by Carole Epp | Jun 8, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Bio
Kathryn Mitchell is a young emerging ceramic artist,
raised on the Isle of Man and trained in Australia. She works with
stoneware and porcelain clays, in both wheel throwing and slip casting
techniques. Kathryn is fascinated with the temperamental and
unpredictable yet permanent qualities of ceramics, and aims to combine
traditional techniques with contemporary forms. Her delicate
hand-painted designs reflect the vibrancy of her adopted Australian
homeland, combined with fond memories of her British birthplace. Kathryn
has participated in exhibitions and events across Australia, including
Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
Statement
In my work I explore connections
and journeys. Water is also an endless source of inspiration for me; I
grew up on the Isle of Man, a small rain-soaked British island with the
sea less than an hour’s drive in any direction and criss-crossed by
rivers and lakes. Amongst art nouveau inspired designs, my hand painted
illustrations are influenced by Florence and the Machine lyrics, Frida
Kahlo paintings and my fascination with the connections we form with the
people in our lives, be them fleeting or enduring. Wheel thrown
porcelain is a wonderful canvas on which to tell my stories.
by Carole Epp | Jun 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
Lee & Yolande Clark are dedicated
Canadian wood-firing ceramic artists. A tragic oil spill has devastated
their home, land, studio and kiln. Help them rebuild.
We are Lee Horus Clark & Yolande Clark. We are wood-firing
ceramic artists, and we have dedicated our lives to art, to clay, to
fire, and to our family for many years. We have worked extremely hard to
create a home for our children, and a kiln on our own land.
We have 3 beautiful children: Horus, 4, Treva, 2, and Felix, 10 months old.
The pottery and sculptures of both Lee and Yolande are recognized
nationally and internationally. We exhibit both in New Brunswick and
abroad, and we have both been the recipients of provincial arts grant
funding.
Lee Horus Clark has a large sculptural vessel in the permanent collection of the Beaverbrook Gallery, Fredericton.
Two years ago, after a decade of insecurity, we borrowed more money,
and finally moved to our home, a 1/2 acre property in the tiny hamlet
(population 75) of Queenstown, in rural New Brunswick. It took us a
year to build our Anagama kiln, and many thousands of borrowed dollars
for bricks and materials. We fired the Queenstown Anagama for the first
time in August, when our youngest child, Felix, was 2 weeks old.
What Happened?
Last week, on June 1st, 2013, there was a
large and catastrophic oil spill. Our heating oil tank began to leak,
and the oil streamed into the ground behind our house, down the hill,
and pooled around our kiln.
Our water well is located 4 feet from the oil tank. A stream, that
runs directly into the St. John River, is just feet from the kiln, where
the oil is concentrating.
We called the New Brunswick Department of the Environment immediately, and we evacuated our family.
Over the past few days, we have moved our possessions out of our home, as the nightmare has unfolded.
What Now?
We have been informed by the Department of the Environment that our
home is uninhabitable, our water undrinkable, and in order to clean up
the oil spill responsibly, the property will have to be excavated.
Please read more about the situation and how you can help.
www.indiegogo.com/projects/save-clark-wood-fired-pottery
by Carole Epp | Jun 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
Top L to R: John Dix, Jack Troy, Judith Duff
Bottom center: Nick Schwartz
JOHN DIX, JACK TROY, NICK SCHWARTZ and JUDITH DUFF
* This Monday, June 10 – 13 join me, Sandy Simon, for a symposium on “Women Working in Clay”
along with other women clay artists: Stacy Snyder, Cheryl Ann Thomas, Adrian Arleo, Charity Davis-Woodard held in Roanoke, VA at Hollins College Cost: $395 contact by email for more infomation, [email protected] or phone: 540.362.6021 space is still available but hurry
TRAX: New Work by Warren MacKenzie available online today
TRAX GALLERY 1812 5th Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
Wednesday – Sunday 12 – 5:30
by Carole Epp | Jun 6, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
From August 12 till August 25, 2013 Daugavpils Mark
Rothko Art Centre in cooperation with association “Daugavpils Clay Art
Centre” organizes International Ceramic Art Symposium “LANDescape”,
where 20 professional ceramists are invited to collectively create
ceramic fire sculpture ensemble as well as to make individual objects of
contemporary ceramics, drawing inspiration in Latvian nature and
cultural space.
Applications for participation in International Ceramic Art Symposium must be submitted till June 30, 2013.
Contact person:
Valentins Petjko
+37120207533
by Carole Epp | Jun 6, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Time of
Exhibition: around April, 2014
Venues: Noble Seafood Restaurants
3883 North Hongmei Road, Shanghai, China
66 North Shanxi Road,
Shanghai, China
1 North Chaoyangmen
Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China
Title of
Exhibition: Horse Teapot
Conditions of
Participation:
1.
Each participant can exhibit 2 horse style
teapots at most, regardless of whether they are functional, semi-functional, or
non-functional.
2.
Size of teapot should be no more than 40 cm. in
height, width or depth.
3.
Participants can sell their teapots as well. The commission is 50% of the retail
prices.
4.
We prefer different style teapot, not only a
style with different colors.
5.
The teapots must be ceramic. The use of lava, cement or any other
material is not acceptable.
6.
Collective teapots presented by two or more
creators (ceramists or designers) are acceptable.
7.
The organizer agrees to undertake the following:
‧ all
expenses inherent to the exhibition and the promotion thereof
‧ insurance
of the exhibited works for the duration of the exhibition
‧ Chinese
customs’ formalities
‧ expenses
incurred in returning works (not including transport insurance)
‧ printing
of an illustrated invitation, catalogue, etc.
8.
Invited artists must undertake:
‧ expenses
related to shipping the works to Shanghai (address & addressee will be designated at a later date)
‧ insurance
for the works during their transport to Shanghai
‧ all
expenses due to customs in their country of origin
‧ allow
photographs of his or her work may be reproduced, free of all rights, and used
for the exhibition or for the promotion
9.
The organizer/exhibition center can not be held
responsible for any work that would be damaged or destroyed in transit. If a work arrives damaged, the
organizer will have it restored as well as possible to allow for exhibition but
will not be available for sale.
Timetable:
1.
Please email me the following materials by 30 October, 2013,
if you want to participate in this exhibition.
‧ your resume
‧ 2 digital images of your personal photos/2
photos of you (2 MG JPG file at least, good quality for publication)
‧ personal brief introduction (200~300
words, use the-third narrative, please see the following format)
Peter Lange (New Zealand)
Peter Lange, creator of the world first brick
boat and a leading figure in the craft/object art sector, has been awarded by
Creative New Zealand Craft/Object Art Fellowship this year.
Peter Lange has worked in ceramics for more
than 30 years and has been director of Auckland Studio Potters Center since
1997. He changes his approach to
clay all the time. Thirty years
ago he started working in the “Leach” tradition throwing high-fired
domestic-ware, but has at times embraced earthenware, slip-casting,
salt-glazing, brick sculpture, and experimental kiln-firings. He enjoys illusion, irony and the
unexpected?
Peter Lange has worked, taught and exhibited
in New Zealand and throughout the world.
Highlights in recent years include being an official demonstrator at the
2002 Aomori Wood-fire Festival in Japan, and being selected to take part in a
terracotta and brick symposium in Eskisehir, Turkey in 2003. In 1997, he taught at the Dubai Art Center
in the United Arab Emirates.
Peter Lange has twice received the Merit Award
at the Fletcher Challenge Art Award in 1985 and 1986. His work features in a number of collections, including in
the Auckland Museum, Christchurch Art Gallery, the Beehive, Suzhou School of
Art and Zhengzhou Art School in China, and the Aberystwyth Arts Center in
Wales.
＊ If
you have given me the above materials before, and there have been no recent
changes, you can just inform me and I will use your former materials.
2.
Please email me 1 or 2 digital images (more are
better) of your each horse teapot by 30 January, 2014 (2 MG JPG file at least, good
quality for publication as well).
3.
A jury committee will select the horse teapots. If your teapot is selected, the
shipping points will be provided at a later date.
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