PLEASE ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF,

I’M A MAN OF CLAY AND GLAZE

PUSHED MUD AROUND FOR SEVENTY YEARS

OR TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DAYS.

Robin Hopper is a man of many parts, mostly worn out, rusty or dysfunctional, due to a lifetime of excesses! He started working with clay at the age of three and is still doing it over 70 years later. His lengthy, peripatetic career as a mudpusher has included side trips into working as a Professional Actor, Stage Designer, Property Maker, Stage Manager, Stage Carpenter, Grocer, Greengrocer, Jazz Musician, Teapot, Wine and Beer-Bottle, Trumpet, Trombone and Bugle Player, European Travel Guide, Founder of Several Clay/Art/Craft Organizations, Alchemist, Geologist, Primatologist, Linguist, Ornithologist, Botanist, Ceramic Historian, Educator, Author, Garden Designer, Lecturer on Japanese Garden Design, Laborer and Star of Stage, Screen and Potter’s Wheel!

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

MISSA 2012 FINAL IMAGES

MORE MAGICAL
MISSA MUGSHOTS, 
ACTUAL ART ACTIVITIES, 
SILENT AUCTION, AND 
SALSA DANCE PARTY SENDOFF!
DAVE DA BOSS
 HEAD CHEF LUKE - 2ND FROM RIGHT - AND SOME OF THE GREAT AND GASTRONOMIC
KITCHEN STAFF ON BODACIOUS GUMBO NIGHT
LOGAN,  MEIRA AND SHANA ON BODACIOUS GUMBO NIGHT
SOCIALIZING BOOKBINDERS DON AND PAUL ON GUMBO NIGHT
BILLY RAY MANGHAM'S BIRTHDAY
BATTLING BUNNYKING AND TRAINER - CERAMIC SCULPTURE COURSE
3D COLLAGE
BRUSH EXPLORATIONS


BRUSHES


GREGARIOUS GNOME AND CREATOR
BITS'NPIECES 3D COLLAGE



THE SILENT AUCTION 



FINAL DINNER AND DANCE 







 THE END

THIS IS THE LAST OF FIVE POSTINGS ABOUT MISSA 2012. IT HAS BEEN A GREAT PLEASURE TO BRING THIS MAGICAL PLACE TO A WIDE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD ABOUT IT BEFORE. SOME REFER TO IT AS THE ART WORLD'S BEST KEPT SECRET, EVEN THOUGH IT HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS.

FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT MISSA AND THE DIVERSE PROGRAMS WE OFFER MAY BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE:   missa.ca    AND ON FACEBOOK.

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I NOW HAVE TO FOLLOW DOCTOR'S ORDERS AND KEEP AWAY FROM MY COMPUTER KEYBOARD FOR A FEW WEEKS - UNLESS THERE IS SOME BURNING ISSUE THAT I CAN'T KEEP AWAY FROM! TUNE IN OCCASIONALLY TO CHECK WHAT MIGHT HAVE TURNED UP.

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION.  IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS.










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6 comments:

  1. TrishJuly 17, 2012 at 12:23 PM

    Robin..thank you! for the great commentary, information and photos of Missa. I have not enjoyed the pleasure of attending...YET, but will someday soon!..
    Rest and rejuvenate now..:)
    Trish from Alberta

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  2. smartcatJuly 17, 2012 at 2:16 PM

    What a wonderful, creative space. Thanks for all the photos and info......perhaps some day....we'll see, grasshopper, we'll see.....
    Meanwhile take care of yourself a little R&R is only your due...

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  3. RachelJuly 18, 2012 at 1:46 PM

    Looking at these photos makes me feel like I was there - almost! One huge rollicking art party! Hope to get there one day! Take some time to recover, Robin. Thank you for sharing Missa with us!

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  4. Nadine MercaderJuly 19, 2012 at 8:17 PM

    Laughter is great medicine! Laugh and get well,
    Nadine

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  5. John BrittJuly 22, 2012 at 2:44 PM

    Gotta love Dave Da Boss!

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  6. CyndiJuly 23, 2012 at 5:38 AM

    Thank you for putting these pictures up, Robin. I continue to recommend MISSA to potters that I meet. Hugs.

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