{"id":61,"date":"2018-11-16T23:00:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T23:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pottery.wildlifeart.ca\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2018-11-19T02:53:52","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T02:53:52","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pottery.wildlifeart.ca\/?page_id=61","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-129 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/pottery.wildlifeart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FullSizeRender-11-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"color: #333399;\">When my daughter expressed an interest in sculpting with clay, we decided to take lessons from a local pottery club. \u00a0I discovered that I loved throwing on the potters wheel. \u00a0My husband blessed me with a wheel I could use at home and from here was able to relax and enjoy creating. \u00a0 A used kiln came up for sale and that enabled me to learn and discover the joy of trying new glaze recipes and having the control of my own kiln. \u00a0<\/span><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">I love bright beautiful colours, the beauty of God&#8217;s bountiful creation. \u00a0The yellows and oranges remind me of our bright Saskatchewan sunrises and sunsets. \u00a0 I was inspired to hand paint pottery mugs displaying the history of the old red grain elevators, our graceful tiger lilies, and delightful sunflowers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Today&#8217;s science has enabled the creation of bright colour pigments that are safe for the potter to use. \u00a0The clay is commercially developed by \u00a0Plainsman Clays Canada and comes from our Prairie soils. \u00a0Together the clay and glazes are made to be \u00a0food safe, microwave safe, oven safe and dishwasher safe, unless otherwise stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Each piece is hand made on the potters wheel or hand built and crafted with care. \u00a0Displayed are a few of my creations. \u00a0With every new piece I am still learning and discovering the joy and surprises of pottery. \u00a0 Custom orders are welcome.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"read-more \" href=\"https:\/\/pottery.wildlifeart.ca\/?page_id=61\" title=\"Read More\"> <span class=\"button default\">Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pottery.wildlifeart.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pottery.wildlifeart.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pottery.wildlifeart.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pottery.wildlifeart.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pottery.wildlifeart.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pottery.wildlifeart.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131,"href":"https:\/\/pottery.wildlifeart.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions\/131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pottery.wildlifeart.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}