Heritage Village Demonstrations
Entertaining ! -- Informative! -- Fun!
Entertaining ! -- Informative! -- Fun!
Take a break from the modern world & step back in time to a simple life... Everyone will enjoy seeing, learning and participating in this early trade.
For a Heritage Section of your Fair or Event... inform and entertain your visitors with a Miniature Pottery Demonstration.
Not just a pottery demonstration. With 45 years of pottery experience of small and large pottery, I make tiny pots, 1/2 inch tall to 3" tall to entertain the visitors at my demonstrations. I use a replica of a wooden foot-powered treadle wheel, the kind used in the USA and Europe before before we had electricity.
For a Heritage Section of your Fair or Event... inform and entertain your visitors with a Miniature Pottery Demonstration.
Not just a pottery demonstration. With 45 years of pottery experience of small and large pottery, I make tiny pots, 1/2 inch tall to 3" tall to entertain the visitors at my demonstrations. I use a replica of a wooden foot-powered treadle wheel, the kind used in the USA and Europe before before we had electricity.
It is different, quick and fun to watch. I instruct upcoming potters and children on how to make them so small. I talk about the history, types, glazes, clay's and firing of many styles of pottery and create mini pots of the styles made across America to inform visitors. And... I sell the tiny pots at a very reasonable price so even the children can afford take home a piece of their fair experience. Many of my visitors return every year to ask new questions and pick up another souvenir. I also encourage participation. Children and adults can make natural clay beads, pinch houses, face jugs and more... I want them to have a fun experience and go home and be creative.
"What is clay?"
"Where do you get clay?" "How is it fired?" "What are glazes?" |
"I have never seen anyone make a pot that small, ...It's truely amazing!" "How do you make them so small?" "I will show you!" |
My compact tent includes everything I need to put on an Authentic Early American Pottery demonstration. Tent size is 9'x 9' and tie downs can overlap other tent areas if need be. There is plenty of space inside for folks to come in and get a closer view. Tent sides can be pulled down or folded over to increase public viewing on nice days and and overhang added for inclement weather participation. I need no electricity for my equipment. All tools and props are authentic early pieces.
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A little bit of clay history....
Fairs, Shows, Classes and Other Events where I will be demonstrating and selling....
2023...
Feb 19-March 10 - Lee County Ag, Ft Myers, FL
April 20- 21 Oxford CT Fiber Festival- Oxford Historical Society, CT April 27 - 108th Annual Sheep, Wool & Fiber Festival -North Haven Fairgrounds CT New Location June 13-15 - Hennepin Cty Fair - Hamel MN June to be announced - Weaving class - North house Folk School, Grand Marais MN June to be announced - Weaving Demonstration -North house Folk School, Grand Marais MN July 10-13 Aitken County Fair - Aitken MN July 17-21 - Rice County Fair- Faribault MN July 26-27 - Nordic Fest - Decorah IA |
August 2-10 - New Jersey State Fair - Augusta NJ
Aug 20-25 - Washington Cty Fair, Greenwich NY Aug 31- Sept 2 Goshen Fair, Goshen CT Sept 12 -22 Oklahoma State Fair, Oklahoma City OK Sept 29 - Oct 13 Carolina Classic Fair, Winston-Salem NC Oct to be announced - South Carolina State Fair, Columbia SC November 2-3 New England Fiber Fest - West Springfield MA November 16-17 Old Deerfield Craft Fair, Eastern States Expo grounds, West Springfield MA Sat 9-6 pm Sun 10-4 pm |
Past Demonstrations and Shows: Chancelors Farm, Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown, NY Coggleshall Farm Fiber Festival, Bristol RI Old Deerfield Village MA Kutztown Festival, Kutztown PA Bolton Fair, Lancaster MA Goshen Fair, Goshen CT Burlington Tavern Days, Burlington CT Big E, Eastern States Exposition, Storrowton Village, W. Springfield MA Carolina (Dixie) Classic Fair, Winston Salem NC Museum of Appalachia Homecoming, Clinton TN Fillmore County Fair, Preston MN Hennipen County Fair, Hanel MN Madison County Fair, Madison NE Freeborn County Fair, Albert Lea MN Goodhue County Fair, Zumbrota MN Brown County Fair, De Pere WI Norman Cty Fair, Ada MN Eric Sloane Museum, Kent CT Aiken County Fair, AikenMN Strawberry Festival, Plant City FL Vesterheim Museum, Decorah IA Lee County Fair, Ft Myers FL Collier County Fair, Naples FL Nordic Festival, Decorah IA |
Jeffersons Mill, WV Old Songs Music Fest, Altamont NY Kutztown Folk Festival, PA Cattaraugus Fair, Little Valley NY Delaware County Fair, Walton NY University of Connecticut, Torrington Branch "Yellow Ware, the other Historical Pottery" South Carolina State Fair, Columbia SC Alifia Rendezvous, Homeland FL Litchfield Historical Society, Litchfield CT Newtown Historical Society, Newtown CT Nathan Hale Day, Coventry CT Erie County Fair, Hamburg NY Blueberry Festival Austerlitz Historical Society NY Dollywood Heritage Days, Pigeon Forge TN Gaitlinburg Craftsmen Showcase, Gaitlinburg TN Comstock and Ferry Heirloom Festival, Wethersfield CT Byers Craftsmen Show, Chalfont PA Mercer Museum, Doylestown PA Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield MA Porter County Fair, Indiana |