by Carole Epp | Mar 26, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
I don’t normally endorse specific products on the blog, but the other day I acquired a new tool that will dramatic improve my practice (and my patience, and the state of my sore hands). I can’t remember who I saw with this tool, maybe it was at Arrowmont…I don’t remember, wish I could give credit.
But anyway I was out last week and ran across this Fiskars crafting knife and thought I’d give it a try. Not the cheapest utility knife, but the small blade which can rotate 360 degrees (or not as I decided to rig it with a small piece of paper jammed inside to keep it still) and the ergonomic handle were perfect for the drawings I do on my kids line of functional ware. You can also buy replacement blades and there is a second knife you can buy which is more your typical sized knife blade. My days of sore fingers and working with pins to get the line quality I desired are over. This was worth every penny.
Below are just a few images of my process:
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| Carving line drawing through wax on dry greenware. |
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Underglaze is washed into the carved lines.
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| After the bisque I wet sand the pieces and then add additional colors with underglazes. |
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| A clear glaze fired to Cone 6 and we’re done! |
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Do you have a technical tuesday idea? Something that has changed your practice? A technique you’d like to share?
by Carole Epp | Mar 25, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Eutectic Gallery of Portland, Oregon proudly announces an open call to artists in the ceramic medium.
Eu・tec・tic – [yoo-tek-tik] adj.:
The proportion of constituents in a mixture that yields the lowest
possible complete melting point; often lower than the constituents on
their own.
Similar to the relationship between the components that make up clay and their proportions, Eutectic Gallery wishes to explore the relationship between an artist’s process, product, & concept, and the public’s interpretation of, interaction with, and critique of said work.
Eutectic is seeking submissions that interpret and exemplify the
Eutectic concept throughout a body on work, or between two artists and
two bodies of work.
The cost of submission for a single artist is $25 and $35 for a pair
and may include up to 5 images. Additional images can be submitted for
$5 each.
Deadlines, to be considered for a specific month, submissions must be made by the following dates:
- April- February 8th
- May- March 8th
- June- April 12th
- July- May 10th
All submission fees are non refundable. Submissions can be sent via
US Postal Service, Fed Ex or UPS to the address below. Compact Discs,
DVDs, flash drives or 8″x10″ prints can be sent with proper
documentation along with a cheque for the correct amount addressed to:
Attention, Call to Artist
Eutectic Gallery
1930 NE Oregon St.
Portland, OR 97232
For more details please visit their website here.
by Carole Epp | Mar 25, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Would you like to be showcased as monday morning eye candy?
Please label your email as “monday morning eye candy”
by Carole Epp | Mar 25, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
National juried exhibition featuring the best in college ceramics. This
exhibition is a showcase of original ceramic work from emerging
artists currently enrolled in a college program and alumni within two
years of graduation. Work submitted may be functional or sculptural.
Application deadline: April 1, 2013
Entry Fee: 30 for three entries
Location: New York, Rochester
Show Date: June 14–July 30
Open to: open to ceramic work by students currently enrolled in a college program and alumni within two years of graduation
Classification: international exhibitions
Slide / Digital: digital
Contact details:
Genesee Pottery
713 Monroe Ave.
[email protected]
www.geneseearts.org
Phone: 585-271-5183
by Carole Epp | Mar 25, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Application deadline: June 28, 2013
Location: France, Montpellier
Show Date: March 7–9, 2014
Open to: open to films about the craft professions and the different
materials used: clay, wood, glass, paper, feathers, textiles, leather,
etc.
Contact details:
Ateliers d’Art de France
6 rue Jadin
[email protected]
www.fifav.fr
Phone: 33(0)1 44 01 08 30
by Carole Epp | Mar 24, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Grace DePledge makes
intricately carved, one-of-a-kind pottery to celebrate and enhance the
simple joy of our daily routines. She is inspired by nature as well as
historical ornament and decorates the surfaces of her pots entirely by
hand, primarily through carving. She hopes her pots bring functional
elegance and everyday enjoyment to those who use them. www.gracedepledge.com
Want to be featured as an emerging artist on musing? All you have to do is send me some images, a brief write up if you’d like, and a
website if you have it to [email protected] If you could put emerging
artist in the subject header of the email so it doesn’t get lost in my
spam folder that would be great. Thanks!
