by Carole Epp | Jan 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
ABOUT CONFERENCE
The North Carolina Potters Conference is a premier ceramics
conference. Through its history the conference has featured the some of
the best ceramics artists from around the world. This conference
centers on simultaneous demonstrations cultivating a dialogue of
techniques, concepts, and experiences between the artists and the
audience. Unlike other conferences, you do not have to pick and choose
with workshops to attend. All the demonstrations and presentations are
scheduled for the entire group. Potters at any skill level will come
away with new ideas and inspiration to improve their work. Even
non-potters have found the weekend a worthwhile introduction into the
world of ceramics.
www.randolphartsguild.com/events/potters-conference-2014/
by Carole Epp | Jan 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
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Resurrection of Gemini 2013
Porcelain, wood
51”H x 60’W x 24”D |
Runs from January 26th through May 4th, with an
opening reception and artist talk from 2-4pm on January 26th.
Where are the Wild Things?, investigates the integration of non-human
animals into our own built environments, specifically the home and its
surroundings. The home can be seen as a place that functions to hold
nature at bay, keeping everything wild and unpredictable outside its
walls. However, there are always creatures that find their way in and
take up residence whether unwanted or invited. Although humans take
great measures to separate themselves from nature, and to keep the
“pests” away, we also cannot resist the need to be connected to that
which we came from ourselves. In and around our homes the evidence of
both our unease and our desire to be connected to the natural world is
everywhere, however contrived and controlled it may be.
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Embedded 2013
Porcelain, wood, synthetic grass
7”H x 13”W x 9”D
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Embedded 2013
Porcelain, wood, synthetic grass
7”H x 13”W x 9”D
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Resurrection of Fluffy 2013
Porcelain, wood, string
24”H x 20”W x 10”D |
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Resurrection of Fluffy 2013
Porcelain, wood, string
24”H x 20”W x 10”D |
www.castellaniartmuseum.org
Address: Castellani Art Museum | PO Box 1938 | Niagara University, NY 14109-1938
bethanykrull.com
by Carole Epp | Jan 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
Kitchener Waterloo Community Theatre
9 Princess Street East, Waterloo, Ontario N2J 2H4
February 15/16, 2014
9:00 am to 5 pm
Cathi Jefferson will start the weekend with an overview of her 40 years
of making in clay, her inspirations, and progression. Over the course
of the weekend she will throw, alter, and assemble a variety of pieces:
yunomis, mugs, latte cups, cruet, teapot, an upside down bowl, and do
some slab building. She will discuss her salt firing process, as well as
her underlying views about principles of form, movement, and functional
considerations in her work. This will be a weekend of stunning visual
presentation and inspired making by one of Canada’s greatest ceramic
artists.
REGISTER ONLINE at www.clayandglass.on.ca
by Carole Epp | Jan 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Clayer: Surface Patterns & Molds
a 6-week e-course with Diana Fayt
Registration: $169
January 27 – March 10, 2014
(registration ends Feburary 15th)
The Clayer, Part Two: Surface Patterns
& Molds will be an a new take on surface and form. Part two will
focus less on drawing and more on creating patterns and rich textures on
our clay surfaces and making exciting pieces using the techniques you
learn in the ecourse. Together we will make simple plaster molds, carve
intricate patterns into clay to create bisque press molds that we will
use to give us deliciously textured surfaces. We will cut paper into
shapes and learn how to create multiple colored stencil patterns. Diana
will also teach a water abrasion technique for more precise relief work
and, also, how to combine all of these techniques together, to create
pattern rich dynamic pieces, that celebrate your personal style and
voice. Throughout the e-course, Diana will also include weekly
inspiration days where she shares interesting things
she discovers, to keep your brains humming with ideas and your creative
juices flowing. She’s also been known to throw in a recipe or two, of
something she’s been cooking, share some music she is listening to and
talk about her own journey as a Clayer, as well. The ecourse setting
will be a warm and safe, no pressure, work at your own pace,
environment, where we share what we make and learn with other
participants and positive feedback is encouraged. It’s so much fun, you
will learn so much and meet other Clayers from around the world. Are
you a ready for Part Two, Clayers?
by Carole Epp | Jan 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
Come and be inspired by one of Australia’s exciting and successful
ceramic artists! Kirsten Coelho is an award-winning ceramic artist
who works in porcelain, producing reduction fired works that attempt to
fuse the formal and the abstract.
More recently her work has been influenced by nineteenth and early
twentieth century enamel wares and and the abstracted surface
possibilities these objects can show as they begin to age.
Kirsten Coelho trained in Adelaide at the South Australian School of
Art before moving to the UK in the early 1990’s where she worked for a
number of years in a London Studio.
Since returning to Australia in 1998, Kirsten Coelho has been a
studio tenant at the JamFactory Centre for Contemporary Craft and Design
and completed a Master of Visual Art at the South Australian School of
Art . Kirsten now works from a studio at her home in Adelaide, South
Australia. She was winner of the 2012 Sidney Myer Ceramics Award and is
represented by galleries in London, US and Australia.
Her Masterclass at Slow Clay Centre will be a one-day demonstration
and discussion-based class where participants will be able to access
Kirsten’s considerable expertise and knowledge about porcelain, working
on the potter’s wheel, glazing and building a career in ceramics! All
welcome, no prior experience necessary!
https://weteachme.com/slowclay/pure-and-not-so-simple-ceramics-masterclass-with-kirsten-coelho
by Carole Epp | Jan 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
I was recently invited to send cups to AKAR for their upcoming yunomi exhibition (yah I know I’m still pinching myself thinking it’s a dream!). Being the stress case that I normally am I made 21 cups to ensure that I would have a perfect 5 to send. So now I’m selling off the extras this upcoming tuesday at noon (central time).
Join me if you’d like for some lovely yunomies at theuntrainedeye.etsy.com
thanks!
xoxox
carole
