[Clayart] Digital fire

[Antoinette Badenhorst via Clayart]

Throughout the years Tony Hanson offered services to potters and from the
limited "seeing" also to Plainsmans.
Maybe he made mistakes ( don"t we all), and maybe Plainsman made some, but
everybody should see the value both he and Plainsman brought to the
ceramics industry.

I am heavily relying on his knowledge about raw materials as I am writing
my book, but I also rely on other resources like Clayart, the Potter's
Dictionary and other books on my shelf, and so should all of us do. The
science of pottery has deep roots and there is a lot of junk ( and shallow)
information out on the internet that gets pushed by a lack of good
information. We"ve seen the good and bad advice here on Clayart throughout
the years and we saw how it was weeded out by those who knew what they were
talking about.

Furthermore, social media has a tendency to push people in a direction;
whether it is to benefit certain people or for the sensation of it and
unfortunately Tony became bait!

Tony will make it through this "course" of his life and I trust we as
potters will be at his side without throwing Plainsman under the bus. He
deserves our support without any ulterior motives.

Best wishes,

Antoinette Badenhorst

*PorcelainByAntoinette <https://www.porcelainbyantoinette.com/#/>*

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*International Academy of Ceramics*
<https://www.aic-iac.org/en/member/antoinette-badenhorst/>

*Mississippi Arts Commission
<https://arts.ms.gov/artist/antoinette-badenhorst/>*

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[Ray Bogle via Clayart]

Hi Folks....recently Mel shared some pics from his show so I figured
that I'd share a video one of the gallery members made after we setup
the show.  The theme is "Exploring the Unknown" with sub themes of
"Future", "Universe", "Depths", "Color", and "Texture"

Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1750671135933363

Instagram link: https://www.instagram.com/p/DaQKDLPxC9y/

[Terry Lazaroff via Clayart]

Thank you for the images. Looks like a solid ceramic supporter.

Terry

Sent from my iPad

> On Jul 1, 2026, at 2:59 PM, Ray Bogle via Clayart <cla...@lists.clayartforum.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Folks....recently Mel shared some pics from his show so I figured that I'd share a video one of the gallery members made after we setup the show. The theme is "Exploring the Unknown" with sub themes of "Future", "Universe", "Depths", "Color", and "Texture"

[farmpots--- via Clayart]

Thanks for the link Ray.
Very good looking show. You have a wonderful body of work. My favorites
are the "stacked rock" sculptures.
Da...@farmpots.com