mississippi arts week 2010 at hinds community college. conner burns was invited to present at the arts week. conner burns, studio, gallery, natchez, mississippi, workshop, teach, exhibit, art, clay, burns pottery

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mississippi arts week

march 31, 2010

hinds community college

raymond, mississippi

mississippi arts week is a great event that brings together artists in a variety of media and anyone that would like to be a part of the lecture, presentation or performance. conner's lecture included both a demonstration (of a pitcher) and a slide show (of influences and past work). thanks to jamy dickson for the images which show the process of making a pitcher. for additional information about hinds, please visit:

hinds community college

melanie atkinson (head of the art department) introduces conner to the group

conner speaking about making vessels

centering the clay for a pitcher

lifting the walls for the pitcher

a view that includes some of the group in the auditorium

another view that includes some of the group in the auditorium

lifting the walls and preparing the rim

a good group of students, faculty and members of the community attending the lecture/demonstration

conner using a torch to fast dry the pitcher to complete it during the demonstration

preparing the handle and discussing the importance of the shape of the connection

scoring for the handle connection

attaching the handle

attaching the handle and focusing on the bottom of the connection

discussing the lower handle attachment point

attaching lower portion of handle

the handle is in place and the base is attached without force

final attaching of base of handle, notice the curve of the handle

auto-focus sometimes focuses on the wrong thing, but this image still gives a good view of the final pitcher

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