Swan plants
My daughter has her own small business selling swan plants to encourage and save the monarch butterflies and is now selling her first lot for the season. These have been grown from seed and are spray free. The plants are currently between 20 and 40 cm tall and growing quickly. These are located at our front door with an honesty box. Pick up is from 44 woodman dr, tawa. Thanks from “The Swan Plant Girls”
Poll: Do you think NZ should ban social media for youth?
The Australian Prime Minister has expressed plans to ban social media use for children.
This would make it illegal for under 16-year-olds to have accounts on platforms including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X.
Social media platforms would be tasked with ensuring children have no access (under-age children and their parents wouldn’t be penalised for breaching the age limit)
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December Pottery Sale - Gear Homestead 2024
Put these dates in your diary - great place to buy xmas presents and support your local community.
Christmas Pottery Sale
Fabulous locally made work
Two weekends
~ Saturday & Sunday - 30th Nov & 1st Dec, 10am – 5pm
~ Saturday & Sunday - 7th & 8th Dec, 10am – 5pm
Gear Homestead
1 Okowai Road, Porirua
(Just off Whitford Brown Ave, opposite Aotea College,
some parking available or park on Okowai Road)
Cash or EFTPOS available
Sorry we do not accept credit cards or cheques
Intensive Pottery Course - Harriet Bright
Intensive Throwing Pottery Workshop with Harriet Bright
Monday 27th January to Friday 31st January 9.30 am to 5pm
At Ōtaki Pottery Club
This one week workshop will focus on growing skills such as consistency, making larger pieces, throwing off the hump, making lids and spouts as well as finding your own style and aesthetic balance. As the week goes on students can work towards individual projects.
This is an intermediate course for students who are already able to confidently center and throw a cylinder.
Course outline
Monday - Setting up, wedging, weighing out etc then practice methods of throwing consistent cylinders.
Tuesday - Spiral wedging. Centering larger amounts of clay, working off the hump.
Wednesday - Throwing larger pieces ie jugs, bowls, shaping. Discussing aesthetics of forms, and looking at natural forms for inspiration.
Thursday - Cylinders, shaping, Lids and spouts. (Jars and teapots).
Friday - Practice work of student's choice. Review and questions. Clean up and sort pots to keep. Each day will include trimming of the previous day's work.
Participants provide their own clay and tools and make their own glazing and firing arrangements.
Cost $850, to be paid at the time of registration or at least one month prior to the workshop.
Please contact Harriet at justharriet@hotmail.com to register or with questions.
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