Ever wonder how your Trenton pots were made? Or who made them? This is your opportunity to learn about clay-forming techniques, kilns and firing practices, glazes and decorating skills, and shop organization as practiced in Trenton, New Jersey, from the early days of William Rhodes’ stoneware and John McCully’s redware potteries to John Maddock’s hotelware and Walter Lenox’s fine china dinnerware in the twentieth century.
Program
9:00-9:30 am | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
9:30-10:00 pm | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
10:00 am-12:30 pm | Demonstration and Lectures with questions following each presentation:
Mark Shapiro, Potter, Jean-Pierre Dion, |
Richard Hunter Movers and Shapers: Trenton’s Pottery People, ca. 1750-1950 |
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12:30-2:00 pm | Lunch Break |
2:00-4:00 pm | Lectures with questions following each presentation:Bill Liebeknecht All Fired Up: Kilns for all Occasions |
Rebecca White Cones & Rings & Props, Oh My!: Interpreting Trenton’s Kiln Furniture |
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Ellen Denker In the Clay and Over the Glaze: Decorating Trenton’s Pots, 1750-1950 |
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4:00-4:30 pm | Wine Reception |