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THE EASY WAY TO BUY CLAY: Delivered Clay Special For Schools

WELCOME TO THE TEACHERS LOUNGE

Greetings Art Educators. It was a pleasure to meet you all in person at the recent conferences.
If you are looking for the clay prices including delivery please jump to "the Easy Way to Buy Clay." There you will find the Air-dry Clay and other clays you may have sampled at the conferences. Find your zipcode and jump to the prices for your zone.
For the the other specials and coupons for art educators please continue to read below...

Congratulations to the winners of our Shimpo Banding Wheel Raffles from the MA,VA,PA,CT,NJ and NH School Arts Shows:

Claire Palm: Memorial School Art Department of Maywood, NJ.
Ali Rice: South School of Londonderry, NH.
Lesley McWiliam: Smart's Mill M.S. of Leesburg, VA
Sue Piper: Big Spring M.S. of Newville, PA.
Wendy Costa: Wamogo H.S. of Litchfield, CT.
Aimee Maseda: of Falmoth MA K-12,

Sheffield Pottery is pleased to offer special Educational Discount Coupons to all Art Educators, Schools and Not For Profit (N.F.P.) organizations. Here you will find a host of classroom-ready Pottery Making and Ceramic Art Supplies which have special everyday discounts for educators including:

"The Easy Way To Buy Clay": Teachers can order 50lbs or more of moist clay for a discounted, shipping-included price..
25% Off all Kemper Clay Tools
15% Off all Amaco and Spectrum Pottery Glazes
Free Shipping on dozen packs of Royal Taklon Brushes (#2, #8 and #10)
SKUTT Kilns Educational Discount: All Skutt Ceramic Kilns and Skutt Glass Kilns are 25% off for Schools and Institutions !

Today's Instant EDU Coupons:

Coupon EDUKEM: 25% Off all Kemper Tools
Coupon EDUGLZ: 15% Off all Amaco and Spectrum Glazes
Bonus: Everday Free Shipping for Teachers Only on Golden Taklon Brushes: No Coupon Code Necessary!
These Educational Discount Coupons are instantly available but you MUST PRE-REGISTER by submitting your Tax Exempt ID Certificate to usto be eligible for these discounts.

To Redeem the Instant Coupons:

1) Add any number of Kemper Tools, Spectrum Glazes and/or Amaco Glazes to your Shopping Cart.

2) Enter the Coupon Codes: At your shopping cart Enter Coupon code: EDUGLZ. Hit Return
Enter Coupon Code: EDUKEM. Hit Return. Your savings will be shown.

Note: If you have not added any items from the coupon's catagory you will get a message stating "invalid coupon" but this will have no ill effects and the discount will subsequently appear if you choose to add items from that catagory.

When you create your Login and password please use your school name and district as "Business Name"
Please note your School Name or N.F.P., as it appears on your Tax Exempt Certificate in the "Order Comments Field" when you proceed to checkout.
Purchase Orders Welcome: You will be able to enter a Credit Card or Purchase Order Number as your method of payment at check out.
Shipping charges are not calculated by our shopping cart system. You will be able choose that we contact you with your total including shipping before processing payment if you desire.

Shown above right: Boys and girls in pottery class at King School 1915. A female teacher is overseeing a boy who is either incising or painting his pot. King School was located at 2420 West Harrison Street in the Near West Side community area of Chicago, Illinois.
Photo Coutesy of DN-0064493, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

Eligibillity

These Educational Discount Coupons are instantly available but to be eligible for these discounts you MUST PRE-REGISTER by submitting your Tax Exempt ID Certificate to us.
Fax it to 1.413.229-0200
Or mail a copy to:
    Sheffield Pottery
    Rt. 7/ P.O. Box 399
    Sheffield, MA 01257

If your Tax Exempt Certificate is already on file with us as an educator please contact us by phone (888.774-2529) or email (sales2@Sheffield-Potery.com) and we will honor the EDU Discount Coupons.

...Or Please, Come in and Visit Us In Person!

When you create your Login and password please use your school name and district as "Business Name"
Please note your School Name or N.F.P., as it appears on your Tax Exempt Certificate in the "Order Comments Field" when you proceed to checkout.

If your school purchases via bids, please add us on your bid list:

Bid Requests may be mailed, faxed or emailed.
You may also contact us at at 888.774-2529 ext. 13 to discuss your institution's specific bid requirements.

You may use your shopping cart to build a printed list to submit to your puchasing department.
You may print and fax your order to us if your school does not allow ecommerce.

We are a full service company offering professional delivery, installation and set-up of ceramics studio equipment.

Look for us at the state art educators conferences in CT, NJ, NY, PA, RI & VT and the national NCECA and NAEA Art Educators conferences.

We supply school art departments with all of their ceramics studio needs: from kindergarden classrooms through graduate level fine arts studios. We also sponsor many exhibit awards and contribute clay and supplies to several charitable projects, workshops and residency programs.
Typical Sheffield Pottery products found in the classroom include:

Safety tested high and low fire clay bodies such as Mass White and Mass Red.
Self Hardening Clay: great for younger students.
A wide variety of classroom-safe AP safe glazes.
Brushes, sponges and hand tools.
Kilns, mixers and puggers for advanced ceramics studies.
Tables, cabinets and other studio furniture.
Air filtration systems, gloves, respirators and other safety equipment.
Ceramic reference and pottery project books for young and old.

Shown right: Young women sitting at desks made for pottery working during a pottery class at Englewood High School in Chicago, Illinois 1921.
Courtesy of Chicago Daily News negatives collection, DN-0003451. Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.

The NAEA Annual Convention 2007
National Art Education Association
March 14-18
Hilton New York & Towers Hotel
1335 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
The NAEA annual convention is to provide substantive professional development services that include the advancement of knowledge in all sessions, events, and activities for the purpose of improving visual arts instruction in American schools. As such, it is the world's largest art education convention.

The 5-day convention includes over 850 participatory workshops, panels, seminars for job-alike groups . . . research reports, discussions, exhibits, and tours . . . keynote addresses by world-acclaimed educators, artists, researchers, and scholars . . . a once-a-year opportunity to meet in a major American city and meet colleagues from all over the world.

Each year some 140 to 200 exhibitor booths displaying the latest art textbooks, high-tech software, prints, slides, curriculum materials, equipment, and programs, as well as the latest studio and art history media are made available for examination and review to art educator delegates. It is a professional development opportunity to update yourself on the vista of state-of-the-art materials to advance visual art instruction in your program.

Some Suggested Kilns For The Classroom:

Paragon Tall Iguana: Designed especially for schools by Sheffield Pottery:
This is an easy to use, high capacity version of the classic Paragon Iguana Kiln with a Special Price to fit a school budget:

If You prefer a top loader, L&L E23T-3 240V 1PH 3"BRICK EASY FIRE KILN is a reliable,
afordable and easy to use electric kiln.

23" Diameter
27" High
7.0 Cubic Feet
Features

Internal Size: 23-3/8" diam x 27" high
Cubic Feet: 7.05

A Few Suggested Clays For the Classroom

Mass White with Silica Sand:This earthenware pottery clay is a very smooth and very plastic clay body containing ball clay and non-asbestos talc. The addition of silica sand gives a more controlled shrinkage in large pieces. Cone 06 - Cone 02

Mass Red Earthenware Clay:This earthenware pottery clay is based on our native Sheffield Clay. It is workable, plastic and forgiving making it ideal for students and schools. It has great color and is good for wheel throwing and handbuilding. Cone 06 - Cone 02

Self Hardening Clay: Air drying Clay which reqires no kiln!
Suitable for Wheel Throwing and Handbuilding.

Some Durable and Easy-to-Use Pottery Wheels

Shimpo VL-Whisper Pottery Wheel:
MOTOR: 1/2 HP, 400 W, AC 115V, 60 Hz
DRIVE SYSTEM: Direct Drive DC Brushless Motor
SPEED CONTROL: Remote Foot Pedal
WHEELHEAD SPEED: 0~250 rpm
WHEELHEAD DIRECTION: Clockwise/Counter-Clockwise
CENTERING: 100 lbs.
WHEELHEAD: 14 inch light alloy casting, drilled for bat pins
DIMENSION: 23 1/8 x 27 1/2 x 22 3/4"
SHIP WEIGHT: 135 lbs.

Brent Model B:

Brent Pottery Wheels: Brent� Model B Potter's Wheel
Now with a 1/2 hp motor to center 50 lbs. of clay!

Designed to fill the needs of school and studio potters, the Model B is competitively priced and is quiet and solid under a load of 50 pounds of clay. The B has a 12" cast aluminum wheel head, the table and drive system of the C, combined with a 1/2 hp motor for the power and weight necessary for school use.

Creative Industries CLAY BOSS POTTERS WHEEL With SPLASH PAN:

All the features that the Pottery Wheel competition has been trying to keep up with. The Clay Boss sets the standard for the industry with value, quality, and price.

1/2 horsepower (industrial motor)
Sophisticated load-sensing control � maintains wheel head speed under changing loads
100-lb centering capacity
14� wheel head with sturdy steel structure and long lasting polypropolene composite surface
Foot pedal with smooth variable speed control( 0-240 RPM)
Reversing plug allows quick change of wheel head direction
Easily removable modular control/foot pedal system
5-year warranty
2-Part Splash Pan for easy cleanup included
2 Free Plastic Bats: 1 each B75 and B12

A Range of Slab Rollers For The Classroom

30" SUPER SERIES SLAB ROLLER PACKAGE by NORTH STAR Equipment

with 6' Work Table, Wagon Wheel & Canvas

Every part carefully designed and made for its intended purpose. No off-the-shelf or inferior parts or material.
Rust free and virtually maintenance free.
No clumsy heavy shims or boards.
No chains, cables or cast-iron gears. Thickness infinitely variable from 0 to 2-3/4 inches on Standard series, 0 to 2-1/4 inches on Super series. Slabs can be rolled in either direction and clay can be added or subtracted at any time. The length of the slab is limited only by the space and canvas available. Tapered slabs are quick, easy and precise.Warping, curling and cracking are drastically reduced.
All machines accept press molds and a wide variety of texturing material such as burlap, plant materials, rope, cork and bark.

North Star Equipment PORTAROLLER

North Star Equipment 18" PORTA ROLLER Portable Table-Top SLABROLLER
This a great new product from the top name in clay rollers and extruders.
The Porta Roller sets up instantly without tools, goes and can be used anywhere, makes slabs 18" wide by any desired legnth and is a quality U.S.A. made product with a five year warranty.
A real slab roller designed especially to be easily moved by one person.
Requires only 18" x 36" of any flat table top.
Completly adjustable. no clamping, no shims , no boards!
Every part carefully designed and made for its intended purpose.
No off-the-shelf or inferior parts or material.
Rust free and virtually maintenance free.
Thickness variable from 1/16" to 2-1/4
Includes 2 heavy duty canvas sheets and a 5 year warranty.

BRENT SLABROLLER SR-20: The SR-20 is a mid-sized floor model that can produce slabs up to 20"W x 52"L. It includes one 1/4" shim with canvas and one 1/8" plain shim. Maximum slab thickness is 1 1/2". Assembled dimensions: 34"W x 76"L x 40"H.

Ceramic Studio Furniture and Safety Needs

NILFISK ELIMINATOR I VACUUM:
The Eliminator I is a compact vacuum cleaner designed to withstand the abuse of a rugged environment, while maintaining strong suction and filtration capabilities. The multi-stage filtration system features a HEPA filter that captures 99.97 percent of dust and debris, down to and including 0.3 microns. Although the standard model is configured for dry collection, the vacuum can easily be converted into a wet/dry vacuum by adding a float chamber device. As a member of the Nilfisk Eliminator family of vacuums, all filters, accessories and hoses are interchangeable within the Eliminator line.

The Debcor Studio Furniture #9200 Large Greenware Drying Cabinet is designed for drying and storing your greenware or to store and protect other special pieces from damage. Spacious locking cabinet is constructed of heavy gauge steel angles welded to expanded steel mesh walls. Steel top and bottom pans are solidly welded and reinforced for heavy duty service. Unit has 4 large shelves constructed of welded steel and perforated board. Design provides effective air circulation throughout the cabinet.
Approx.
36"W x 19"D x 83"H.

North Star Equipment Ceramic Work Table:

Model with lower shelf shown:
These very strong worktables can support 600 lbs on each surface for a total of 1200 lbs. Here again, versatility is North Star's hallmark. They can be ordered with optional bottom shelf; they can be ordered with one or two optional end wings. Several tables can be locked together using spacer kits which can be furnished at no charge. OPTIONAL End Wings, or "extensions" simply fold down against the legs when not in use; they can be smooth or have an opening to hold a five-gallon bucket. Frame is 16 gauge American Steel with baked-on powder coat finish which is tougher than any paint. Top shelf is made of 3/4" MDF (no formaldeyde) with a high pressure melamine overlay.
Dimensions of table: 50" long x 28"wide x 36" high.

DUST/MIST RESPIRATORS BOX OF 20:

Suggested Classroom Safe Glazes

Cone 05. AMACO� F-Series Glazes are fritted, leadless compositions. They are semi-opaque and fire with a high gloss. Colors are more intense and brilliant than those of many other glazes. Because AMACO� F-Series Glazes are leadless, they are recommended for pottery dishes as well as all types of pottery made from pottery clays.