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102 YEARS
Bivins
TETON VALLEY NEWS - MARCH 8, 2012 - PAGE B9
Bivins
talks, demos
big pottery
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newspaper, sawdust, straw and
pine needles.
The pot comes out of the
kiln at about 1,800 degrees and
is placed inside the can, “which
lights that up pretty fast, and
you get flames all over,” said
Bivins. The lid extinguishes
the flames and causes carbon
to build up inside the can.
The pots get smoked, and
you get rainbow patterns on
the surfaces.
“When the pots cool
down and you have a skin of
glass on it, the clay in the pot
shrinks faster than the glass
on the outside, and causes
little crackles all over, called
crazing. The cracks will fill up
with carbon from the smoke.
Once it’s cooled down, scrub
the black out of it. It stays in
the cracks.”
Bivins said most of his
current work is in decorative
pottery, blending his practical
experience as a commercial
potter with a classic, fineart background he garnered
while training in the California
university systems and
teaching in Arizona.
Bivins’ personal work
reflects his passion for flyfishing, and his new pots
include pop-art style trout
images or abstracted mountain
peak scenes.
His signature series is what
he calls his Tribal Designs, and
tribal instincts have a distinct
influence in his work.
The list of influences on
his work is endless, he said,
including John Rothrock
from Edison High School
in Huntington Beach, Calif.;
Don Jennings at Orange Coast
College, Larry Thompson
and crew from the Studio
Pottery in Whittier, Calif.,
and Crispin Gonzales from
Chaffey College.
You don’t have to be into
pottery to enjoy a two-part
program from one of the valley’s most
prominent and accomplished potters.
Tom Bivins will be presenting a slideshow and
talk about his work and influences at the Driggs
Senior Center March 9. The free presentation begins
at 6:30 p.m., said Cynthia Guild Stoetzer, ceramic
program director for the Teton Arts Council.
Bivins will be doing a demonstration Saturday, March
10 from 11-3 in the TAC ceramics studio, entitled
“Super Size It”: How to throw bigger pots.”
The demonstration is designed to help potters
discover the little known techniques, and the
mindset, to making your pottery bigger. All
skill levels are welcome.
Both events are presented on a
donation basis to benefit the TAC
ceramics studio 2012 salt kiln
construction.
For more information
contact Stoetzer at (208)
354-0112.
“Tribal Design Raku Group,”
pottery by Tom Bivins using
the Raku technique.
Photo courtesy Tom Bivins
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