by Carole Epp | Mar 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
My name’s Lori Leaumont, I’m 29, and I’m a ceramic artist/potter originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, now living in Indianapolis. I’ve got a big ol’ fancy BFA in Ceramics from the Herron School of Art and Design at Indiana University, which is where I met my weirdo punk husband Nich. I make stuff out of clay, and I’m working towards doing pottery as a living full time, but I’m trying to content myself with learning as much as I can and knowing that making stuff everyday is pretty cool, even if I have to eat ramen to do it.
I create a lot of cups, which is sort of an obsession of mine (hence my blog title, 15 Painted Cups). I lean mostly towards making functional art – I love well designed tableware and things that enhance your everyday life. I occasionally make things that are more conceptual, but I can’t help but laugh at myself a little when things get too deep – who am I kidding? I can’t even keep my shoes tied half the time, so who am I to comment on the ills of society? My conceptual work is usually concerned with my own life experiences, my struggles with mental health and being bipolar, and things like memory and emotion. I have a background in painting, so I draw and paint a lot on my surfaces as well. I keep a process journal on my blog at http://15paintedcups.blogspot.com.
(this piece got accepted to the Skutt Kiln Peep Show! Check it out at NCECA!)
15 Painted Cups: My art blog, where I draw on stuff on an (almost) daily basis.
Fanfare and Foofaraw: My Etsy Store
Trickypink on Deviant Art: Miscellaneous Art/Everything all of the time
by Carole Epp | Mar 1, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
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MEDALTA 2011 JULY with Sukjin Choi July 4th – 31st 2011 This residency will be led by invited artist Sukjin Choi and is intended for artists who are comfortable working independently within a group setting. Sukjin Choi is a Korean artist, educator and writer currently working in Virginia. Her practice ranges from the seemingly effortless production of traditional Onggi jars, to large scale multimedia installation art. • $625 •All firings included •Artist supplies materials and clay •12 spaces available •Application deadline is April 15 2011
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@font-face { font-family: “Arial”; }@font-face { font-family: “Cambria”; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: “Times New Roman”; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } From Prototype to Production with Russell Hackney August 5th – 14th 2011 $775 (all materials included) Registration on a first come first served basis. (12 spaces available) In this 10 day workshop artists will be introduced to all aspects of the mould making process. Starting with prototyping, the class will move through the development of simple one piece moulds and move on to more complex multi-piece moulds. Students will have the opportunity to make many types of moulds and try many different techniques under the watchful eye of a master craftsman. The course will conclude with an introduction to slip-casting. The workshop is suitable for artists at all levels of ability.
@font-face { font-family: “Arial”; }@font-face { font-family: “Cambria”; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: “Times New Roman”; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Pots For the Kitchen, Bread For The Table with Fredi Rahn August 5th – 14th 2011 $775 (all materials included) Registration on a first come first served basis. (12 spaces available) This ten-day workshop focuses on the connection between the food we cook and the pottery we cook and serve it in. The emphasis of the workshop is on repetition, focus, and getting the details right. We will divide our time between the (improvised) bakeshop and the pottery studio, using the philosophy of mindfulness and creativity through practice and repetition. In the kitchen, our focus is on artisan hearth breads. Learn how to improvise a hearth oven in your home oven, and how to mix, ferment, shape, and bake beautiful loaves using simple natural ingredients and time. In the ceramics studio, choose a form (or 2) to practice and develop and delve into the details of scale, weight, proportion, edges, and surface. In between we find the connections between food and pots, how they converse and strengthen each other. The workshop will be punctuated with daily demo’s, tastings and discussions, all intended to make you consider the humble objects you make for daily use and consumption more deeply and fully. For further information about our facilities, residency experiences, application and registration info please visit our website at: http://www.medalta.org/miair/index.html
by Carole Epp | Mar 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
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1st – 21st July, 2011 In pursuit of a greener studio practice, the International Ceramics Studio is hosting a Smokeless Wood Kiln Workshop to construct an efficient and sustainable wood-firing kiln with the pioneering kiln designer and builder, Kusakabe, Masakazu. The position and relatively large size of the firebox and the tall chimney allow for effective combustion, fast firing and excellent ash distribution. In the summer of 2010 we staged a successful woodfiring symposium under the direction of the Master Potter, Masakazu Kusakabe. In 2011 he will return to Kecskemet to lead the three weeks kiln building workshop in July.
Kusakabe sensei is a versatile artist: potter, kiln builder, sumi drawer and astronomist. His pioneering invention is the eco-friendly “smokeless kiln”, which allows artists to build woodfiring kilns in built-up locatiions because it produces very little or no smoke.
The program starts on the 1st July to 21st July and there is also time available after it to perform more firings in the new smokeless kiln. The program will run if there are enough applicants. (minimum 8 persons). Application deadline is 1st April.Find more details here.
Further information about this event and applications to George Varsanyi, [email protected]
or Steve Mattison – [email protected] Kusakabe’s informative website: http://www.miharuarts.com/kusakabe/ For more informations on Kusakabe’s smokeless kiln click here . . .
http://www.miharuarts.com/kusakabe/index.php?page=smokeless-kiln
by Carole Epp | Mar 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
February’s artist of the day feature came and went too quickly. I agree. It’s always so nice to have such gorgeous eye candy everyday. I can’t thank all of the amazing artists who submitted their work enough! It was such a pleasure to share your work with all the readers of musing.
But don’t dismay my dear readers, the eye candy is going to continue on for a wee bit longer. See I got more than 28 submissions and so artist of the day will continue until I run out of submitted work to show you. So for all of those that have submitted work and have yet to have seen it posted, your day is still coming! Hurray for more artist of the day!
And now on to today’s bit of gorgeous:
Artist of the Day: David Carlsson
Artist´s statement
In my artistic work I am often interested in contrasts and combinations. It could be things like dream and reality, aim and result ore repetition and breaks.
I frequently return to the everyday as a subject were I am fascinated by routines as well as the wish to get away from them.
I want to tell stories through clay and ceramic references and I´m aiming for an equivocal state in my works where I like to both embrace and criticize, answer and wonder in the same object.
www.dceramic.se www.twitter.com/dceramic
(this piece got accepted to the Skutt Kiln Peep Show! Check it out at NCECA!)
