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A Time to Spout Off - Teapots from Around the World

Program Category
Crafts

Audience Age
teens and adults

Description

Pottery Wheel Demonstration with Optional Hands-On Pinch Pottery Workshop
60 min. or 90 min. workshop

This workshop is a celebration of the similarities and differences experienced with many cultures by way of a pot of tea. The history of teapots will take shape on the potter’s wheel. I will introduce teapots from the Middle East, the Orient, Europe and the Americas. Brown Betty teapots, ring teapots and teapots filled from the bottom and a surprise ANIMAL teapot will be made on the potter’s wheel.
Hands-on: We will be passing from person to person a freshly made pot from the potter’s wheel and the chance to feel a dry and wet pot as it rotates on the wheel. Each person will also make a pinch pot (cup made from a ball of clay by pinching the clay with the thumb and finger) and the unfired piece goes home with the participant.
Book Suggestion: The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See; The Meaning of Tea: A Tea Inspired Journey by Phil Cousineau
Appropriate For: March - Youth Art Month; October - National Arts and Humanities Month

Fee
$300.

For detailed fees and mileage information see www.PiedPotter.com - email: rick@americanredware.com - call 413-436-7444

Group Size
Unlimited

Program Length
60 min.

Facility Requirements

Ramp or elevator for all workshops
Standard 15 amp outlet for the pottery wheel demonstration workshops
I will bring everything else.

This is a very clean program, there won’t be any clay remnants left behind. For more information please call Rick Hamelin at 413-436-7444, or email rick@americanredware.com or visit www.PiedPotter.com

Last Modified
07/08/2023

Comments

Through the years I have completed numerous summer reading programs and here are some of the comments I received as feedback.


Folks are still talking about your program and how much they enjoyed it. I have our dragon, now named Norbert (yes, from Harry Potter) on display in the Youth Room with lots of people commenting on him! Meg, South Hadley Public Library


Rick’s show was fascinating! I got no work done! D. Bro, Assistant Director, Huntington Public Library


Fantastic, informative, age appropriate. Thank you so much. Bambi Miller, Tyler Memorial Library, Charlemont


Rick entertained a mixed audience with facts, stories, pottery terms and demonstrations on the wheel and the time flew by! Even small children were enthralled, especially when he created the dragon. Very worthwhile cultural presentation. Kate McCarron, Lunenburg Public Library


It is often difficult to engage 5th and 6th graders but the kids really liked this demo! Even a 3 year old made a pot! People who came into the library for other reasons came in and stayed for Rick! Laura Grant, Children’s Librarian


Rick captivated the audience. Children and adults both had a fantastic time learning about clay and pottery. He had a very good rapport with the children. Meg Clancy, South Hadley Public Library


Kids loved watching a dragon come to life and making 7,000 year old pinch pots! Heather Marchetta, Longmeadow Richard Salter Storrs Library

Recent Library/School Appearances by About Clay by Pied Potter Hamelin

Elizabeth Valero
Millbury, MA
 (508)865-1181

Meg Clancy
South Hadley, MA
 (413)538-5045

Margret Nareau
Huntington, MA
 (413)667-3506

Paula Long
Montgomery, MA
 (413)862-3894

Katie Krol
Williamsburg, MA
 (413)268-7472

Rebecca Folb
Worcester, MA
 (508)799-1655

Performer’s Contact Information

About Clay by Pied Potter Hamelin

Rick Hamelin
P. O. Box 1082
Warren, MA 01083-1082
 (413)436-7444
 rick@americanredware.com
 http://www.piedpotter.com
Preferred Contact Method: Email

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