by Carole Epp | Aug 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
A super comprehensive list of pottery tips, lessons and education.
by Carole Epp | Aug 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
C’est avec virtuosité et subtilité que Rebecca Maeder transforme l’objet en élément narratif.
Surprenante, elle crée l’intrigue et détourne la perfection pour créer l ’émotion,
elle nous offre ainsi tout le raffinement d’une vaisselle de “F” ables
CERAMICS EXHIBITION BY
REBECCA MAEDER
FROM 13/09/12 UNTIL 06/10/12
OPENING 13/09/12 from 18:00 to 21:00
FINISHING 06/10/12 from 18:00 to 21:00
Open thu 17:00 to 20:00 fri/ sat 14:00 to 18:00
Les Ateliers galerie de L’Ô asbl
Rue de L’Eau, 56a _1190 Forest Belgique
Tel:
+32.495.28.71.74 Mail:
by Carole Epp | Aug 28, 2012 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
The Pottery Expo @ concept was launched in February 2001 by Melbourne studio potter Jane Annois. Pottery Expo aims to promote high quality, innovative ceramics by Australian studio ceramic artists.
by Carole Epp | Aug 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
‘IN A PINCH’
WITH EMILY SCHROEDER WILLIS
Saturday & Sunday, September 29-30, 2012
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Ever think that pinch pots can’t be light or delicate? This workshop will challenge common stereotypes of working with the simple pinch pot. Emily will demonstrate her process of creating vessels through pinching and coiling with porcelain. She will show techniques such as building work upside down, creating basic molds with simple coils and using bisque molds to help aid in flat forms. Additionally, she will discuss how to add volume without adding mass. Through the process of coiling and pinching, she will explore how to build a variety of forms ranging from large jars and platters to small cream and sugar sets. Emily will also share her methods of creating lids and feet as well as a variety of ways to make rims and handles. On the last day she will focus on finishing touches and review some of her glazing techniques.
This workshop will have a balance of demonstrations, discussions and hands-on studio time. Mornings will be spent with Emily showing her techniques and in the afternoon participants will try their hand at creating objects utilizing her methods. Throughout the workshop Emily will show slides of historic and current practices of pinch pots. Please bring a sketchbook to discuss and present ideas. Some clay experience is suggested.
Emily Schroeder Willis received her MFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 2006. She is the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships, including the 2001 Jerome Fellowship from the Northern Clay Center and the Sage Scholarship from the Archie Bray Foundation. Her work has been exhibited across North America as well as in Europe, Central America and Australia. She has been an artist-in-residence/visiting artist at the Archie Bray Foundation in Montana, the Zentrum Fur Keramik in Berlin, Germany and the Alberta College of Art and Design in Canada.
Emily will also be a presenter for the 2012 Utilitarian Clay Conference at Arrowmont School for the Arts and Crafts in Tennessee this September as well as an artist in residence at Anderson Ranch in the fall of 2012. She currently resides in Chicago as a full time studio artist. For more information on her work please visit her
website.
HANDLE IT!
WITH RYAN J. GREENHECK
Saturday & Sunday, October 20-21, 2012
10:00am – 4:00pm
Fee: $190.00 non-LAC/ $180 LAC members
Have any of these thoughts ever crossed your mind as you’ve worked on a handle for your piece? That any handle you make would make would ruin it. You only know of one way to approach making a handle. You feel your handles are the weakest part of your pieces. Or asked these questions: Where should I place the handle? What type of handle does this piece need? Is there a better way to make this handle? If so…then this is the workshop for you!
This hands-on workshop will focus on wheel thrown forms that incorporate a handle. Ryan will demonstrate various wheel throwing and trimming techniques emphasizing the mug form, while lidded jars, pitchers, and teapots will also be presented. Placement of the handle in each piece will be a consideration from the start. Ryan will also share several ways to make handles such as slab, and coiled techniques; with a concentration on several ‘pulled’ handle skills. Every aspect of the handled vessel will be discussed and meticulously investigated.
Ryan J. Greenheck received his Master of Fine Arts degree from SUNY College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2004. He also received, a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree as well as a Bachelor of Science degree from The University of Wisconsin-Stout in 2002. In the summer of 2004, he spent three months in the Peoples Republic of China as the visiting Artist at Shanghai University. He has been in numerous national juried exhibitions since 2000. His work is represented in many galleries throughout the country. Ryan currently is a practicing studio potter, Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania, and an instructor at several art centers in the Philadelphia area. For more information visit his
website .
Arlington Cultural Affairs (administrative office)
1100 North Glebe Road, Suite 1500
Arlington, VA. 22201
Phone: 703-228-1850
Fax: 703-228-0805
TTY: 703-228-1855