Today’s eye candy is via decor8 blog. I just couldn’t resist sharing these amazing images of Sandra Haischberge’s gorgeous work and studio/shop with you. Talk about eye candy – this is a dream space for making and selling. Mind you I could never be neat enough in my practice to keep it so remarkably clean!
For the whole post please visit decor8 here.
For more about Sandra Haischberge please visit her website.
The Big Smoke conference will be held in Auckland from 1st April to 3rd April 2011. The Ceramic Conference is hosted by the New Zealand Society of Potters in conjunction with Auckland Studio Potters (ASP) and Unitec, and will take place at the Mt Albert Campus of Unitec. The conference intends to benefit NZ artists, craftspeople and designers, and aims to promote ceramics in the wider community. There will be demonstrations by international guest artists Michael Doolan, Gustavo Perez, Linda Christianson and Brian Adams, and New Zealand artists Paul Maseyk, Carla Ruka, Mike O’Donnell , Peter Lange, as well as keynote addresses and panel discussions, trade fair and exhibition opportunities during the 3 day-event.
(see website: www.thebigsmoke.unitec.ac.nz). Themes
The themes of The Big Smoke Conference 2011 are centred on Tradition and Identity, and Looking Into the Future. These themes are broad but intrinsic to ceramics and will provide many opportunities to encourage discussion and provoke thought. We would like to invite artists, academics and supporters of the arts to take part by submitting a paper relating to the sub-themes that are listed below.
Traditions and Identity
Facing the Future
Submissions
All submissions will be reviewed by a panel comprised of Unitec and ASP staff. Authors will be notified about acceptance of their abstract by 11th February 2011 and will be invited to submit the full paper and/or Powerpoint presentation by March 2011. Successful applicants will receive complimentary registration to the conference.
Deadlines
Abstract deadline: December 6, 2010
Notification of abstract acceptance: February 11, 2011
Full paper deadline: March 14, 2011 Specifications
Abstracts should be limited to 250 words and should be structured to summarise the background, aims, significance and focus of the question addressed, as well as conclusions.
Papers should be limited to 4500 words (excluding references) and follow the APA 5th referencing style for in-text citation and reference list. All papers should be written in English.
Format: RTF and Word formats are required for both abstracts and papers. Please keep files less than 3MB (including your illustrations).
Copyright: By submitting papers for publication in the conference proceedings, authors are assigning copyright of the submitted paper to the conference host. Authors’ traditional rights will not be jeopardised by assigning copyright in this manner, as they will retain the right to re-use the content of the paper. To submit abstracts and papers email: [email protected] , subject line: “conference paper”.Artists/ Speakers at the conference:
Brian Adams
Linda Christianson
Michael Doolan
Peter Lange
Paul Maseyk
Mike O’Donnell
Gustavo Pérez
Carla Ruka
Saturday & Sunday, September 25-26, 2010
Featured Artists:
Mary Kay Botkins – East Dundee, IL
Neil Estrick – Grayslake, IL
Steven Hill – Sandwich, IL
Plus Center Street Clay Resident Artists: Sarah Mizanin and Lauren Smith
Doug Jeppesen – Sugar Grove, IL
Kristen Kieffer – Baldwinville, MA
Cory McCrory – Sandwich, IL
Plus Studio Assistants – Julie Alberti and Tessa Johnson
David Toan – Oak Park, IL
Charity Davis-Woodard – Edwardsville, IL
Live Music by RedHorse, and yet to be named artists…
Located @ Steven Hill’s Center Street Clay, 218 West Center Street, Sandwich, ILFor more details…
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There you will find gorgeous work, and …well …more gorgeous work. Likely more than you can realistically get through in a morning, so good thing it’s friday : )
I loved these cups by Eric Rempe so much I couldn’t chose which one i loved more, so you get to see both.
Have a great weekend.
September 9 – 12, 2010
“To launch Northern Clay Center’s 20th anniversary year in 2010, we are thrilled to announce that this year’s American Pottery Festival, September 9 – 12, will be a reunion of many of the amazing artists who have participated in the Festival over its eleven-year history, since its debut in 1999. As of press-time, the roster of participating potters from past Festivals includes a star-studded line-up of 85 of the top ceramic artists from throughout North America.”
Find out all the details here.
