Wednesday, July 09, 2008

The night of the PIGGY BANK





So off I go with my carload of pig bodies and tools and supplies, to Thou Art Gallery in Groton, NY and my class in pig making. People are so darn creative and skilled, it is like this group had made a million pigs already!!!!
Douglas and Peter who own the Benn Conger Inn (what a gorgeous place!) and their friend whose name I have forgotton (sorry! she is in the second picture down) were there, plus Nancy who owns Thou Art and Janet who owns the church the gallery is in (look for the lady in the blue dress with the many pretty tattoos) and Dee who is a painter, and who put BUTTOCKS onto her piggy.
Next week: glazing!
Thanks to missus potsblog for taking these pics!!!!!

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like you all had alot of fun! Quite a big class, eh Gary? Seems everyone is having a good time. Love the butt on that one pig.

That stained glass window in the background, is beautiful!

gary rith said...

It is a church! Former church, turned into a gallery.

Patricia Griffin Ceramics said...

Those buttocks are great. Pretty funny!... Looks like it was fun for all. Congrats Gary!

Latin Lupe Lu said...

Love the butt pig! My aunt used to do classes like this. She lives in northern Minnesota and made her living in ceramics. Now she runs a quilting business.

Janet said...

omg I LOVE the bums!!!

Reb said...

Adding the buttocks is such a good idea! What a lot of fun that group must have had!

gary rith said...

the class was a blast, and it was impressive how everyone took to it like fish to water!

Gordo said...

Wow, look at all the support for piggy bums. Time for a new design, Gary? ;-)

Ellen said...

It takes a great teacher to inspire...and looks like you did an exemplary job of it! They are all really cute!

Susan as Herself said...

That looks like a ton of fun. And some great pics to prove it!!

Werner Sun said...

Well if you're going to put buttocks on a piggy bank, you should at least make the coins come out of that end!

Anonymous said...

Piggy Buttocks!! (Won't that just give you some interesting hits?)
Does this mean you are changing your style, Gary? That pic just cracks me up! [unintentional pun, but now that I think about it...]

It looks and sounds like your class was VERY successful!

Great pics, Maude!:)

Anonymous said...

Hey, I just noticed that piggy also has wings!

Anonymous said...

Hey, I just noticed that piggy also has wings!