Adopt a Potter presented by Lisa Hammond

by | Feb 18, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Adopt a Potter has a simple aim: to help in securing the future of studio potters. 
Visit our website at adoptapotter.org.uk

Founded in 2009, the original idea for the Trust came from an
experienced potter – Lisa Hammond – who has a tradition of taking
apprentices at her studio in London. Some of these apprentices have
become well recognised potters in their own right.

It takes years to train a studio potter. Unfortunately, many art
colleges are finding it difficult to offer throwing in any meaningful
way, so it is more important than ever for a student wishing to make
functional and studio pots to have the opportunity of an apprenticeship
with an experienced professional potter.

New Book: The Uncommon Denominator: A Tribute to Richard Hirsch

by | Feb 17, 2013 | Uncategorized

The Uncommon Denominator: A Tribute to Richard Hirsch presents
a spectrum of aesthetic eloquence and technical mastery in the ceramic
arts. The traveling exhibition and accompanying catalog celebrate the
career of Richard Hirsch through the work of a selection of his alumni.
Hirsch has achieved professional recognition both as a ceramic artist
and teacher.

During his teaching career, which has spanned over thirty years, he
has been a faculty member of two prominent craft programs: the Program
in Artisanry at Boston University, and currently, the School for
American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology. Many of Hirsch’s
former students have established their own outstanding careers in the
contemporary ceramics field. Represented in The Uncommon Denominator are
notable examples of the renaissance in utilitarian pottery, continued
interest in the vessel aesthetic, and the investigation of both
figurative and abstract sculpture.

For more on Richard Hirsch, see With Fire in hardcover and softcover. 

Publisher: RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press (January, 2004)
ISBN-10: 0-9759651-3-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-9759651-3-9
Binding: Laminated paperback
Pages: 56
Illustrations: 39 Full color
Size: 11 x 8 in.
http://ritpress.rit.edu/publications/books/uncommon-denominator-tribute-richard-hirsch.html