Yesterday afternoon we were part of a fun and feel good event at George Fox University in nearby Newberg, Oregon. Friend and fellow potter, Mark Terry, who teaches ceramics at GF organized a throw-a-thon for Haiti. Potters volunteered to come and throw bowls which, after glazing and firing, will be sold to raise money for Haitian relief. I'm not sure, but often these events involve the attendees paying for a bowl and getting a bowl of yummy soup to eat.
Mark was incredibly organized! He had students wedging clay and forming it into balls. Potters (students and pros) were sitting at all the wheels throwing while being supplied with a continuous supply of clay balls in the requested weight. Students also removed all the formed bowls and put them on shelves, keeping count as they went.
When we left, 500 of the goal of 1500 had been made. Nils met his goal of making 50 per hour (!). By 7, there were 1000 bowls made, and they were going on until midnight. It's hard to visualize 1500 bowls on racks and racks and more racks, because it was amazing when we left at 3 to see what 500 bowls looked like.
It was fun, for a good cause, and a good chance to catch up with friends. Thanks, Mark, for your amazing work!
Go Getter
6 months ago
2 comments:
That's a lot of bowls! We just attended a similar fundraiser here in Fredericksburg. The group sold 500 tickets (five hundred bowls), had all of the soup, bread and dessert donated and raised over $35,000. We came away with beautiful bowls, and a feeling that we had done something to make a difference.
Yes, it is huge, all thrown in 12 hours! And as of last night, only 200 remained to be trimmed on the bottoms. Quite an undertaking. I can't wait to see how much money it can raise. Fabulous to hear how well the fundraiser there did!
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