HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-06-28, Page 51Ceramics by Bess
a booming business
Bess Slater has been
firing her kilns for about
three years. Before
opening her gift shop,
Bess and her husband
had a grocery store in
Auburn for ten years.
Bess started giving
ceramics classes two
years ago. She has about
50 students, who come
from all over the area.
Most of them are women,
anywhere from 12 to 65
years old. She holds five
classes a week in the
back of her shop. The
first thing a student does
is pick out a mold she
likes, then she removes
all .the ,seam markings
from it and sands it. Then
the mold is `fired' for the
first time. Then it is
glazed and fired again,
and it comes out shiny
and white. It is then
stained with an acrylic
paint, and sprayed with a
gloss. The firing is done
in one of Bess' two kilns,
worth a total of $1400. A
kiln can hold about ten
molds at a time. In her
larger kiln, it takes five
hours to fire a mold, and
another ten hours to cool
it off. The kiln heats up to
a blazing 1850 degrees
farenheit.
Bess sells several
Bess Slater displays a colorfully painted ceramic rooster from her large
stock.
Spot some familiar faces
on pages 25 and 26
different ceramics in her •
shop. Planters sell well,
especially African violet
pots, according to Bess.
She also has children's
ceramics, like clocks and
characters from .Star
Wars.
Along with the
ceramics, Bess stocks
gifts, afghans, stuffed
toys, and wall plaques, as
well as displaying quilts
made by ladies' groups.
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