Meet an OPA Member: Frank Gosar

Three things about Frank that have nothing to do with clay.

1. Was a children's musician with two albums out.

2. Hosts the KLCC Saturday Cafe radio show for the past 20 years.

3. Editorial cartoonist and rubber stamp designer.

Meet an OPA Member: Mary Huels

Three things about Mary that have nothing to do with clay.

1. Is a Forester for main income and fights wild fires

2. Avid gardener

3. Tall because she had to out grow three older sisters to avoid hand me downs

Meet an OPA Member: Meaghan Kunzman

Three things about Meaghan that have nothing to do with clay.

1. Likes to kayak
2. Has a yellow dog. Molly
3. Grew up in Florida. West Palm actually

Meet an OPA Member: Julie Asbury

Three things about Julie that have nothing to do with clay

1. Grows African Violets

2. Lived in Fairbanks, AK for 13 1/2 years

3. Spent 24 hours in Shemya, in the Aleutians

Meet an OPA Member: Margaret Synan-Russell

Three things about Margaret that have nothing to do with clay.

1. I have built 2 cabins from scratch in the wilderness.

2. I have visited all of our National Parks and all of our Capitols.

3. I was raised in Amityville, NY

Meet an OPA Member: Mel Perrigo

Three things about Mel that have nothing to do with clay.

1) She just started a cheesecake business!
2) She is deathly afraid of spiders and emits an unique yelp when they are encountered
3) She believes each month should contain a 'National Day of Dress-up' because Halloween is just not enough.

Meet an OPA Member: Jen Tonneson

Three things about Jen that have nothing to do with clay.

1. I have two wonderful boys, 22 and 18, who are at the center of my universe.

2.They share that space with my husband, Stan, and my 16 year old Airedale,
Jake (my best friend and constant companion)

3.I love pancakes!

Meet an OPA Member: Deb Moen

Three things about Deb that have nothing to do with clay.

1. Was an avid bowler plus I taught. Carried a 190 average, life high game - 289, life high 3 game series - 680. Secretary/Treasurer about 25 years and some years included 4 leagues a week.

2. Played the Licorice Stick (Clarinet) in school from 5th-10th grade until I found bigger and better subjects of interest.

3. As long as I can remember, I have always collected wheat pennies. They don't seem to be circulating much any more. Own a couple Indian Heads and one dates back to mid 1800's.

DIY @ MOCC

COMMUNITY SHOWCASE Etsy: Do It Yourself Now through March 6 - The Lab at Museum of Contemporary Craft Free with Museum admission View locally-made work that represents how the Portland DIY community is tapping into Etsy.com's innovative way of connecting people to the handmade, as well as empowering their customers to become makers themselves.

Meet an OPA Member: Kris Paul

Three things about Kris that have nothing to do with clay.

1.I love cooking and would host a dinner party every evening if I could.

2.I adore being Auntie Krissy to six beautiful nieces.

3.I have a kick-ass tattoo!

Meet an OPA Member: Sarah Chenoweth Davis

Three things about Sarah that have nothing to do with clay.

1. I have a degree in biology from the College of Wooster, and studied wolf howling for my senior thesis.

2. I have a marvelous collection of PEZ dispensers. My favorite is Wonder Woman (although she has a broken foot). The most valuable is Silver Glow, a silver classic PEZ dispenser with no head (looks like a cigarette lighter).

3. I played French horn for 5 years (5th-9th grade). Marching band was super fun, but I don't think I ever really learned how to sight read music. I stopped playing after my family moved, and I didn't enjoy playing at my new school.

Meet an OPA Member: Sandy Segna

Three things about Sandy that have nothing to do with clay.

1. Loves to sip a good microbrew and dance while cooking dinner.

2. Loves her garden and growing her own food.

3. Is working to get Italian citizenship with her brothers and sisters.

Meet an OPA Member:Ted Ernst

3 Things about Ted that have nothing to do with clay

1. Has a secret life as an environmental statistician.
2. Is very social, yet loves to spend a week or two backpacking alone in the mountains.
3. Is an avid birder.

P.S. I just want to add that Ted is a heck of a nice guy. Oh, and that is Natalie Warrens in the background

Meet an OPA Member: Robin Hominiuk

3 thing about Robin that have nothing to do with clay

1. My 2nd dream job would be to be a chef in France.
(she could do it too, she's a great cook)

2. My favorite, only, speed...FAST!!

3. My favorite lipstick color...RED

Meet an OPA Member: Stephen Mickey

3 things about Stephen that have nothing to do with clay.

1. Stephen once lived on a commune and is still best friends with 2 of his commune buddies of 50 years ago---as Victoria Shaw would say -"you are old as dirt"

2. He loves to garden and feels he is more in touch with the creative spirit there than any place else he walks

3. He is so in love with his family that it almost makes him cry to say the word---family

NCECA demo-Korean Potter & a kimchi pot

So, after learning that one of our members is very interested in the fermentation process, I went back into my picture files to locate the photos that I took during NCECA 2009. This demo was done each day of the conference, each time, the potter making several of these large kimchi pots, some with lids, other without. It was truly amazing and inspiring to watch this potter take a bag of clay, get down on his knees and literally starting tossing the clay from side to side, each time stretching the clay into what would become a very long coil. Then he would take lengths of this coil, throw it over his shoulder, sit down at a very crude wheel and start forming a pot or lid. At the end of the last day, a kimchi pot was placed back on the wheel for all who had attended to sign. Enjoy!

Meet an OPA Member: Justin "Skye" Walker

3 things about Skye that have nothing to do with clay.

1. Born in Oklahoma. But has spent most of his life in Oregon
2. Writes poetry and likes to perform it in front of crowds. I've seen this and it's remarkable.
3. Interested in fermentation, such as Kombucha, Kimchi and Beet Kvass.