Cat's Paw Reviews-Yowser!

Dave Hall Windsor Star Thursday, November 01, 2007

Developing a line of pet-themed designs, a Windsor potter has carved out a niche for herself while carrying on a family tradition which began more than 40 years ago.Alice Sacharoff, owner of Cat's Paw Pottery, first started working with clay in 1966 when she and her mother, Janice, began taking pottery lessons.Miss Sacharoff, whose mother died in June, said: "I've tried to carry on what we started over 40 years ago when we started taking lessons together in Kingsville. We always liked doing things together and pottery gave us something we could both enjoy."
Starting out as Le Pot D'Or, the business made its debut at Art in the Park at Willistead Manor in 1970 with small art pieces in patterns designed entirely by Janice. Her Two Cats and the Moon motif was designed for Janice by her father in the 1920s.
.In 1995, the mother-daughter team renamed their business Cat's Paw Pottery. "We both loved cats and we felt it was more in keeping with our business than the previous name."
Miss Sacharoff now devotes 10 per cent of her time to pet-themed pottery and the remainder to more traditional designs.
Along with a line of lead-free pottery exclusively for pets, Alice Sacharoff remains busy making her full line of stoneware pottery,food and water dishes for dogs as well as cats, kibble canisters, bird feeders, urns, wind chimes and anything else that a customer might want
.Miss Sacharoff skipped Art in the Park this year because of her mother's illness but plans to return next June with another line of pottery and gifts.Miss S
acharoff's products can be purchased at www.catspawpottery.ca

dhall@thestar.canwest.com or 519-255-5777, ext. 408.

Many Thanks to Dave Hall for his wonderful article!!!

Many thanks to the following teachers who very graciously allowed me to visit their classrooms from JK to grade 9 in the following schools in 2008 and 2009

A.V.Graham Public School with Mrs.Chesnik, Mrs. Woltz and Mrs.Trudell
Académie Ste Cécile International School with groups of ESL students from Colombia and Nigeria
Amherstburg Montessori Interactive Learning Preschool with Mrs.Hopkins
Begley Public School with Mrs.Pfaff
Catholic Central with Cindy Pastorius’ Special Education class
Central Public School with Mrs. M.Sylvester,Mr.Campbell,Mrs.Dixon, Mrs De Simone, Mrs. Paine and Mrs.Lochhead (Special Ed.)
Christ the King Catholic Elementary School with Justin Brown (sub.for Mrs.Liddy),Mrs.Sandy and Mrs.Leonetti
Concord Public School with Mrs.Pizzutto,Mrs.St.Onge, Mrs.Martindale and Miss Tompkins
Eastwood Public School with Mrs.King,Mrs.Renaud,Mrs.Hardwick, Mrs.Kisch and Mrs.McMullan, Mrs.Nardone and Mrs. Collymore
Eastwood Public School Special Needs classes with Mrs.Wideen
École Monseigneur Jean Noël avec Mme.Machnik en français
Essex High School Art Club Teacher Time Out with Mrs.Goodchild and 5 of the faculty who tried out the potter’s wheel ( I have 2 portable wheels that I can bring.)
Essex High School Art Club with Christine Goodchild as part of her Empty Bowls Project to help support the food banks
Essex District High School Special Needs Program with Mr.M.Sanders,Mr.T.Pang and their wonderful staff
Essex Public School Special Needs with Mrs.Lysay
Glenwood Public School with Mr.Clark and Mrs.Ouellette
Holy Cross Catholic Elementary School with Mrs.Wawrow and Mrs.Murphy
Holy Names Life Skills class with Mrs.Marcuzzi
Hugh Beaton Public School Special Needs class with Mrs.Gozzard
Hugh Beaton Public School with Mr.Chisolm, Mr.Bornais and Miss VandeBovenkamp
L.A.Desmarais Catholic Elementary School with Mrs.Schreindler
Lakeshore Discovery Public School with Mlle Campeau, Mlle Sylvestre and Mme.Giordano
Lakeview Montessori with Mrs.S.Sulyak
LaSalle Public School .with Mrs.Bachmeier, Mrs.Szabados,Mrs.Wismer,Mrs.Gibb, Mr.Warnock, Mrs.Morencie, Mrs.Williams and Mrs. Jadischke
LaSalle Public School After School Arts Club with Mrs. Murphy St.Amand
Malden Centre with Mrs.Betteridge and Mr.Middleton
McWilliam Public School with Mr.Whited
Montessori Academy of Windsor Summer Camps July and August 2009
Northwood Public School with Mrs.Sartor,Miss Blain,Mrs.Perry,Mrs.Matte,Mrs.Gibb,Mrs.Paulin,Mrs.MacArthur,Mrs.Valente,Mrs.English,Miss Lanoue,Miss Dadd,Mr.Shaw,and Mrs.Juszkiw
Oakwood Public School with Mrs.Miller and Mr.McNaughton
Oakwood Special Needs class with Mr.Seagris
Parkview Public School with Mrs.Loewen
Prince Edward Public School with Mrs.Gozzard
Sandwich West Public School with Mrs.Pantuso and Mrs.Belanger
Southwood Public School with Mrs.Strasser, Mrs. C. Kenno Mrs. Holmes , Mrs.Mamo , Mrs.Legge,Mrs.Glover-Ludwig,Mrs.MacDonald ,and Mr.Peaker
Southwood Public School Special Education-combined classes with Mrs. Dawn Carter and Mrs. Camlis
St.Anne Catholic High School Special Needs class with Mrs.Gesuale,Mrs. Geary, and Mrs Hart
St.Gabriel Catholic Elementary School with Mrs.Wales, Miss Hipkins, Mrs.Wearne, Mrs.Plante and Mrs.Paun-Capaldi
St.William Catholic Elementary School with Mrs.Vossen, Mrs.Amicome, Mrs.Roy and Mr.Saad
The Life Skills class at Holy Names with Stacey Marcuzzi
Vincent Massey Special Needs with Mrs.Marchand
Victoria Public School with Mrs.Peltier,Mrs.LaBute, Mrs.Robillard and Mrs.Hunt-Robinson
Walkerville Collegiate Institute Special Needs with Mrs.Tompkins
Western Secondary Grade 9 Art with Samantha Murdoch
Western Secondary Special Education combined classes with Sue Krisko
Windsor Regional Children’s Centre with Mrs.Relf

Day Cares,PD camps,March Break camps and Summer Camps Visited during 2008-2009
Aboriginal Child Resource Centre
Audrey's Wee Horizons Day Care Leamington
CAW Children’s Centre Windsor
Chez Nous Child Care Windsor
Come and Play Daycare Windsor
Delta Chi Early Childhood Learning Centre
Discovery School based Day Cares: Jack Miner, St.John de Brébeuf, and Queen Elizabeth
Energy Busters Belle River
First Steps - Essex ,Ontario and Tecumseh, Ontario
Harmony in Action
Lakeshore Community Centre and Day Care
Latch-Keys: Victoria School (and St.John the Baptist,Belle River and St.Pius)
Montessori Academy of Windsor
Oakwood Community Centre March Break Camp
Oakwood Day Care
Ontario Early Years Drouillard Place
Ontario Early Years Grandview Centre
Paula’s Playhouse Amherstburg
Playful Steps Tecumseh
Puce Sports and Leisure Centre Day Camp
Reach for the Skye Windsor
Roseville Community Centre
SKA:NA Family Learning Centre
Sonshine Day Care Centre
St.Clair College Art Explosion Day camps (last summer and this summer)
Sundowners: General Brock School, Sacred Heart (LaSalle),Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, Dougall Avenue School, Gordon McGregor School
Talbot Trail Sundowners Day Care
The Aboriginal Child Resource Centre
Town of LaSalle Art Day Camp at the Vollmer Centre (last summer and this)
University of Windsor Lancer Day Camps this summer
Windsor Regional Children’s Centre