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MN NICE Program and Scholarship

MN NICE Program and Scholarship

by Kelli Sturm | Jan 19, 2021 | Community, Education, opportunities, Featured

Bracker’s has always kept its hands in the education of ceramics students in some way Bill Bracker was a university ceramics professor before he and Anne founded Bracker’s Anne Bracker started our company’s annual pottery wheel donation campaign,...
Announcing Bracker’s Consulting Services!

Announcing Bracker’s Consulting Services!

by Cindy Bracker | Sep 18, 2020 | Education, opportunities, Featured, News, Service

With the pandemic raging on, we have found that many ceramic enthusiasts have been left without access to teachers and instruction. We are excited to help fill that gap with our new Custom Consulting Services Even before Covid-19 shut down many clay centers, we were...
Clay: Yes // Covid: No, part two…research & resources

Clay: Yes // Covid: No, part two…research & resources

by Cindy Bracker | Aug 31, 2020 | Community, Education, opportunities, Featured, News, Service

Here at Brackers, we continue to study & research the relationship between the COVID-19 virus and how it may affect ceramics studios and classrooms.  While none of us here are microbiologists or epidemiologists or experts in any way, we do feel strongly that it is...
Announcing New Ceramics Lesson Plans

Announcing New Ceramics Lesson Plans

by Cindy Bracker | Aug 10, 2020 | Education, opportunities, Featured, Lesson Plans, News

Many of you have been following our instagram posts sharing the work of artists of color for the last couple of months.  We started to feature these ceramic artists in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, which brought on the most recent surge in the Black Lives...
Clay: yes!  Covid: no   ….safety in the ceramics studio

Clay: yes! Covid: no ….safety in the ceramics studio

by Cindy Bracker | Jul 22, 2020 | Community, Education, opportunities, Featured, News

It used to be when we talked about safety in the ceramics studio we were refering to various glaze chemicals, maybe some airborne silica.  Or maybe we were referring to body strain from sitting a potter’s wheel or fatigue in the muscles of our hands.  Now it...
Throwing at Home: a video collection on YouTube

Throwing at Home: a video collection on YouTube

by David Sturm | May 8, 2020 | Community, Featured, Lesson Plans, Products, Videos, Wheels

“Wheels will always turn full circle.”     ― Anthony T. Hincks   Even as many states start to re-open their economies, community art centers remain closed for the time being.   This leaves many of us still disconnected from the people, places, and implements...
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The results are in and the Potter's Choice Award W The results are in and the Potter's Choice Award Winners for Golden Delights are here!  AMACO PC-02 Saturation Gold took home the ribbon for "Metallic Gold Loveliness"! AMACO PC-04 Palladium won it all for "Shiniest in Show"! AMACO PC-63 won gold for "Sparkling Personality" - check out our story to see the sparkles in action!  We thought you'd want to share in the winnings, so we put these golden winners ON SALE just for you!  Head to the website to take them home with you today and you can be a winner too!
If you missed our #nceca2021 new product demos hap If you missed our #nceca2021 new product demos happening the last two days on our zoom channel, you have one more chance today at 1:30pm eastern (12:30 central) to see Chelsi and the Flexi-Bats LIVE! Today's demo will be dual-cast on @flexibats instagram live feed AND Bracker's zoom channel. Just click on our zoom room in our NCECA booth or head over to brackers.com/nceca2021 and click the zoom button there to join!
Today is the day!!! Join us on our zoom channel at Today is the day!!! Join us on our zoom channel at 4:40 Eastern (3:40 Central) for "Clay and Community", an open discussion with Kelly & Kyle Phelps, Diego Valles & Carla Martinez, Tyler Quintin, and Ave Rivera to share ideas about fostering a diverse and welcoming environment in our clay community.  All comments, ideas, questions & concerns are welcome in this safe and respectful space.
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Demo Day #2! HAPPENING NOW!!! Join Jeanette in our Demo Day #2!
HAPPENING NOW!!! Join Jeanette in our ZOOM ROOM to see Crown Point Carvers in action, plus popular underglaze transfers, & Xiem Short Cuts Brushes! 
Later we'll have another Flexibat demo, this time broadcast live on Instagram, be sure to follow  @Flexibat to see them in action with HANDBUILT work today!  Will there be conference specials?  You bet there will!  Tune in to get the deals! 
ALL NCECA Week (Wednesday -Friday): 
• Drop by the booth to chat anytime from 12-5 (11-4 central)
• SPECIAL SESSION: Got kiln questions? Talk with the doc (the kiln doc, that is) from 3-4:30 (2-3:30 central)
The Bracker's leprechauns are popping out to wish The Bracker's leprechauns are popping out to wish you a St. Patrick's Day filled with the luck o' the Irish!  We found them at the end of the rainbow hiding these Pots o' Gold and convinced them to share with you!  The gorgeous green AMACO PC-10 June Bug will have you buggin out and thinking you finally found a 4 leaf clover!  AMACO PC-09 Vintage Gold is so shiny and metallic that it will convince you you've hit the leprechaun treasure jackpot - and now that both glazes are ON SALE, you kinda have!  So kick back and grab a Guinness, head to our website, and celebrate St. Paddy's Day in style!  Don't wait too long though, leprechauns are just wee little tricksters and they'll be hiding these golden deals soon!
Demo Day at Virtual NCECA! Join Jeanette in our z Demo Day at Virtual NCECA! 
Join Jeanette in our zoom room at noon and 12:45 eastern for demos of the new (to us) Studio Pro bat system, Spectrum's new bioplastic stamps and the new GR Forms Spherical Stacks.  Plus, join our BONUS SPECIAL GUEST, Chelsi and the Flexi-bats at 1:30 eastern! 
Will there be conference specials?  You bet there will!  Tune in to get the deals!  ALL NCECA Week (Wednesday -Friday): 
• Drop by the booth to chat anytime from 12-5 (11-4 central)
• SPECIAL SESSION: Got kiln questions? Talk with the doc (the kiln doc, that is) from 3-4:30 (2-3:30 central)
Mark your NCECA calendar to come visit Brackers in Mark your NCECA calendar to come visit Brackers in Virtual NCECA on Thursday at 4:40 Eastern (3:40 Central) for "Clay and Community", an open discussion with Kelly & Kyle Phelps, Diego Valles & Carla Martinez, Tyler Quintin, and Ave Rivera to share ideas about fostering a diverse and welcoming environment in our clay community.  All comments, ideas, questions & concerns are welcome in this safe and respectful space.
Virtual NCECA opens tomorrow at noon eastern. Vis Virtual NCECA opens tomorrow at noon eastern.  Visit our booth!  here's how!
With Spring right around the corner, our snowmen a With Spring right around the corner, our snowmen are looking a little more....puddly than usual.  Next week, spring will have sprung and that will bring an end to all our winter fun... so this week is your LAST CHANCE to take advantage of our Winter Seasonal deals!  We're sure going to miss the snowflakes around here, but you don't have to!  Head to the website and take some winter magic home with you today!  Don't wait though - these deals are melting away!
IT'S TIME!! Select-a-Sale is our officially unoffi IT'S TIME!! Select-a-Sale is our officially unofficial contest created just for you!  Head to the comment section and tell us your favorite products, the items you can't live without, and what you want to see on sale.  We will pick 3 customer product picks from the comments and put them ON SALE next month!! Here's the "contest" part - you have to make your pick stand out so we choose it!  We'll take into account who commented the fastest, if customers are banding together on a certain product, and of course creative comments will land you some major bonus points!  We're putting you in charge and asking you to select YOUR sale for next month -  go make some noise in that comment section!
In case you missed it, @nceca is this weeka!!! Wh In case you missed it, @nceca is this weeka!!! 
Where? 
EVERYWHERE!  We are so excited to be part of the first virtual #nceca conference.  Visit our booth in the virtual world and join us for product demos, booth chat and a special session with some very special guests.... details & schedule at brackers.com/nceca2021
The new product deals are stacking up here at Brac The new product deals are stacking up here at Bracker's and we've got a doozy for you.  The new GR Stackable forms are the tools you need to build your biggest dreams!  These forms are able to be stacked to create bigger, deeper pieces and now that they come in rectangles, triangles, and circles there's no limits on what you can build!  They're new, fun, and ON SALE so you know what to do - head to the website and build the greatest check-out cart you've ever seen!
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