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If your question is not shown here, please contact Barbara Throne for more information about the LMRA Pottery Studio.The LMRA Pottery Studio is available for LMRA Pottery Club Members. Membership is open to Lockheed Martin associates and sponsored guests for an annual fee. |
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Studio memberships are purchased at the reception desk of the Lockheed Martin Recreation Association. Enter LMRA through the guard gate and park at the first building on the left. The reception desk is through the double glass doors and immediately on your left. Lockheed Martin Employees and associates: $60/year All active employees and retirees of Lockheed Martin and Affiliated Organizations and their immediate family members 16 years of age or older are eligible for Employee Membership. Guest Memberships are extended to non-employees who are sponsored by any person eligible for employee membership. Come visit our studio and talk to someone about sponsorship. When you join you will receive a membership card which you can show to enter LMRA and check out keys to the studio. Contact us at joinlmrapotterystudio@lmrapotterystudio.com for more information. Members are entitled to: What kind of equipment is available?
How do I get started in pottery? Joining the LMRA Pottery Studio is an excellent way to get started in pottery. No experience is necessary. The studio offers regular beginning and intermediate classes, as well as advanced workshops, taught by professional potters. All that is required is a bag of clay and a beginning tool kit. All other material and equipment is provided by the studio. Your pieces will be fired for you. You will find the studio members to be friendly and helpful in your endeavor. Starter tool kits are often available at local craft stores. An extensive selection of tools and clays are available at several local pottery suppliers: The studio is only for pottery (wheel thrown or hand built from clay). A separate ceramics club is no longer available at LMRA. What kind of clay should I buy? All members must use cone 10 clay or porcelain in the studio. The "cone" refers to the temperature at which the clay, when fired, becomes vitrified, or fully "cooked." At LMRA, the electric kilns are fired to cone 6, but cone 10 clay is still required due to the variations in clay and occasionally to the kilns' firing temperature fluctuations. Additionally, most members toss their scrap clay into a communal bucket for use in making items that benefit the studio or charity, notably for Pottery in the Park and Empty Bowls. Requiring only cone 10 clay ensures that the same types of clay go into the communal mix. Yes! Feel free to come to a monthly meeting, the first Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. Or drop in on a weekend, when many members come in to work or fire the raku kilns. And be sure to attend Pottery in the Park, which is held every October and features many local potters, demonstrations, raku firings, and studio tours. Lockers are available to members who wish to store items at the studio. Locker rental fees are due each January. It is only $5.00 for the year. Locker fees are to be put in an envelope with the locker number and your name, then placed in the lock box on top of the refrigerator. If locker fees are not paid by February 28th, locks will be removed and contents emptied. If a locker has no tag on it and is empty, it is available. New members may claim these lockers by following the above procedure. What is the studio organization? The Pottery Studio is an activity of the Lockheed Martin Recreation Association, which owns and maintains the property. LMRA maintains broad oversight of the studio through the Pottery Activity commissioner. 2010 Leadership:
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