Out of Hand – This weekend in Victoria


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Here’s the list of great Canadian ceramic artists participating:
Adelle & Sid Samphire
Samphire Pottery
Dave Clark & Marlyn Turner
Quasimodo Pottery
Darrell Perfumo
Westcoast Gnomes
Porcelain and stoneware sculpture
Elan McPherson
Flavour Design Studio
Gordon Hutchens
Gordon Hutchens Pottery
George Pearlman
St.George Pottery
Joan Kagan
Joan Kagan Pottery
Leslie Mackenzie
Hands on Design
Raku
Margit Nellemann
Margit Nellemann
Handbuilt ceramics
Paige Kearns-Coull & Mariko McCrae
Blackbird Studios
Rachelle Chinnery
Rachelle Chinnery Porcelain
Carved Porcelain
Cathi Jefferson
Cathi Jefferson
Functional and sculptural salt-fired stoneware

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Call for Entry – Two by Two: Small-Scale Ceramic Sculpture Biennial

The Two by Two: Small-Scale Ceramic Sculpture Biennial is open to all artists eighteen years of age and older. Artworks must be original, completed within the last three years, and not have been previously exhibited at Eastern Washington University. Entry fee. Media: Small-scale ceramic sculptures. The height, width and depth of a work may not exceed two feet in any direction, and the weight may not exceed 100 pounds. All work must be received ready to install. Wall hung sculpture must have proper hanging devices attached. If you have any questions regarding your entry, contact the gallery. Juror
: Rain Harris received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics from Rhode Island School of Design and a Master of Fine Arts from Ohio State University. Harris has exhibited in numerous national and international exhibitions including eleven solo exhibitions. For more details on the call, information on entry and entry form, see prospectus: prospectus Deadline: December 10th, 2010 http://www.ewu.edu/CALE/Programs/Art/Gallery/Prospectus.xml

Monday Morning eye candy – Nika Stupica







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In her words:
“I was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 22nd of march, 1975. I discovered love for ceramics early in my childhood, as I was digging clay from a stream nearby, making animal figures and then firing them in our heating kiln. Unsuccessfully, of course. I was 7 years old. Then later, after some courses in primary school, drawing in secondary school, real ceramic study started with experimenting in ceramic studio on Academy of educational art in Ljubljana , where finally I graduated from ceramics. Now, I am working mainly with porcelain and stoneware. I make my own plaster moulds and I am slip casting. In my studio in Ljubljana you can find fine porcelain for everyday use, porcelain installations from numerous exhibitions, both Slovene and international, and also beloved jewellery, also made of porcelain and silver. My love for porcelain is because of its whiteness, translucency and seeming fragility, sometimes it does not need any colour or even glaze. Because ceramics is sum of different fields, such as art, design, physics, chemistry and technology, is so complex I can never stop learning about new techniques and materials. We can never say that we are at the end of ceramics.”
Find out more about Nika’s gorgeous work here.