Hocking County-Empty Bowls

10/24/2022

10/24/2022

Hocking County Empty Bowls event raises more than $17,000

By Mark A. Claffey
Empty Bowls Scribe

More than $17,000 was raised for four local food pantries during the Oct. 22 Hocking County Empty Bowls event.
The four local food pantries are Smith Chapel, Laurelville, Longstreth and Logan Schools Grab and Go programs.
Event organizers were also pleased with the attendance.
"Well we have got more tables out this year than last year and I do believe the crowd is bigger than last year," said Christa Myers.
Mike Barrell head of the Hocking County United Way agreed.
"It's looking good so far," Barrell said during the first hour of the three-hour event.
Empty Bowls is an international project to fight hunger, personalized by artists and art organizations on a community level. The money raised is donated to soup kitchens, food banks and other organizations fighting hunger locally.
The promotion and growth of the project was originally managed by The Imagine/RENDER Group, a 501(c)3 organization. Each community's events are independent. The project expands one group of concerned artists and students at a time, and events take place in many areas in the United States and Canada, often in conjunction with the United Nations sponsored World Food Day.
This project was founded by Lisa Blackburn and art teacher John Hartom in 1990-91 when they joined a drive to raise charitable funds in Hatrom's Michigan community .His idea was to organize a charitable event to give artists and art students a way to make a personal difference. Hartom's students made ceramic bowls in their high school art classes. The finished products were then used as serving pieces for a fund-raising meal of soup and bread. Contributing guests kept the empty bowl.
This past Saturday's event featured not only bowls, but glassware such as wine glasses, dishes and Pilsner beer glasses for purchase with your meal.
All extra bowls that weren't sold Saturday will be sold during the coming months at the Windchime/Christmas Shop, owned by Judy Hard and Home Grown on Main.
In a statement by the Empty Bowls committee members, they thanked the community for all of the help in making the event a success.
"Thanks to all the wonderful community members, including Logan High School students, who hand-built bowls and baskets, painted glasses, glazed and painted bowls, fired kilns, prepped the bowls, donated home-made or hand-made items for our raffle/auctions, picked the pumpkins, shared the media posts, to make this event the special one it is."
The event also featured a live auction, with auctioneer Aaron Miller, and a silent auction.
Among the live auction items included: homemade glass dishes and bowls; a wreath; a Texas sheet cake and a tote filled with hand-painted Ohio University glassware.
Among the silent auctions items included: bowls; an autumn basket; set of three wrought iron angels; art by Don Holycross; and package of assorted coffees from the Hocking Hills Roastery.
Entertainment for the event was provided by musician Mark Shaw.

10/24/2022

Empty Bowl Sponsors

By Mark A. Claffey
Empty Bowls Scribe

The following are sponsors of Hocking County's Empty Bowl event held Oct. 22 at Olde Dutch Restaurant:
Gold Bowl sponsors- (500 dollars plus)
Saw Miller, LLC
Smith Chapel Food and Clothing Mission
Logan Clay Products, LLC
Logan-Hocking Times
WLGN and WKNA
Logan Daily News
Butch and Sharon Myers
First Equity Properties
Pat Hartman and Associates
Silver Bowl sponsors- (250 dollars plus)
Bobbi Bishop
Logan Eagles Aerie #2168
Logan Rotary
Merchants National Bank
The Boot Shop
Jessica Dicken for Commissioner
Old Man's Haven Country Cabins
State Representative Mark and Kelli Johnson
The Wind Chime Shop
Attorney Jordan Meadows
Brady Group Real Estate
Hocking Hills Home Improvement
Kenny and Kristi Conway
Tim and Melissa Brown
Silver Bowl sponsors - (100 dollars plus)
Aaron and Kim Miller
Bill Hoag Drywall
Buckeye Vision
Craig and Debbie Heath
Dr. Charles and Debbie Keller
Bob and Beverly Riggs
Valerie Daubenmier DVM
JJP Plumbing
Laurelville Food Pantry
Memory of Vern Barrell
W. Keith and Sue Miller
Wren Valley Truffles
Kidder Entertainment
Maria Galanti and Debbie Howdyshell
Jim Kalklosch For Comissioner
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Alice Montgomery Real Estate
Brice and Lisa Frasure
CMC Real Estate Carol Mackey
Duffy's Lodging
Hocking Hills Bigfoot Festival
Sandy Wells-Hammer
Judge Despetorich
Marsh Hollow Cabins
Mike and Mary Kay Walsh
Laine's Country Store
Home Away From Home
Red Bowl sponsors - (50 dollars and up)
Adam and Jennifer Twiss
Michele Bolin
Greg and Deb Fraunfelter
Sue Barrell
Chris and Karen Viedt
Ed and Debbie Penrod
Roberts Funeral Home
Shepherd of the Hills Church
Don and Vera Gable
Megan McGreevy
Hocking Hills Inn and Coffee Emporium
Robin and Joe DelCiello
Chad and Julie Grow
Logan Public Transport
Tracie Dearing
Ava Jewelers
Doug and Amy Wells
Tee Jays Deli
Atomic Credit Union
Alison Monroe

10/14/2022

T-minus one week until Hocking County's Empty Bowls event on Oct. 22

By Mark A. Claffey
Empty Bowls Scribe

Hocking County's Empty Bowls event is just a few days away and the public is getting excited to see some of the finished pieces that are a result of precision work and effort.
Empty Bowls allows participating artists and groups to create and donate bowls. Right now. according to one of the event organizers, Christa Myers, there will be 300 plus bowls available for patrons to choose from when getting their meal.
Guests can choose a bowl to take home that day and to keep as a reminder of all the empty bowls in the world. There will also be wine and beer mugs available.
"Thank you to all the local artists including the Logan-Hocking School District student," said Mike Barrell, executive director of the United Way. "These artists are supporting our Empty Bowls event by donating their hand-thrown bowls and hand-painted glassware."
Advance tickets are $20 and tickets at the door will cost $25 for Hocking County's Empty Bowls event.
Tickets to the event are also available at the Hocking Hills Regional Welcome Center, 13178 OH-664 Scenic, Logan. The Welcome Center can also be reached by calling 740-385-9706.
Hocking County's Empty Bowls event will also feature a raffle, a silent auction and a live auction.
Kim Miller's, Ohio University set of painted glassware, will be one of the items up for auction Saturday, Oct. 22.
The live auction is scheduled to be held in the middle of the event, while the silent auction and raffle will be held near the conclusion of the event.
Proceeds from the event will go to four local food pantries in Hocking County. Those pantries are: Logan-Hocking Schools Grab and Go program; Smith Chapel; Laurelville and Longstreth
Empty Bowls is an international project to fight hunger, personalized by artists and organizations on a community level.
Anyone business or individual wishing to donate items for the raffle, silent auction or live auction can call the United Way of Hocking County.

10/02/2022

More than 200 bowls have been fired for Empty Bowls event

By Mark A. Claffey
Empty Bowls Scribe

According to local potter Bobbi Bishop, of Rockbridge, more than 200 bowls have already been fired for this year's Empty Bowls event.
"We have a lot of fun things on bowls this year," said Bishop,who has been a potter for 50 plus years. "You see a lot of unique designs from 'L's for Logan to flowers and even one with a hamburger in the middle of it."
This year's Empty Bowls event will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 22 at the Olde Dutch restaurant in Logan.
Bishop has been firing bowls for Hocking County's Empty Bowls fundraiser in her home studio in Rockbridge since 1998. She said she enjoys doing it and giving back to the community.
"I love helping the community and it's fun working with other people," she said. "It's good that this year we are working to help keep food on people's tables. There is definitely a need in Hocking County (for donations to food pantries)."
Funds raised from this year's Empty Bowls event will go towards the following food pantries: Laurelville, Smith Chapel, Longstreth, and Logan-Hocking Schools Grab and Go program.
Bishop said bowls are also being fired at Home Grown on Main in downtown Logan. She said including the time it takes to paint each bowl it takes close to 30 minutes total to paint, throw, trim, fire and then glaze each creation.
She said it's a lot of fun for her and she looks forward to the Empty Bowls fundraiser every year it is held.
"I love to do it," she said.
For more information about tickets to this year's event call the United Way of Hocking County at 740-603-1856.ore than 200 bowls have been fired for Oct. 22 event.

10/02/2022

Glazing process takes time for Empty Bowls pieces

By Mark A. Claffey
Empty Bowls Scribe

The Empty Bowl event scheduled for Oct. 22 in Logan will have more than just bowls, according to one of the lead potters Rose Arthur.
"We will have things like wall tiles, dishes and even candy dishes," said Arthur.
Arthur hosted two classes in early October to Homegrown on Main inviting people who helped create items other than to finish the glazing process.
"The paint is the glaze," she said.
According to a ceramics website, the general process of glazing ceramics includes mixing your glazes, applying the glaze to bisque-ware, letting it dry, then finally loading it into the kiln for the glaze firing. The kiln is slowly brought up to the appropriate temperature for the silica in the glaze to melt, then slowly cooled again. This makes the pottery strong and solid, and impervious to water and the elements.
The most practical purpose of glazing ceramics is to make them food-safe and waterproof, according to the ceramics website. Clay bisque-ware that has been fired once is not yet waterproof or food-safe until the glaze is applied and subsequently fired again.
Arthur, who has a Bachelor's degree from Ohio University in fine arts, said the pieces which were glazed at Homegrown will be taken to potter Bobbi Bishop's home and put in her kiln in Rockbridge to be finished. She said the pieces will take a few hours in the kiln.
Arthur said she loves helping out Empty Bowls.
"I love giving back to the community," she said.
Arthur also appreciates that funds raised from this year's event will go to four area food banks. The event will support Laurelville, Longstreth, Smith Chapel food bank and the Logan-Hocking Schools Grab and Go program.
"I had to use foodbanks in the past," Arthur said. "This is my way to give something back," she said.
Arthur said she expects to have 50 different pieces, that aren't bowls. available for the Empty Bowls event.
The Empty Bowls event is scheduled from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Olde Dutch Restaurant located at 12792 Ohio 664. Logan.
For information and for tickets, contact the United Way of Hocking County at 740-603-1856 or via email at [email protected].

10/02/2022

Miller leads glassware painting classes for Empty Bowls event

By Mark A. Claffey
Empty Bowls Scribe

Visitors to Hocking County's Empty Bowls event on Oct. 22 will have more options than bowls to purchase, they will have hand- painted glassware to choose from too.
Kim Miller has been leading hand-painting classes at Homegrown on Main this year, with the help of five to six other people, and the results have been absolutely captivating.
"One week we did fall and flower themed glasses and this week (Oct. 1) we are doing sports-themed glasses" Miller said.
The sessions were free to attend.
The sports-themed glasses included Ohio State, Logan High School, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, University of Cincinnati and Ohio University.
"We should have a nice variety of glassware," Miller said.
Miller said she expects more than 100 hand-painted glassware items to be available during the Empty Bowls event. People can choose glassware if they don't want a bowl.
Roberta Morgan and Annie Fickel were two Logan residents in attendance on Oct. 1 and both ladies said they were glad to lend a hand.
"Painting on glass is very forgiving," Fickel said. "If you don't like it you can change it."
Painting class attendees chose a piece of glassware which included everything from wine glasses to pilsner beer glasses and even margarita glasses. They then chose a template and then stuck the template inside of the glass and painted where the template was. Miller said every painter in the class brought different qualities to the table.
"Everybody has strengths and weaknesses," she said.
Miller said she has been painting glassware for 14 years for Empty Bowls and said they used to paint glassware at her house. The Empty Bowls organization has been painting at Homegrown on Main the last couple of years.
Morgan said Miller is a wonderful teacher.
"We are all beginners here," Morgan said. "Kim (Miller) is a wonderful teacher and does wonderful staging of the glassware."
Denise Kiamy, who painted an Ohio State Block 'O" on a piece of glassware said she got better with each piece she worked on.
"You improve each time," Kiamy said.

09/28/2022

Empty Bowls is a family affair for Kornmiller and Ogg families

By Mark A. Claffey
Empty Bowl Scribe

The annual Empty Bowls event in Logan is a family affair for members of the Kornmiller and Ogg family.
"I think I have been to every one of them, except maybe the first one," said Logan resident Karen Ogg.
Karen, who was born and raised in Logan, has brought numerous members of her family including her 89-year-old mother, daughter, sister, brother and sister-in-law.
"It's like a family get-together," she said.
This year's Empty Bowls event has special meaning to Karen and her family because proceeds of the event will help four local food pantries including the Logan-Hocking Schools Grab and Go program.
Karen said it's important to her and her family to especially help the school kids.
"If they (school kids) don't have any food in their belly, it's hard for them to pay attention." she said. "You need to start the kids off with a good breakfast and that can help them gain an advantage."
Karen said foo inequality affects everybody, even in the Hocking County community.
Karen said she learned about food equality from her grandmother who taught her to always offer visitors food when they came to her house, because it made people feel better when they had something to eat.
Karen also is experiencing a first at this year's Empty Bowls event.
"I actually painted some wine glasses which will be available at the event," she said. "They usually have a few things like wine glasses and mugs for people who don't want bowls."
She said she is hoping to do more of that type of work for Empty Bowls in the future.
Empty Bowls is an international project to fight hunger, personalized by artists, like Karen, and organizations on a community level. These artists, including Logan-Hocking School District students, donated their hand-thrown bowls and hand-painted glassware.
The Hocking County Empty Bowls fundraiser will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 22 at the Olde Dutch Restaurant, 12792 Ohio 664 Logan. Advance tickets are $20 or $25 at the door the day of the event. For more information call the United Way of Hocking County at 740-603-1856.

09/28/2022

More than 200 bowls have been fired for Oct. 22 event

By Mark A. Claffey
Empty Bowls Scribe

According to local potter Bobbi Bishop, of Rockbridge, more than 200 bowls have already been fired for this year's Empty Bowls event.
"We have a lot of fun things on bowls this year," said Bishop who has been a potter for 50 plus years. "You see a lot of unique designs from 'L's for Logan to flowers and even one with a hamburger in the middle of it."
This year's Empty Bowls event will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 22 at the Olde Dutch restaurant in Logan.
Bishop has been firing bowls for Hocking County's Empty Bowls fundraiser in her home studio in Rockbridge since 1998. She said she enjoys doing it and giving back to the community.
"I love helping the community and it's fun working with other people," she said. "It's good that this year we are working to help keep food on people's tables. There is definitely a need in Hocking County (for donations to food pantries)."
Funds raised from this year's Empty Bowls event will go towards the following food pantries: Laurelville, Smith Chapel, Longstreth, and Logan-Hocking Schools Grab and Go program.
Bishop said bowls are also being fired at Home Grown on Main in downtown Logan. She said including the time it takes to paint each bowl it takes close to 30 minutes total to paint, throw, trim, fire and then glaze each creation.
She said it's a lot of fun for her and she looks forward to the Empty Bowls fundraiser every year it is held.
"I love to do it," she said.
For more information about tickets to this year's event call the United Way of Hocking County at 740-603-1856.

09/26/2022

09/19/2022

By Mark A. Claffey
Empty Bowls Scribe

Hocking County's Empty Bowls event will also feature a raffle, a silent auction and a live auction.
Christa Myers said the live auction is scheduled to be held in the middle of the Oct. 22 event, while the silent auction and raffle will be held near the conclusion of the event.
Anyone business or individual wishing to donate items for the raffle, silent auction or live auction can call 740-603-1856.