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I have always loved throwing on the wheel.
For the first ten years or so, I threw strictly functional pottery, but slowly the traditional pieces began to evolve into a sort of "funk"tional pottery, such as a camel toothbrush holder, a walrus menorah, and giraffe candlesticks.

I found myself drawn to animals with exaggerated features, such as the wondrous rhinoceros, because of the way that I manipulate the clay. Collapsing the cylinders of soft clay creates the folds that lend a unique character to each piece and stamp it with my signature.

For coloring, a wash of manganese and iron or underglazes are added to these creatures, which are then fired to cone ten. The eyes are glazed to give them depth.

-- Patricia Uchill Simons
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Contact:  Contact Patricia Uchill Simon www.pats.com at or by email at PATRICIA SIMONS

Purchase:  Patricia's work can be purchased by contacting her directly, or by visiting the Berkeley Potters Guild sales events and weekend gallery at 731 Jones St., Berkeley, CA.

Animal Worshop- Bring Out the Animal in You!

Bring out enthusiasm and whimsy to this two-day workshop, to create a wild animal or domestic creature with a personality of its own!

Workshop on March 7 & 8 (10 to 4 ), Glaze on April 4 (10 to 1)

For more information contact Patricia Uchill Simons at www.pats.com