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Ceramic Artist, Workshop Presenter, Soapmaker, etc.

 

"Alabama Atmosphere", exhibition

         Alabama Clay Conference 

     February 15-18, 2024

     Orange Beach, Alabama

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"Carving to Your Heart's Delight"

     Alabama Clay Conference 

     Sunday Presentation, February 18, 2024

     Orange Beach, Alabama

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Opening at Gallery@808

     February 20, 2024, 4-6 PM

     808 4th Street, Gadsden, Alabama

 

"Altered and Embellished"

     Georgia Clay Council Workshop

     Demonstration workshop with Steve Loucks

                  April 13-14, 2024

     Canton, Georgia

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"Stack 'Em Up"

     with Steve Loucks

      Dive deep into structure, embellishment, and style. Make

      complex, multi-sectional vessels from simple, wheel-

      thrown parts. Learn to dart, stretch, alter, and embellish.

      Stack and assemble the sections to make pedestalled

      forms, vases, pitchers, and candlesticks. Enhance your

      pieces with carvings, sprigs, lids and/or handles, and

      glazes. Fire pieces you complete early in the week in the

      electric kiln while we continue to create more work. Be

      prepared to transport some unfired pieces.

      To register, go to: Stack 'Em Up (configio.com)

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     John C. Campbell Folk School

     Brasstown, North Carolina

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RECENT EVENTS:

"North Branch Nature Center

    Fungus Exhibition"

     September 23-December 2023

     Montpelier, Vermont

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"Carving to Your Heart's Delight"

     October 28, 2023

     Appalachian Arts Craft Center

     Clinton, Tennessee

     Hands-on carving demonstration and

     workshop. For information, call 865-494-9854,

     email: info@appalachianarts.net

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"Serving with Finesse"

     with Steve Loucks

     June 4-11, 2023

     John C. Campbell Folk School

     Brasstown, North Carolina

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"Carving to Your Heart's Desire"

     June 3, 2023, 2:00

     Mountain Potters

     Hayesville Public Library

     Hayesville, North Carolina

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"2023 Juried Cup Show"

     May 13-July 22, 2023

     Hudgens Center for Art & Learning 

     Duluth, Georgia

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"Serving with Finesse"

     with Steve Loucks

     June 4-11, 2023

     John C. Campbell Folk School

     Brasstown, North Carolina

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"Bowl-ing with Cone 6 Glazes" 

     February 19-24, June 5-12, 2023

     Dual hands-on and demonstration workshop

     with Steve Loucks, making multiple styles of

     bowls to alter, assemble, carve, embellish,

     glaze, and fire. Includes glazing demonstra-

     tions and discussions.

     John C. Campbell Folk School

     Brasstown, North Carolina

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"Alabama Craft Guild Free Demonstration"

     One-hour demonstration by seven artists

     Organizer and participant

     January 28, 2023

     Huntsville Museum of Art

     Huntsville, Alabama

     

"Faculty Exhibition"

      Fall 2021, 2022

     Jacksonville State University

     Hammond Hall Gallery

     Jacksonville, Alabama

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"Alabama Clay Conference 2022 Vendor"

     with Steve Loucks 

     February 17-19, 2022

     Shelby County Arts Center

     Columbiana, Alabama

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"Little Things Matter"

     National Juried Small-Scale Sculpture

     Exhibition

     Through November 5, 2021

     School of Performing and Visual Arts

     The University of Southern Mississippi

     Hattiesburg, Mississippi

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"Drinking Vessels with Panache"

     August 21-28, 2021

     Dual workshop with Steve Loucks

     John C. Campbell Folk School

     Brasstown, NC

  

"Creative Spirit"

     August 4-October 2, 2021

     Dual Exhibition with Steve Loucks

     Johnson Center for the Arts

     Troy, Alabama

 

Check out thepotterscast.com/460

      for a fun podcast about my husband

      Steve Loucks' & my approach to

      ceramics.

 

I am Contributing Editor again for the third

      edition of the book:

     "Glazes from a Potter's Perspective:

      A Simple, Kitchen-Method Approach 

      to Understanding Glaze Development",

      by Steve Loucks 

         

      To order, please call 256.435.4105 or

                  256.452.8213

      or email hesserloucks@bellsouth.net.

      The cost is $45 which includes shipping

      and handling within the US, $65 to

      Canada and $75 to Mexico. Other 

      international postage costs are determined

      by the patrons actual shipping address.

      Payment is made through a squareup.com

      invoice sent to your email. 

      Please leave your email address, repeat

      your phone number, and tell us how you

      heard about the book.

      For more information see "Glaze Book"

         on the Menu Bar above.

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I was honored to have been chosen again as a 

     2019 winner of the Alabama State

     Council on the Arts Fellowship in Crafts.

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 Where to buy my work:

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     Go to "Sales Booth" on the Menu Bar above.

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     Call to make an studio visit appointment.

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     Four Corners Gallery and Frame Shop

          4700 Hwy 280, Suite 8

          Birmingham, Alabama 35242

          205.980.2600

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     To contact me, please call 256.435.4105, call or text me at 256.452.8213, and/or email me at 

hesserloucks@bellsouth.net

about pieces that you are

interested in me making just for

you or to arrange an exhibition or workshop.

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      To visit our studio, call 256.452.8213 for an appointment to make sure we are here. We love visitors as we are opening new kilns with new

work all the time.

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      Our studio address is:

           1092 Seven Springs Road

           Wellington, Alabama 36279

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      We are in the beautiful countryside of

Alabama twenty minutes south of Gadsden,

two hours west of Atlanta, two hours south of

both Chattanooga and Huntsville, and one and

a half hours northeast of Birmingham.  

 

Shipping is available for pottery purchased at

the studio and online and for my gorgeous

handmade shopping bags, hand dyed t-shirts

(images available by request and size) and my

all-natural Seven Springs Cream Soaps, Solid Lotion, and Lip Gloss.

(click on "More" then "Soap" on the Menu Bar above), La Fleur Rose Solid Lotion, and Lip Gloss.

 

 

 

 

 

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