Linda and four of her fellow
potters were invited to
participate in ClayEdge 2007
Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong,
NSW Australia in April of 2007.
They were referred to as ‘the
Claynadians’.
Janet Mansfield, who
passed away in 2013, was
gracious enough to host
them at her farm outside
of Gulgong. One of their
activities was to divide into
teams and each build and
fire a kiln. This is Linda and
Sharon Reay’s entry.
Arriving at Gulgong and the
conference. It was a 3 day
event with speakers and
demonstrations.
Owen Rye also gave them a
tour of his studio.
They landed at Sydney,
rented a car and started
their road trip by heading
west into the Blue
Mountains and eventually
to Gulgong and the
conference. They stopped
at potter’s along the way.
Paul Davis gave them a
tour of his studio including
his kiln.
Turkey 1997
Linda and her friend
Colleen Wood traveled to
Turkey for the month of
September 1997.
The oldest civilizations
have the best food.
Amazing skill!
Linda got to try her hand
throwing on a kick wheel.
Stopping at potter’s studios
and galleries along the
way. Gallipoli, Izmir,
Ephesus, Kusatasi, Konya,
Cappadocia, Ankara,
Avanos and back to
Istanbul.
From Istanbul they toured
the country via bus.
Along with 200 other
participants, Linda arrived
at the University of
Northern Arizona in
Flagstaff, Arizona in July of
1996.
Inspecting their wares after
the firing. Linda also
returned in 2006 for the 20
+ 1 years of the tozan kiln.
Lots of extra heat to add to
the natural heat of Arizone
in July.
The firing lasted
throughout the night.
They divided into 5 groups
in order to fire all 5 kilns
simultaneously. Linda chose
the tozan kiln.
They brought bisqued pots
with them to fire in one of
5 kilns.
India 1990
Linda went with friend and
potter Chris Defreda to
discover some of India in
March of 1990.
Visiting potters along the
way, back to New Delhi to
fly home.
They traveled to Jaipur,
Jodhpor, Jasisaimer, east to
Agra and the Taj Mahal.
. . to pottery.
Lots of outside markets
selling everything from
soup . .
Travelling by planes, trains
and automibles they left
New Delhi and headed
south-west t Rahasthan and
Thar Desert where they got
to ride camels.
We flew to Paris, picked up
our rental car and headed
down the east coast into
Spain. We had the month
of August to do a circle
tour of the country.
We ended the trip in
Barcelona taking in the
sights of the city. Including
some of Gaudi’s work made
with pottery shards.
They would produce
hundreds of the same
products.
Linda tried her hand at
throwing bowls from the
hump. One employee
would sit and throw bowls
from the hump all day
long.
Most of the smaller towns
had one pottery factory
where they did everything
from digging and
processing their own clay
to producing, firing,
decorating, selling and
shipping.
The plan was to take
secondary roads and tour
the smaller towns stopping
at the potterieas and
buying a collection of
plates.
Linda’s 1st trip pertaining
to pottery was to Peru in
February of 1983.
A market in Cuzco.
The concise stone fitting
was apparently designed
to be earthquake proof.
One theory was that they
make stone replicas from
clay to fit and then copied
the pottery out of stone.
Starting from the town of
Cusco she climbed Mount
Machu Piccho to study the
ancient pottery and
architecture of the Inca
civilization.
To Nazca and a flight in a
small plane to see the
different configurations.
After flying to Lima Linda
toured south along the
coast to Paracus stopping
at potter’s studio and
galleries along the way.
In April 2018, Linda took a
‘Denys James’ pottery
circle tour of Morocco
along with 14 other
participants.
