Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
Clay demonstration by Gelindo Ferrin 071819
Clay demonstration by Gelindo Ferrin 071819
Gelindo Ferrin of Sweet Home Pottery wets the clay prior to forming the pot.
Clay demonstration by Gelindo Ferrin 071819
A similar pot from the demonstration the day before.
Clay demonstration by Gelindo Ferrin 071819
Ferrin uses a piece of rope to create texture in a clay bead
Clay demonstration by Gelindo Ferrin 071819
The start of a coil pot
Clay demonstration by Gelindo Ferrin 071819
A pinch pot with a pinecone placed in it
Clay demonstration by Gelindo Ferrin 071819
Adding surprise elements to the larger pot, also textured with the rope
Clay demonstration by Gelindo Ferrin 071819
The pendant Ferrin created for this photographer, with help from the sole of her shoe.
Gelindo L. Ferrin, potter and art educator of Sweet Home Pottery, demonstrated the building of a utilitarian pot at Soul River Gallery on Thursday, July 28, 2019, as part of the 2019 CLAY Festival going on all week.
Workshops and seminars are featured every day through July 21. For the schedule of events, visit www.clayfestival.com
Ferrin had also demonstrated creation of a similar pot the day before.
"The first recorded pots were pinch pots," Ferrin said, as he created a small one. "Then coil pots were developed," he said while forming a coil.
He often uses found objects to texture his work. Ferrin used a piece of rope to texture the pots he had created on Wednesday and again on Thursday. He also used the rope to texture a bead that could be used for a necklace. A pendant he created for this photographer was textured by the sole of her shoe, when she stepped gently on the piece of clay.
Ferrin set a pinecone in the tiny pinch pot he made. "You can pack dirt into the cone and stick in seeds, where they will sprout and look like a bonsai tree." He also said the seedlings could be transplanted from the cone.