A part time position is available for a person with pottery experience, either as an elective at college
or in the work place. The applicant should be well familiar with clay.
This person will
be joining Ramsay and myself to make a three person studio.
It is a relaxed studio atmosphere
so you will need much self motivation.
As sales demand
increases I need someone who can relieve me of the many studio chores so that I can spend more time making pots.
The points I am looking for are:
- A person located near to the Brownstown studio,
north of Lancaster.
- Ceramics experience.
- Someone who enjoys
working with clay and is not here just for a paycheck.
- An outgoing personality. There
will be only three of us, so we need to be good friends.
- Available for five half days per
week. Monday thru Friday. 20 hours.
- An understanding of how to work efficiently
either solo or helping another.
- Good strength. Able to lift 50 lbs such as
boxes of clay or boards of wet pots.
- Quick to learn. There is so much to learn you
need to be able to remember many procedures and details.
- Humility. Many chores
are menial but they have to be done.
- Retail experience is desirable.
- Reliability, punctuality and a sense of responsibility is important to me. I am old fashioned and like predicability
and consistency.
Typical work duties will include:
- Slabwork. Slumping into molds and adding decorative handles. Also assembly of thrown bowls onto slab.
- Extruding.
- Loading and unloading bisque kilns. Putting bisque away.
- Loading and unloading glaze kilns. Packing pots.
- Glaze seiving and testing.
- Waxing pot bottoms in preparation for glazing.
- Glazing pots eventually after
training.
- Pugging and weighing clay.
- Signing pots.
- Cleaning and keeping equipment and tools in designated places. This is a significant part of the work.
- Feeding the cats. ha-ha.
The more I am
able to sit at the wheel, the more work gets done so I need someone who can keep me at the wheel. Is this you?
At this point in the winter calender, I am just trying to select an assistant for
work starting in spring 2011.
If you are seriously interested
in this position please email me at teaface@ptd.net telling me why you think I should choose you, including any relevant experience. Thank
you for your interest.
Phil
Garnett
Please do not just send me a resume without a
cover letter - it will not be considered.
