Ardell Roberts Let your imagination run wild! You can create a one-of-a-kind item using your inner thoughts and ideas. When you join the Ceramic Club, you not only create beautiful things, you gain friendships. Come give us a look-see in the Creative Arts Building Gecko Classroom. We are fortunate to have two fabulous and talented…
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Features, May 2021
Artist of the Month: Pottery Club: Nan Osterholt
Jeff Wilson The PebbleCreek Pottery Sculpture Club featured artist for May is Nan Osterholt. Nan came to PebbleCreek from Sacramento where she retired from nursing. Nan went back to school after retiring and earned a degree in art. She then spent 12 years making pottery and volunteering in the art department at Sacramento City College.…
Clubs & Classes, April 2020
Beginning Handmade Pottery Class Essential Learning Tool
Jeff Wilson The Beginning Handmade Pottery class is the essential clay class for learning the tools and techniques for making any handmade clay project. The beginning class always makes three beautiful projects, including an embossed plate or bowl, an appliqued luminaria, and a traditional Japanese-style bottle with a sculptural spout and appliqued embellishments. By the…
Clubs & Classes, December 2019
Potters reach new heights
Jeff Wilson The recent Handmade Pottery class reached new heights by making some of the tallest vases ever made in this very popular class. Instructor Terry Wilson challenged the advanced students to make vase and bottle projects that were three to four times larger than were typically made in the past. Not only were the…
Clubs & Classes, September 2019
Pottery/Sculpture Club’s featured artist Kim Corbel
Jeff Wilson The Pottery/Sculpture Club featured artist for September is Kim Corbel. She loves to spend her free time transforming everyday flowers into unique, personalized arrangements. Kim discovered her passion for flowers while working for a small-town florist in Maryland at the age of 17. Starting with Hallmark cards as her responsibility, she was quickly…
Front Page, September 2019
Enjoying the art of flower arranging
Jeff Wilson On July 15, twelve women transformed store bought fresh flowers into beautiful arrangements under the direction of floral designer Kim Corbel. The ladies came to class with assortments of fresh cut flowers, a vase of their choosing and a desire to learn. Kim provided the encouragement and step-by-step instructions on how to turn…
Clubs & Classes, July 2019
Pottery Club continues to offer demonstrations and classes for all
Jeff Wilson This past May, Pottery Club member, Carla Woodward organized a wheel throwing demo for the Pottery Club and interested PebbleCreek residents. Peggy Mitchell impressed the audience with her experience and skills, demonstrating “throwing” vases and plates on the pottery wheel. Peggy also proved to be quite a teacher as she had some participants…
Clubs & Classes, July 2019
Pottery Club’s featured artist for July
Terry Wilson The Pottery Club featured artist for July is Jeff Wilson. For over three years, Jeff and his wife Terry have been teaching a variety of classes for the club and currently he is club president. Before moving to PebbleCreek, Jeff was an artist with gallery shows of his paintings, sculptures and photo collages,…
Clubs & Classes, May 2019
Rock painting at the Pottery/Sculpture Club
Jeff Wilson The Pottery/Sculpture Club was honored to present a rock painting demonstration by Carolin Post. She shared her techniques, tools and materials as she explained her working methods for producing spectacular works of art. Carolin explained that her rock art started as a true inspiration and, as such, she does not sell her work,…
Clubs & Classes, March 2019
Handmade Pottery class was a mixture of clay enthusiasts
Jeff Wilson The February Handmade Pottery class was a blend of beginning and advanced clay enthusiasts. Beginning students learned the tools and techniques necessary to make almost any clay art work. Projects for beginners included a large platter or bowl with appliqued embellishments of birds, geckos, flowers and more. The second project was a luminaria…