‘Clay It Forward’ pottery silent auction raising money for Medicine Hat Public Library

The green feet on it hold it up, right next to the paper where bidding takes place.

Corley Farough an organizer with Clay it Forward said this is one of 17 collaborations from members of the Medicine Hat Potters Association.

“One of us made the piece and then we all traded pieces and someone else decorated it,” Farough said.

“They’re all collabs, which is really exciting because it gives you a chance to try something else out and you’ll find one person’s art on another person’s build,” she added.

“The piece that I decorated, it was made by Joan Glockner and it’s a platter and I painted some sheep dogs on it and there’s sheep jumping over the moon and it’s out at Animal Medical Centre South because it was animal themed.”

The Clay It Forward silent auction item painted by Corley Farough is located at Animal Medical Centre South in Dunmore. (Submitted)

Angie MacFarlane enjoys the creative freedom of pottery and worked on two pieces available in the silent auction.

“The piece that I decorated was a vase. I put flowers on it. That’s kind of my thing is flowers,” MacFarlane said.

The vase decorated by Angie MacFarlane for the silent auction is located at Botanicals on North Railway Street South East. (Submitted)

“The other piece was a lidded jar. round shaped, and Louise put some beautiful flowers on it again, actually, by coincidence.”

The lidded jar Louise Maier painted is located at McBride’s Bakery.

Maier had to put some thought into how to finish off MacFarlane’s creation.

“I ended up putting on hydrangeas on it. The flowers,” Maier said.

“That’s what I thought might go best with it. Because they are big and they took up space on the pot,” she added.

The lidded jar that McFarlane made and Maier decorated is located at McBride’s Bakery as part of the silent auction. (Submitted)

“You don’t get bored with one part because, when you throw it and then you know you got to clean it up and trim it and then you decorate it, so it’s a process right through. Every time you are working on something it’s always different. It’s always enjoyable that way.”

The Honeycomb House in the Medicine Hat Public Library is only six months old, and is this years benefactor of the auction.

Painting on the wall at The Honeycomb House located in the Medicine Hat Public Library. (Ross Lavigne/CHAT News)

Youth and Community Librarian, Stephanie Kuhn said they will appreciate the donation for the dedicated teen space.

“We are open to teens in grade seven to 12, up to ages 19 and it’s just space for them to come be themselves chill and engage with other peers.”

Computers and board games located in The Honeycomb House at the Medicine Hat Public Library (Ross Lavigne/CHAT TV News)

Farough said with a smart phone you can access an interactive map at each business with pottery on display.

“Each of the pieces has a little barcode on the tag and if you scan it with your phone, it will show you where all the pieces are,” Farough said.

“There’s photos up for each location. So if you want to find something specific, you know, where to go,” she added.

“There’s 100 potters that are part of this club and we just have so much fun getting together and showing the community ways that we can help and reach out and really like, you know, hold up our weight. We love working with groups to contribute to the community.”

Bidding on the pottery is scheduled to wrap March 29.

by Jesse Gill

‘Clay It Forward’ pottery silent auction raising money for Medicine Hat Public Library

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