch. Firing begins early Sunday morning and will finish Sunday evening. The kiln will be unloaded the following weekend.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: lindsayrenz@netzero.net

LODGING For anyone who is interested.... We are going to book an Air B&B or hotel. The exact location hasn't been finalized but in the past we've stayed at the Covered Bridge Inn which is about 15m from Matt's studio. Please indicate in the sign-up if you're interested. For reference, last year was approximately $100/night for a shared room.

October 8 Clay supply swap and sale!

Got some clay supplies or tools that are just taking up space? Your unwanted and unused items may be just the thing another potter’s looking for. This is also your chance to find additions to your own collection. If that’s not enough, there’ll be pizza!

Interested? RSVP via Slack or email.

Expressive sculpture fills the studio!

Check out these photos from the recent Expressive Figure in Fiber Clay Workshop held at the studio. Creativity abounded. HUGE thank you to local artist and workshop presenter Jean O’Neil, @joneilstudio.

 

Join us for a delightful evening at Waterbrook! Members can bring a friend and explore your creative side together in a relaxed, fun atmosphere.

You provide the clay, the studio supplies the equipment and tools. Enjoy light refreshments and beverages as you create and socialize.

Participants and their friends must be over 21, as alcoholic beverages will be served.

6 wheel spots and 8 hand-building spots are available

Waterbrook got wild!

Huge thank you to Charlie Varney from Moldy Crow Pottery for sharing his expertise related to using local materials for developing glazes and clay. It was a WILD time. And trust us, there were big smiles behind all those masks.

2024 Board Election results!

The board members-elect for 2024 are:

Vice-President, Lindsay Renz
Communications, Becca Cain
Operations, Chad Cates
Membership, Jennifer Morrison

Thanks to all who voted and to our new board members for their willingness to serve.

WPS Board Slate of Candidates

 

The nomination process is closed and we’re happy to announce the candidates for the 2024 election. Thank you to all the candidates for their willingness to serve.

Operations - Chad Cates
Communications - Becca Cain
Membership - Jennifer Morrison
Vice-President - Lindsay Renz / Claire Normile

Please check your email to access the candidate statements. Voting will begin on Monday, April 29 and close on May 13. Instructions for casting your vote will be sent via email.

It's Board Election season!

Self nomination is now open - if you are interested in nominating yourself, you can do that using this form. 

Positions up for election this cycle (read about roles and responsibilities here):

  • Vice-President

    Communications

  • Operations

  • Membership

Process

This process will begin with a call for self nominations, members interested in running for a position will fill out the nomination form. Nominated members that are eligible for candidacy will be added to the election slate. The election slate must include a President, Vice-President, and Treasurer. Upon the completion of the self nomination period if one or more of the above listed positions has no nominated candidates a notice will be sent out to membership and the nomination form reopened for the span of a week. After that week, the final slate will be put together and announced to membership with candidate submitted bios for consideration. If an essential position does not have a candidate, the election will carry on and the board will appoint someone when the vacancy begins pursuant with the bylaws (Article V. Section 5.)

After the slate is presented to membership, there will be a three week period where the election form is open. Members may only vote for one candidate per position. At the commencement of the election period, votes will be tallied and the membership will be notified of the results.

Timeline

April 9th-18th - Self Nomination Period 
April 19th-24th - Slate building and validation
April 19th - Slate validated for necessary positions
If all essential positions have candidates proceed to *
If candidates are needed for essential positions:
April 19th - Notification of membership of lacking candidates
April 19th - Nomination form reopened
April 21st 5pm - Nomination form closed
*April 24th - Slate presented to membership
April 24th- May 8th - Elections form is open
May 8th 5pm - Election form closes
May 9th - Election results announced

Important Documents

Tea party time!

HUGE SHOUTOUT to Jessica Putnam Phillips from ClayShare for guiding 20 potters through the challenging process of hand building a teapot. By day’s end, students who had never even touched clay before had created a beautiful textured teapot with their own two hands. Thanks to all who attended for filling the studio with laughter, support and, of course, teapots!

Waterbrook overflows with the Devil's Work

Patience was a virtue in the planning, carving and smoothing required for the Devil’s Work but the results were worth it. Here’s a peek at those results and the smiles they brought. A huge thank you to Toan Tran for sharing his time and talents with all of us! Click on the images for a bigger view.

Were you seen at the 2024 WPS Kickoff Party?

There were smiles all around what with the tasty and plentiful food, awesome raffle prizes, a pottery swap and, best of all, a room full of potters (and some +1’s)!

Congrats to the raffle winners of the Bailey Ceramic Gift Certificates:

$250 Grand Prize - Jen Doig
$100 Second Prize - Becca Cain
$50 Third Prize - Eunseon Park

Thanks again to Mayco, Spectrum Glazes, Bailey Ceramics, and Capital Ceramic Supply for their generous donations.

And thanks most of all to all the Waterbrook members who make our studio community such a wonderful place to learn, laugh and grow!

Congratulations to the 2023-24 Board Members-Elect!

We are pleased to announce the Waterbrook members who will be assuming Board positions for the 2023-24 term which begins on July 1.

  • President 2-year term, Cherie Bramley

  • Vice President 1-year term, Maureen Hanley-Ehmann

  • Treasurer 2-year term - Matthew O’Connor

  • Secretary 2-year term - Jamie Gahtan

  • Operations 1-year term - Eunseon Park

  • Membership 1-year term - Jennifer Morrison

Thank you to our continuing Board members and new Board members for your willingness to serve. Thank you to David Pynchon for keeping us all well-informed about the election and for coordinating a seamless voting process. Thanks, too, to all members who cast their votes and helped to ensure the continued success of the Waterbrook community.

New "Classes" page!

A new page is now live on the website to help centralize information and registration for all the classes and workshops that the Education Committee has scheduled. No need to keep track of all those emails anymore. You can find the Classes tab at the top of the web page, or check out the page by clicking here.