BOOTH LODGE STUDY WEEKEND : 24-26 MAY 2002

"Earthenware and Stoneware in the Georgian Taste"
Shapes, Designs and Competition with Porcelain : 1780-1825

Timetable of Activities

 
FRIDAY
5:30 pm Registration
7.30 - 8:30 Dinner
8:30 - 8:45 Welcome by Course Director, Mrs. Patricia Begg
8:45 - 9:45 "A Georgian Experience" - Music, Stories and Verse
9:45 Supper
 
 
SATURDAY
8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30 "Introduction to Salt-Glazed Stonewares in Staffordshire", Mrs. Robyn Ives
9:30 - 10:00 "Whatever happened to Tin-Glaze?", Mr. Neil Keir
10:00 - 10:30 "Creamwares and Pearlwares I", Mrs. Patricia Begg
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea
11:00 - 11:30 "Creamwares and Pearlwares II", Mrs. Patricia Begg
11:30 - 12:00 "Fired High : Dry Bodies of the 18th and 19th Centuries", Mrs. Robyn Ives
12:00 - 12:30 "Stone China : A New Body for a New Century", Mrs. Robyn Ives
1:00 - 2:15 Lunch
2:15 - 3:00 Course Workshop I
3:00 - 3:30 Afternoon Tea
3:30 - 4:15 Course Workshop II
4:15 - 5:00 Course Workshop III
 
Course members will be divided into three groups A, B and C
 
Topic, Leader/s Location Group A Group B Group C
Slatglaze / Tinglaze / Creamware, Mrs. Patricia Begg & Mr. Neil Keir Lecture Room 2:15 - 3:00 3:30 - 4:15 4:15 - 5:00
Dry Bodies and Surface Decoration, Mr. Ron Mack & Mr. John Adeney Foyer Area 3:30 - 4:15 4:15 - 5:00 2:15 - 3:00
Ironstone and Stone China,
Mrs. Robyn Ives
Fireplace Area 4:15 - 5:00 2:15 - 3:00 3:30 - 4:15
 
6:00 - 7:00 Happy Hour
7:30 Dinner
 
 
SUNDAY
8:30 - 9:30 Breakfast
9:30 - 10:15 "Innovations and Inventions as they affected the Earthenware and Stoneware Industry in Georgian Times, 1780-1825", Mr. Chris Begg
10:15 - 10:30 Morning Tea
10:30 - 11:15 "The Outside Decorators of Earthenware, 1780-1825", Mr. John Scarce
11:15 - 12:00 "Parellels and Crossovers between the Porcelain and Pottery Industries of England, 1780-1825", Mr. John Adeney
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:30 - 2.00 "Porcelain as competitor and stimulus to the Earthenware Industry".
We will look at material of the same period and discuss parallels in material and design, The Team
2:00 - 2:45 Course syndicate presentations
2:45 - 3:00 Concluding remarks, Mrs. Patricia Begg, Course Director and President, Ceramics and Glass Circle of Australia (Inc)
3:00 Course participants depart Booth Lodge