by Carole Epp | Feb 12, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Porcelain sculpture by Shigekazu Nagae, ‘Forms in Succession #5’, 2011, Powerhouse Museum Collection.
This
beautiful porcelain sculpture, Forms in Succession #5 created by
Japanese potter Shigekazu Nagae dances beautifully in this video. The
paper look-alike form somehow evokes the aesthetics of origami, Japanese
paper folding. Made by using slip-cast techniques, the porcelain speaks
of its origin yet shyly introduces itself to international audiences.
This
piece was recently acquired by the Powerhouse Museum, supported by The
Ceramic Collectors Society in Australia. It was made in the pottery town
of Seto, known for centuries as the cradle of Japanese utilitarian
ceramics. The family of the artist Shigekazu Nagae (born in 1953)
produced thousands of cheap slip-cast porcelain bowls and plates. As a
youth, this made the artist feel inferior to individual potters who
hand-crafted their ceramics. After graduating from the Seto Ceramics
Training Institute, Nagae saw unique artistic possibilities in
slip-casting, which he thought other techniques such as wheel turning or
hand-coiling could not achieve. He thus created his distinctive
sculptural series ‘Forms of Succession’ of which this work is an
excellent example. The Museum acquired the object as a good example of
how an innovative idea enables an artist to adapt conventional
production techniques, in this case slip-casting, to create new art
forms. In addition, the beauty of the piece would no doubt be highly
admired and enjoyed by Museum visitors.
This video suggests a
new way of museum presentation that differs from conventional methods of
display and interpretation. Museums research, collect, document,
conserve and display objects. But in this contemporary society, we are
not only able to display objects in glass showcases but also in the
digital world in a creative manner. In order to enhance understanding of
the piece, we decided to film the beauty of the object and to allow it
to speak for itself. Thanks to the photographer, Geoff Friend and film
producer Leonie Jones for sharing this small experiment!!
Min-Jung Kim, Curator, Asian Arts and Design, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
by Carole Epp | Feb 10, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Many thanks to Ceramics Art and Perception for permission to re-post Carol’s article on musing.
Here is a link to the article:
www.carolgouthro.com/link_art%20and%20perception.pdf
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Find out more about Carol’s amazing work on her website: www.carolgouthro.com
by Carole Epp | Feb 10, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Residency Information
Duration
Residency Term: August 15 – July 31
Resident Artists are granted a one-year residency, and may be invited to stay for a second year.
Compensation
- 200+ sq/ft Private studio w/sink in K-State ceramics area
- Adjunct
professor status: Adjunct appointments are made for the benefit of the
university to allow people from outside the university to contribute to
its academic program. In recognition of their contribution to the
academic community, the university extends to adjunct appointees
residing in Kansas the use of university libraries; employee rates for
athletic, K-State Union, and cultural events; and parking privileges.
- Teaching
opportunities may become available but are not guaranteed – One to two
sections of Intro to Ceramics for Non-Majors dependent upon enrollment.
- Exhibition opportunities on and off campus
- There is no monetary compensation for this position, other than potential adjunct teaching opportunities.
Responsibilities
- 5 hrs/week work exchange covers all clay and glaze materials/firings
- Participation in graduate critiques
- Occasional demonstrations for under graduate ceramic courses
- Artist in residence is responsible for all personal living expenses
Requirements
- Applicant must have a Master of Fine Art degree
Apply
Application Deadline: April 15th
All applications must be submitted by email to [email protected] and include the following materials:
- Current resume
- Artist Statement
- List of 2 references with phone numbers and email addresses
- PDF portfolio of 10 images of recent work to include title, date, medium, and size for each image (under 20MB)
http://art.ksu.edu/grad/ceramics/ceramics_residency.html
by Carole Epp | Feb 9, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
My work is from my imagination.
This work in called ”My Tiny Garden”
Each flower is a task to fire they have to be placed on pins just like a real garden it has it’s problems to bloom.
by Carole Epp | Feb 8, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Tilly Troelstrup- Artist
Statement
What interrupts it? A line
carries on its course until its environment jars its path, forcing the line to
adjust if it wishes to continue. I layer line drawings on ceramic pots to
represent the adjustments and changes we all experience in our relationships to
people, places and things.
The ways that clay naturally
responds to manipulations creates an environment for my line drawings to
respond to. By embracing the handmade qualities of clay and its sensitivity at
varying stages, an unintentional dent early on becomes a valley for a line to
cross at a later stage. This open minded practice creates opportunities for my
most present emotions during making to present new ideas, based on the freedom
to express real time.
A strong interest in writing has
led to the discovery of wonderful correlations between the poetics of ceramics
and the romance of verbal expression, both highly capable of creating a
response unique to each user. Contemporary graffiti, spoken word,
disintegrating architecture and fleeting emotions during high stress all
influence a passionate affair with reflection, in order to best be present in
the moment.
By reflecting on my life’s
lessons in abstract patterns on pots, my forms have come to hold a geography of
the heart on their surface. Each pot tells a story of an experience whose
resulting lesson becomes the story. These experiences to be had are unique to
each person, and highly personal, but the larger lessons we learn come to be
much the same. It is my hope that viewers are drawn to the abstracted surface
and as they follow it around the pot, they reflect and inherently agree to
play. The quiet that consumes them as they follow the line is a rare serenity
my pots offer viewers, for but a moment, in our constantly rushing society.
