Here are images from the last glaze firing.

Here are a few pieces from the first firing.

Making New Work:

My studio is getting full. Work is piling up in anticipation of the spring kiln opening. Here are some images of the work in greenware state. And one of me sitting on the many boxes of clay yet to be opened.

I wanted to share and promote some fun parades.


If you missed the Handmade Parade in Hillsborough here is a link to what you missed:


http://flickr.com/photos/oberazzi/sets/72157607980134441/with/2959751476/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqQ5zuJxQD4

Also there is going to be some good parades in the future:

Hillsborough Holiday Parade - December 6th Downtown, 3:00pm. I think Santa will be there!

And please check out:

Greetings in the cause of peace and social justice,
I am happy to announce four amazing events (listed below) as part of the Human Rights Week in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Please join us in answering the call of these young people to work for social change in our community by attending at least one of the following events. Much of this work is the culmination of a semester long exploration of Human Rights by CHHS, ECHHS, and CHS students who participate in the Scene + Heard Youth Arts Collective workshops every Saturday. I am blessed to lead students in such an honest and open artistic investigation of social issues, and I am hopeful that you will come share the process with us! Also, feel free to forward this far and wide.
PEACE,
michael irwin
CHHS Arts Academy Coordinator
"Happy Birthday Human Rights"

– A Parade
Saturday, December 13th @ 10:00 AM
Celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the Chapel Hill Holiday Parade. Please feel free to bring signs with your message about Human Rights, Musical Instruments, Funky Dress or any other fun parade gear
Meet at Old Well UNC Campus at 9:30am Directions

Amy Gelber Pottery will be showing Three Cords and Ascension at the First Baptist Church of Hillsborough Artisan Market on Saturday December 13th from 10am-3pm in the Blake Room. She will also show some wood fired anagama vases that were fired in one of the oldest kilns in Japan. Everyone is welcome!

FBCH: 201 West King Street Hillsborough, NC 27278

Ceramic Peace on Display: Amy Gelber's work has been selected to exhibit in the 2008 – 2009 Juried Exhibitions Series. Amy Gelber Pottery is proud to announce that 5 of the remaining original 9 sculptures from Ceramic Peace will be on display at the Chapel Hill Town Hall from November 14th, 2008 through January 4th, 2009. The opening reception will be held at the Town Hall on Friday November 14th from 5:00 - 7:00pm. Everyone is welcome to attend this event.

Amy Gelber Pottery joined forces with Cisco Systems, Inc. at the Juvenille Diabetes Research Foundation Charity Ball and Auction in Raleigh, NC on October 24th, 2008.Regeneration from Ceramic Peace earned $1,100 for children with diabetes and Amy is proud and honored her sculpture is fulfilling its original purpose.

Ceramic Peace

Amy Gelber, Ceramic Artist

Created at the Shigaraki Ceramic Institute

Ceramic Peace Exhibition:

January 9th - February 2nd 2008

Gallery 86

86 North Main Street

Waynesville, NC 28786
828.452.0593

http://www.haywoodarts.org/Gallery86.html

Please join us at Gallery 86 for the

opening reception on Friday

January 11th from 6:00-9:00 pm

This is the HCC Professional Crafts 30th Anniversary Exhibition at the Folk Art Center . I was glad to be able to exhibit my work, even though I was still in Japan. It looks like it was an incredible show.

I Love Lucie Rie! We got to see her work at the Crafts Gallery in Tokyo.

This is Watarai San's exhibition. He hand dyes, sizes, and cuts porcelain disks, then after firing he welds the structure together to create an enormous ceramic form. When he was a studio artist at Shigaraki, it was amazing just to watch him create a plaster form that he uses as a mold for his welding process.

Michael Wein's Sea and Shore Exhibition in Australia

Here are more images of the Shigaraki Studio Artist's exhibition at Maroni Gallery in Kyoto, Japan.

Yoshi Kawamura, Toshi Kawai, Madoka Ueno, Maru, and Nancy Fuller.

Here we are at Hanami, enjoying the cherry blossoms.

Studio Artist Exhibition in Kyoto

Studio Artists