Gena Wikstrom and Susan Eastman For the third consecutive year, art students from Desert Edge High School were warmly welcomed by the Ceramics Club of PebbleCreek for an immersive, hands-on educational field trip held in January. Twenty students, carefully selected by the director of the high school’s Ceramic Department, spent a full day learning, creating,…
Jeff Wilson This beginning pottery class progressed from beginner to expert in record time! Students made three large projects and, in the process, learned all the tools and techniques necessary to make any handmade project of their choice in the future. Most of the popular pottery artists at the last Holiday Fest were graduates of the…
Jeff Wilson Masterpieces of clay art were on display in December. Pottery Club members shared an array of unique and beautiful artwork for the display. Two other display cases outside the pottery room always have examples of Pottery Club class projects. If coming to the Creative Arts Center (CAC) to see the display cases, be…
Jeff Wilson Judi (Jude) Holdorf moved from Muscatine in eastern Iowa to PebbleCreek with her husband, Dennis, one month after retiring from a 34-year career in the field of nonprofit work. Jude says, “Arizona was on our shortlist when we were looking for an active retirement community. We visited numerous communities throughout southern Arizona, but…
Jeff Wilson Once a year, Pottery/Sculpture Club volunteers gather to make clay slip for use by all club members throughout the year. Clay slip is simply clay that has had water added and then blended to the consistency of Elmer’s glue. Club members use slip when making hand-built projects to glue pieces together. It is…
Jeff Wilson The Pottery/Sculpture Club featured artist for July is Viki Nickles. Viki said, “I made a small clay pumpkin in second grade and was hooked on pottery for life.” Born and raised in San Diego, Calif., she moved to Arizona 20 years ago, first to Lake Havasu City and then to PebbleCreek in 2015. Shortly…
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.…
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…
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,…
Jeff Wilson Slip is liquefied clay and it is the glue that holds pottery projects together. Because it is just as easy to make a lot of slip as it is to make a little, pottery club volunteers gather in December to make slip for all classes and all club members for the following year.…