Book Reveal Celebration

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Deb Schwartzkopf

Highly regarded Seattle potter, Deb Schwartzkopf, will give a visual walkthrough of her new book, Creative Pottery: Innovative Techniques and Experimental Designs in Thrown and Handbuilt Ceramics. Meet the artist via a virtual conversation, buy the book via her website or through any bookseller, and watch a demonstration of her clay techniques.

This virtual event will be attended by many. Therefore, please use the chat option to join the conversation.
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Come Celebrate!

SUNDAY, JUNE 14th, 2020

1:00 - Book Reveal, Introduction and Cheers . All about how the writing process went, introducing the projects, AND, Joanna Schwartzkopf (sister) - inventive past bartender extraordinaire - will be sharing a cocktail recipe as well as a delicious appetizer recipe. Make them ahead of time and toast as a group. Chat in your questions and enjoy our clay community. See more of Joanna's delicious creations on her Instagram @jojolocal

1:30 Clovy Tsuchiya - Contributing Artist, https://clovytpottery.com
Altering a Cup Demonstration, Q&A.

2:00 Jen Allen - Contributing Artist, https://www.jenniferallenceramics.com
Image Presentation and talk on shifting her body of work and developing a new aesthetic. Q&A

2:30 Steve Godfrey - Contributing Artist, https://stevegodfreyceramics.com
Shares an image presentation of his artwork and new pottery hot form the kiln!

3:00pm Sam Lopez - Contributing Artist, https://www.instagram.com/sam_._lopez
Shares images and the form he is most excited about - oil pourers…

3:30 Eliane Medina - Contributing Artist, http://elianemedina.com/
Shares images of her work and new studio in Sweden!

Consider making this appetizer or cocktail to share in the festivities while you watch!

Novo Fogo

Caipirinha: Cocktail Recipe
Ingredients: 2oz Novo Fogo Silver cachaça, 1 Tbsp sugar, ½ Lime
Instructive Link: https://www.novofogo.com/cocktail-recipe-caipirinha/
Slice & muddle lime with sugar. Add cachaça, shake (a canning jar with lid works well), and drink!

Offered in partnership with Novo Fogo Cachaça - Learn more about their distillation process and here is a link on the company's support of the restaurant community. Novo Fogo is a 100% organic, zero-waste cachaça distillery in the south of Brazil. Located next to the Atlantic Rainforest, an endangered and protected land, our mantra as a company is to preserve and protect our surrounding environment. Along with producing one of the best spirits in the world, we also started our own reforestation non-profit in Brazil to cultivate and plant endangered native trees, and recently announced that we are a carbon negative company.

Goat Cheese Spread: Appetizer Recipe
This recipe is VERY forgiving and can be made an unlimited number of ways. It's based on a recreation of a tapa Rene and I had in Barcelona 5 years ago at El Xampanyet. We were there, having one of the best meals of our lives, trying to taste as many things as possible. We casually ordered this, bright red things, unbeknownst to us that our world was about to change. What they ended up being, were peppadew peppers stuffed with something similar that this recipe makes.

Deb Schwartzkopf

Quantities are approximate
1/4 c. Goat Cheese
1/4 c. yogurt (mascarpone, sour cream, cream cheese etc. easily can be used as a substitute )
1tsp. Lemon Juice (more or less to taste. Mild vinegar can be used as well: Sherry/white balsamic/modena. If you use vinegar you will nee less)
2tsp- 1 Tbsp Olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Mix all ingredients in a bowl and adjust lemon juice, oil, salt and pepper to taste. The mixture should be thick and spreadable, but not runny. Put on a plate and enjoy with crudite ingredients you have on hand: Apples, Pear, cured meats, bread, radishes, peppadew peppers, olives, Etc. Feel free to also add fresh herbs such as Golden Oregano, oregano, thyme, mint, chives, parsley.
Be creative!

If you'd like to indulge more in the world of food that joanna lives in you can follow her on instagram @jojolocal.
Many, if not all of the recipes made have been a direct influence of having worked in the hospitality industry for over 2 decades, as well as benefiting from the creative mind of her partner Rene Gutierrez. Rene is the kitchen director at a small award winning cocktail bar called The Doctor's Office in Seattle, found @TDOseattle. Joanna currently manages that account as well.

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Deborah Schwartzkopf

As a studio artist, she makes fabulous tableware that infuses life with purposeful beauty. Deb was inspired by the guidance of amazing mentors along the way. These important relationships fostered her desire to engage and build community through clay. Her adventurous spirit has taken her across the country and beyond to form a depth of experience, knowledge, and a supportive network.

In 2013 Deb established Rat City Studios in her hometown of Seattle, WA. RCS is her home and personal studio, as well as, a creative space for multiple studio members working independently. In 2022 she opened a sister studio, Rain City Clay in West Seattle. RCC is a community art center focusing on experiential learning through ceramics classes of all levels.

With over 15 years of experience, a Master’s of Fine Art at Penn State, artwork included in collections such as the Kamm Teapot Foundation, San Angelo Museum, and the WA State Arts Collection, numerous publications including Ceramic Monthly, Pottery Making Illustrated, and Studio Potter Magazine, she has been recognized and honored in her career as a maker.

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