from left to right: annabel (2nd overall), mrs. robbins, arwin (best overall)

we had a good show at Brent School in Mamplasan. good stuff for first year students!! congratulations to all the participants

best sculptural, jason

best functional, by third

best overall

my works at brent studio

so here it is, the first glaze firing in the brent ceramics studio. lets hope for some juicy results...

glazing lesson

a years worth of work, in the control of a pit, sawdust, copper, iron, salt, wood, the fire, a bit of luck. it was a good day which created a positive energy among the freshmen and sophomore visual arts students. and we completed the cycle of clay... have a look!
thanks again to the va students, who made this day what it was...

wendel and jeremy loading sawdust

1st and 2nd year 08

applying terra sig w copper carb

to be fired in gas reduction atmosphere...

with the guest of honor, inside the pit

loading pit

stacking wood

more wood

blessing the firing

starting the fire

fire!

fire!!!

4th year painting

4th year painting

by dawani deleon

trapo!

dean honrado

this summer has been a busy one. kids are out of school, and its turning into some type of romper room.. all in good fun.

Masami Bolt

Udit Reyna

Tomo

Neil Lees

Charmaine Panares

Jam Lee

Bubum Melgar

Bubum Melgar

Tomaso and Kim Nyggard

Kim Nyggard

Sonny Cruz

Pat Knorppf

Neil Lees

Mia Casal

finished works with flashing

a pit, 3 feet deep, 3' wide and 8' long was dug

filled with fine sawdust, about 6 inches at bottom

mixed in some copper and cobalt carbonate with rock salt, which gives some interesting metallic effects

then burnished pots are loaded, starting with the big ones in the center

and wood is stacked on top of the pots

then light the pit

then you unload, the longer you let the pots cool in the pit, the more reds and oranges

then we go to sakura afterwards

Tom Decker, studio potter from Berkley, California, held a 2-day workshop. He specializes in pit firing and will demonstrate his firing techniques next week. His work is mainly sculptural with a bit of function. Interesting individual... demonstrations included burnishing, wheel, and coiling.. he even made whistles!!!










i enjoyed his lecture, for he emphasized to have fun when you work. the same way you did as a child.. innocent and free. the most interesting part of his lecture was about how he went to Palawan and the rains were quite strong. after this, he made a sculptural piece that was very similar to the Manunggul.. funny thing is that he has never seen or heard of the Palawan based figure.

Rica Zamora, guest of honor

tito vinci, tita tina, my mom

the colorful Niel Lees

This years student exhibit was better than ever. My mom did the honor of cutting the ribbon during the openning ceremony. The event was well attended, with over 40 students exhibiting their works. The show was so good that i think its time some of them should do one man shows. It was difficult curating due to the number of works submitted. The curator this year was Popi Laudico, along with Jon, Tessy, and myself. Congratulations to the students of the Pettyjohn-Mendoza Pottery School, you have done it again! Till the next time...

works by Kim Dacanay

clocks by Lorenzo Cortes

kim with her works, aleisters pots in background