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I just went and joined my local “London Potter’s Guild”. That’s London, Ontario, not England. Joining your local guild is probably your best bet. At the London guild they have a wholly new renovated facility with new kilns, wheels and anything you could ever want and are too poor to have! I plan to be doing most of my work here, and then transporting it to be fired when needed over at the guild.
They are a very nice bunch of people, Ive only met a few of them so far and they are very eager to have me around. They suggested that I bring in a few pictures of my work as well as to talk a bit about my interests etc. Compared to many of the people there I have a lot of experience since I went to school for ceramics as well as worked for a couple of potters. I am very much interested in teaching some classes there, and they mentioned that I could start out with a workshop over a weekend or something to get to know people and show them what I can teach.
I know! No pictures so far, even though I mention that I like pictures on blogs. As soon as my work room is clean I will be taking my very first pictures of my work space and wheel/wedging table etc. Ill even bring the camera down to the guild and take a few pictures of the great facility.
