I posted this under the clean up initiative forum but I'm posting it again here too! Thank you Lyssa for getting started on the clean up... super appreciated! This is my plan at the moment for cleaning and packing up the Clayspace.
1. Going through glazes and getting rid of all the old, dry, crusty, and low fire glazes.
2. Getting rid of all abandoned bisque ware, crusty containers of slip and unclaimed greenware & finished pieces. Usually, I like to reclaim abandoned greenware, but because we are moving and need to free up space instead of use it, I will be opting to throw it out.
3. Going through all abandoned/unclaimed personal bins. I need help on what to do with these things…. Please see number 2 below.
4. Purging of all random supplies/tools in the Clayspace (mostly tools, doodads, bins of swatches in drawers)
5. Packing bins of cloths, aprons, glaze chemicals, tools, glazes, paint brushes etc… (this will come later when we are closer to moving)
What I need help with:
1. Disposal: I will be taking as much garbage and waste as I can do the dump, but I have a small vehicle and not much space. There are also larger items that need to be disposed of (e.g. totally dried up non-recyclable clay from the sink, large buckets of abandoned slip and the crappy bins of glaze).
2. Deciding what to do with left over clay, supplies and large items have not been picked up yet (e.g. purchased clay, slip casts, old kiln vent from Amanda Eccleston). To be honest, I do not have the capacity to reach out to people on an individual basis about left over supplies/consumables. I think most people are in the same boat right now. I am of the mindset that if people have not picked up their stuff by the deadline (Friday Sept 15th), then we should do with their things as we deem necessary - weather that be reclaiming, re-selling, throwing away or re-homing. I want other people’s opinions on what we should do because I feel we need to this in a fair way but I also don’t want to burden myself or anyone else. On this note, I do plan on reaching out to the Kamloops Art Party about taking the slip cast moulds off of our hands.
3. Deciding what to do about all the big pieces of bisque ware on display on the third floor. These were made by Marie (I forget her last name) many years ago and have been abandoned since. These are options (or a combo of options) that I am considering: selling it to members who want to glaze them, giving them away to members who want to glaze them, glaze as many as we can and then sell them, throwing them away, or storing them in my garage until we are established in the new space with the ability to glaze them. Something to consider is that most of these items are LARGE vessels that would require a lot of glaze, which may not be feasible in this time of transition.
I will be in today is begin loading the kiln for the last bisque as well as tagging a few items (e.g. wheels and slip cast moulds) as available for the sale on Sunday, which I will most likely not be able to attend.
I will be in Monday morning/afternoon to hopefully knock off a few items on this list (or at least start). Please give me some feedback on the points above and add things as needed! This is a starting point and I am just trying to do my best in helping out.