Bonaparte Pottery

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08/05/2018

There sure have been allot of wonderful people here today for the last Raku firing. Wow, have we seen some beautiful pieces come out from under the buckets. Great times...
We will miss these kind if days together.

08/02/2018

Big doings this week at the Bonaparte Pottery! The Great River Rumble was here to start the week with a splash. More individualized classes and teaching pottery skills are filling up the week days. Saturday is the last Raku firing celebration for the summer! Be there or be square!

Come pick out a piece of pottery to glaze with your own inimitable style! Help load and smother the pottery pieces as they are placed into and taken out of the kiln. Watch the glowing hot clay placed in a bucket to smother for flashy and colorful metallic finishes. See and use feathers and horse hair artistically applied to hot pots for high contrast black and white designs.

Great party for beginners and studio potters alike. Hot dogs and s’mores provided. We set up at 9:00. Firing by 10:00. Shutting it down in time for dinner at 7:00. Come enjoy the experience and watch as the river flows past the back of the pottery. We are sure to have folks floating by on the river as pots heat up, smother, and cool down all day at the Bonaparte Pottery!

07/20/2018

After the storms that rolled through our county last night Marilyn made an inspection of the property and museum building. Everything was ok! What a blessing!!

A historic barn north of Keosauqua was sadly lost by the tornado. 🙁
The roof off of the historic Buggy Factory in Farmington lost it's roof.

We treasure the history here in our county. Please plan a visit to our Historic Pottery building Circa 1875, and our county.

07/18/2018

Summer is rapidly escaping into Fall! County fairs are popping up everywhere! The State Fair is rapidly approaching! Time is running out for scheduling individual or small group classes at the Bonaparte Pottery before school starts up again! Contact Lee Burningham at the Bonaparte Pottery or call 435-881-0151 to schedule your individualized classes to fit your interests and your personal schedule. Hurry! Time is running out and spaces are becoming limited.
Make sure your calendar is marked for the last Raku firing of the summer on August 4.

Hope to see you at the Bonaparte Pottery!!

07/07/2018

Mark your calendar for a weekend escape to SE Iowa and the Bonaparte Pottery! We are having a “Beat the Heat” Sale for selected potter’s Pottery pieces (say that three times as fast as you can) this weekend and next at the Historic Bonaparte Pottery. Save 20% off your purchases of pottery pieces made by the Burningham brothers, (Utah), Jessie Brewer, (wood fired, Bloomfield, Iowa), colorful Colorado Potter, Rog Coman, Rebecca Knight (Chicago), and the amazing textured ceramic caricature goblets by Richard Wehrs (Peoria, Illinois). We promise to turn on the AC for you in our Historic Pottery gallery! And save you some of your cold hard cash for another day or a cold treat afterwards.

20% OFF SELECTED POTTER’S PIECES! Yes, it was worth yelling again! See you Saturday, July 7, or Sunday, July 8 and again Friday through Sunday, July 13 - 16! 20 % off!! Beat the Heat Weekend Sale with cool prices on selected Potter’s artworks. See you soon in Bonaparte at the Pottery!

07/02/2018

There was a great weekend of raku pottery firing at the Bonaparte Pottery on Saturday. Dozens of gorgeous pottery pieces were the result of playing with “fire”works down by the river. Good times with good folks enjoying the raku process while sitting in the shade watching people floating and boating on the Des Moines river only a few feet away. It’s a tough life but someone had to do it!! 😀

Come join us next time we celebrate raku on August 4. Bring lawn chairs to enjoy the view, the cool breeze off the river, and the shade while the raku process unfolds. Hope to see y’all on August 4

06/27/2018

This Saturday is the Bonaparte Raku “Fireworks” to coincide with the Bonaparte July 4th Celebration. Bring your lawn chairs for a day of raku “fireworks” and then join us as we sit by the river behind the Pottery to watch the city fireworks display over the Des Moines river.

Pick a pot to glaze and fire. Watch the hot pot process unfold to a magical ending. Hot dogs and s’mores provided. Parade at5:00 pm. Bring your favorite lawn chair for relaxation throughout the day and the best seat of the night for the city fireworks finale.

See you in Bonaparte at the Bonaparte Pottery this Saturday!!