The Ceramics Club at Montgomery County Community College sponsored a workshop on the ceramic arts
on Saturday, March 25, 2006. The demonstration was by Philadelphia artist Neil Patterson. He and his wife, Sandi Pierantozzi,
maintain a studio in Philadelphia. Neil teaches at Tyler School of Art, Temple University. He and his wife also teach
privately and at various workshops.

In addition to traditional wheel-thrown froms, Neil uses the wheel as a tool, throwing bottom-less cylinders
and other shapes, cutting them open to create textured slabs for hand-built work.

The demo included cups with pulled handles, teapots and jars, and a container made as an assembly of a
wonderful assortment of shapes and textures. A "bent" cylinder was made as a quick demonstration of an
approach to making a design selected from an assortment of sketches done by the workshop attendees. The event
was quite inspiring, I feel sure the combination of Mr. Patterson's personality and talent makes him a fine teacher.