Hawaii Potter's Guild

Our wonder woman, Esther Nowell, celebrating her 100th birthday today!! How very lucky we are to have you at the studio and in our lives Esther. Cheers!

Call to Artists:
“Ceramics of Hawaii 2020”
Postponed until 2021

Hawai’i Potters’ Guild regrets to announce that the second statewide juried all ceramics exhibition at the Honolulu Museum of Art School Gallery has been postponed until 2021.

We are working with the Honolulu Museum of Art School on a new date. As information becomes available, we will update you.

We look forward to seeing how the ceramic artist community expresses their interpretation of the theme “RESILIENCE”

is hard! We get it. We miss seeing you too. But we'd love to see all the creative ways you're keeping your clay spirit alive.
Whether you're potting at home, taking a clay class online or channeling your creativity into lots of cooking baking or cleaning to keep you sane, we'd love for you to share and keep our Guild family connected during this time.
Tag us so we can repost!

While we were hoping that we would not need to close, after today's guidance from the Governor we have made the difficult decision to close the studio for two weeks, from Sunday 3/22 through 4/4. Visit our website
to learn more about our closure and revised studio calendar.
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Stay safe, stay connected, and protect yourself and others. We appreciate your support and understanding during this difficult time.
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Call to Artists: Ceramics of Hawaii returns in 2020

Hawai’i Potters’ Guild is excited to announce that it will coordinate the second statewide juried ALL ceramics exhibition at the Honolulu Museum of Art School Gallery from September 18, 2020, through October 16, 2020.

https://www.hawaiipottersguild.org/upcoming-events

Click for details, and stay tuned for more!

Ceramics of Hawaii | Hawaii Potters' Guild The first statewide juried exhibition of ceramic art in Hawaii, Ceramics of Hawaii.

Kanpai! We celebrated a successful first firing of our new kiln tonight with a sake celebration. So fun! We are so very grateful to for his generous donation in honor of Susan that made this new kiln possible, to our kiln builder , to our kiln team Roy and and their many helpers, and to our fearless leader for bringing us together tonight. What a wonderful community we have here at HPG.

These guys. Thank you Jack and Roy for all your thoughtful planning, tireless work and can-do attitude to bring our new kiln to life. We did it!

🐀🐀One more slot left for Esther Shimazu’s Year of the Rat Workshop! See two posts below for the link to snag the spot 🐀🐀

Hawai’i Potter’s Guild 2020 Workshops

Esther Shimazu Year of the Rat Workshop

Date: Sunday 2/16/20
Time: 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Place: HPG upstairs hand building area

Cost: $50 HPG member, $65 Non-HPG member

Lunch: NO POTLUCK. Please brown bag your lunch or plan to eat/bring back lunch from a nearby vendor.

Description: Happy Year of the Rat! Celebrate 2020 with Esther Shimazu and handbuild your own cuddly (or scary) rat. Esther will show you her techniques and tips to build a small ceramic piece.

Includes: 1/4 bag of B-mix and bisque firing of completed pieces.

Bring: favorite sculpting and carving tools; lunch/beverage for yourself.

Registration: We are trying out Google forms this year. Please click on the link below.

Questions? Contact the HPG Workshop Group at [email protected]

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSetAy6LswE3-tB4g-rS8fIHT44v65xMX5rArYrsS9y5V-Ibww/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1

Esther Shimazu's Year of the Rat Workshop Event Date/Time: Sunday, February 16, 2020, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Location: Hawaii Potters Guild wheel throwing area Cost: $50 HPG members; $65 non-members No POTLUCK. Please brown bag your lunch or plan to eat/bring back lunch from a nearby vendor. Happy Year of the Rat! Celebrate 2020 with Esther Sh...

Woohoo! New kiln coming along. Thanks to Justin Lambert Pottery and his crew for all their hard work.

Surprise! It's a weekend of sales for HPG. In addition to our artists sale on Saturday (see previous post), visit us on Sunday, December 8 in the HPG parking lot for a bowl clearance sale. Starts at 8am and runs until 1pm or until we run out of bowls

Our Guild Christmas elves have been working hard to offer you something handmade under the Christmas tree 🎁🎄🎁 We hope to see you there!

Good times, featuring Roy
Pc: Lynn Weiler Liverton

morning firing crew, ready to go. Lots of Empty Bowls about to get fired.

Getting ready for empty bowl!!

Workshop alert! Handbuild a small winged cherub (or demon—your choice) with Esther Shimazu, just in time for Valentine's Day! 😇😈😇😈 Sunday, Feb 3, 9am-4pm. $50 members, $65 non-members. Signup sheet posted at HPG

Wow, Meow! Shop for handmade gifts like this beauty from at our HPG Artists' Sale this Saturday, Dec 1, 9am - 1pm at Kuhio Elementary School.

Check off your holiday gift list with treasures from our HPG Artists, like . Hope to see you there!

Find this beauty and other pieces from at our Artists' Sale next Sat, Dec 1. 9am-1pm at Kuhio Elementary School.

Holiday Party alert!! This year's HPG Holiday Party will take place on Sat, Dec 8 at the studio. $20 per person, food provided by Royal Kitchen. Sign up by Nov 26 at the studio.
Fabulous picture is of Jackie, Shelle and Laurie from our 2014 party.

Good Morning Miss Kitty, meet Kitty.

Get a glimpse into the "insta life" of artists (pictured herr) and at our Thursday night potluck and slideshow. Starts at 6:30pm on June 29. Hope to see you there!

Join us next Thursday! HPG ceramicists Nick Stone and Kim DeSouza will share with you how Instagram and Etsy can be useful as well as fun for ceramicists. June 28th at 6:30. Potluck.

A preview of works for sale from this Saturday! Shop pieces from Nick and more than 20 other HPG artists at our Artists' Sale. 📷:

Kuhio Elementary School, Saturday May 5, 9am-1pm

Less than one week until our Artists' Sale, featuring works like this lovely bowl made by Shelle Avecilla.
Saturday, May 5, 9am - 1pm, at Kuhio Elementary School

Mark your calendars! Saturday, May 5, 9am-1pm at Kuhio School

This could be you! Join our fabulous instructors like .boggs in a class this summer. Pre-registration begins this week, open registration begins April 24. Visit the "Register for Class" page on our website for more information. 📷 .boggs

Thank you Lori and the gang for firing the big gas kiln!!!

Check out the Glaze of the week panel at the glaze area! You can see sample of How Shino turn out depending on different application. Thank you Gemma for making these available!!