The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 1978 Page: 4 of 8
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Friday, December 1, 1978
Potter Creates Pitchers, Vase
Craft Guild Sponsors Pottery Demonstration
Craft Guild Demonstration
. . . Ken Rosier shapes a vase
-Outtakes
Photo By JOHN HARRISON
By LARRY HULSEY
Daily Reporter
Three representatives from NT’s Craft
Guild sponsored a demonstration of
ceramic and pottery making Thursday in
the University Union Courtyard.
Graduate students Ken Rosier of
Bartley, Neb., Sue Bennett of Augusta,
Ga., and Dale Sizemore of Denton
demonstrated some of the creative
things artists can do with clay. The trio
created several pots, pitchers and vases
before a gathering of onlookers.
THE THREE artists answered stu-
dents questions and demonstrated
special molding techniques. Rosier
created a pitcher, while explaining each
step in detail to those watching.
Spring Productions Seek Talents
Auditions will be conducted for
spring drama productions from 4 to 6:30
p.m. and from 7 to 10 p.m. Monday
through Wednesday in the Studio
Theater.
The University Players will conduct
auditions for “Cabaret,” a Vegas-type
review, Joel Markey, Dallas senior, said.
"Under the Milk Wood" and "Tam-
ing of the Shrew” will also have audi-
tions at this time. A Gaylord-Hughes
production will hold auditions today at
4 p.m.
We are looking for singers, dancers,
mimists and specialty acts such as
ventriloquists, jugglers, fire eaters and
man-eating acts for the “Cabaret” show,
Markey said.
Those who plan to audition for
“Cabaret" should prepare one or more
Brass Bach Schedules
Premiere Performance
The Brass Bach’s quintet will make its
premiere performance of the semester at
nqpn Monday in the University Union
Courtyard, Doylestown, Pa.,
sophomore Joe Mehling said Thursday.
The concert will be sponsored by the
Union Program Committees.
Members of Brass Bach’s are
Mehling, trombone; Stone Mountain,
Ga., sophomore Dixon Grubbs, trom-
bone; Kenoshu, Wis., senior Randy
Skowronski, trumpet; Anchorage, Ala.,
sophomore Kevin Lindsay, French
horn; and Dallas junior Eric Johnson,
tuba. Henderson senior Danny Vinson
will assist the band on euphonium, a
small tuba.
Brass Bach’s will perform composi-
tions dating from the late medieval
period to the 20th century.
“Since last year, I’ve put about $250
into a book of selections and I think that
we have a wide variety, ranging from
Renaissance madrigals to “Quintet” by
Malcolm Arnold,” Mehling said.
“Originally, another trumpet player
and I decided we wanted to form our
own quintet because neither of us was in
any of the University quintets last year,"
he said.
“This year it’s basically a whole new
quintet because there were scheduling
problems with all the original members,
so this is our debut performance this
semester. Experience is the primary goal
with a little bit of recognition.”
of the following:
• A two-to-three-minute song, if
auditioning for a vocal group or solo.
• A two-to-three-minute dance, if
auditioning for a dance company or
solo.
• A two-to-three-minute mime act, if
auditioning for a mime company.
• A prepared specialty act, if
auditioning for specialty acts
An accompanist will be provided, and
a choreographer will lead basic move-
ments. Markey said.
A sign-up sheet for "Cabaret” audi-
tions is posted in the Green Room of the
Speech and Drama Building.
Auditions for “Under the Milk
Wood" and “Taming of the Shrew” will
be Monday and Tuesday from 4 to 6:30
p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. in the Studio
Theater of the Speech and Drama
Building.
Those who plan to audition should
prepare a two-minute poem and be able
to sing “Happy Birthday" to piano
music.
Meetings To Lure Fraternity
More than 350 members of Phi Beta
Sigma fraternity chapters from the gulf
coast region will be in Denton today
through Sunday to attend the group's
5th annual workshop, Alan Bergeron,
publicity representative for the frater-
nity, said.
Registration will begin at 2 p.m. and
informal meetings will be held by
members tonight.
The chapter members will hold
workshops in the University Union on
leadership, recruitment and ways to
improve the fraternities, Bergeron said.
The students, who represent 48
chapters, will attend a luncheon Satur-
day at the Ramada Inn, he said.
Rosier began his demonstration by
“airing out" the clay. During this
process, he kneaded the clay and worked
out the air bubbles before he began
molding it. Then he carefully centered
the clay on his electric potter’s wheel and
molded the glob into the shape desired.
SPECIAL ATTENTION should be
given to the bottom, or base, of the pro-
ject, Rosier warned. The base of the
creation may crack or split if not molded
properly. He suggested that beginning
potters constantly keep the clay moist
with a sponge and water while forming.
Failure to do this can cause the clay to
build up friction and tear on the spin-
ning wheel.
He demonstrated different ways to
“lift” the clay to make the vase or
pitcher taller. Throughout this process,
he was constantly shaping and molding
the clay with his fingers. By using a
damp sponge and a metal wedge called a
rib, he smoothed out the rough edges of
the product.
WITH A WOODEN knife, Rosier
created designs on the product, adding
an individual touch to it.
The individual and unique touch of
handmaking these pieces is responsible
for the revival of ceramics during recent
years. "Industrialization and mass
production have sort of taken over the
functional ceramics department in the
past,” Ms. Bennett said. "But over the
last 30 or 40 years, there has been a
revival in handcrafted objects."
After the potter has finished molding
his creation, he must fire it to preserve it.
This is done by placing the piece in a kiln
and firing it, then putting a glaze on it
and firing it again These processes re-
quire 15 to 25 hours of treatment, fired
at temperatures of 2,300 F.
The ceramic craftsman’s tools include
his potter’s wheel, a sponge, an assort-
ment of ribs, water and twisted wire for
cutting the pots ’oose from the wheel
when the product is ready to fire. The
career potter also needs imagination,
Ms. Bennett said.
The NT Craft Guild will have its bian-
nual Craft Sale at the Speech and Drama
Mall from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Wednesday. This sale will
feature students' works in clay, metal
and fibers, Ms. Bennett said.
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Kelsey, Rick. The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 1978, newspaper, December 1, 1978; Denton, TX. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1002622/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.