by Carole Epp | Jun 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
It’s Pride y’all! It’s time to shout from the rooftops that the LGBTQIA+ Pride Movement started as riot by Trans women of color!
I have teamed up with 20 other potters to raffle off a piece of my work to benefit @theokraproject, a collective that seeks to address the global crisis faced by Black Trans people by bringing home-cooked, healthy, and culturally specific meals and resources to Black Trans People wherever they can reach them. Here’s how to enter:
1. Donate $5 or more to the @theokraproject or go to https://www.artsbusinesscollaborative.org/asp-products/the-okra-project-sponsored-project/
2. Send a screenshot of your donation along with your Instagram handle to [email protected] $5 per entry. Unlimited entries. If you donate $50, you get 10 entries.
3. All receipts must be dated June 23rd or later.
4. International entries are welcome. Winners chosen at random for pieces donated.
5. Raffle ends 6/28/2020 12AM PST. Winners will be announced 6/30/2020
6. Help us spread the word! Please share this post!
Participating potters include:
@arthurhalvorsen
@ashleybevington
@barbaradonovan
@bellajoypottery
@caassey
@c_tenenholtz_ceramics
@cumulus.clay
@elanpottery
@5linespotterystudio
@jrothshank
@lauriecaffery.clay
@mac_art_ceramics
@machikoerhard
@makegoodchoices
@melissamayapottery
@musingaboutmud
@slip_in_color_ceramics
@thatadewolechick
@threetceramics
@throwandgrowceramics
@vanessamnorris
by Carole Epp | Jun 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
They Clay Community coming together!
Join us on June 26th to help raise funds for NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund in leading the fight for racial injustice.
ClayAKAR and Artists are working together to donate 100% of the proceeds from this event. Your purchases will help the NAACP fund’s mission to achieve racial justice, equality and an inclusive society. Learn more about this fund at https://www.naacpldf.org/
Participating Artists: Dan Anderson, Posey Bacopoulos, Noel Bailey, Ben Bates, Casey Beck, Aaron Becker, Nick Bernard, Ashley Bevington, Andy Bissonnette, Karl Borgeson, Wayne Branum, Nathan Bray, Cynthia Bringle, Rebecca Chappell, Victoria Christen, Sam Chung, Elaine Coleman, Tom Coleman, Michael Connelly, David Crane, Guillermo Cuellar, Jessica Danbrook, Nicholas Danielson, Carrie Day, Nick DeVries, Josh DeWeese, Rachel Donner, Adrienne Eliades, Sanam Emami, Carole Epp, Paul Eshelman, Douglas Fitch, Jil Franke, Stuart Gair, Julia Galloway, Chase Gamblin, Chris Gustin, Perry Haas, Eric Heerspink, Mike Helke, Zak Helenske, Autumn Higgins, Steven Hill, Rick Hintze, Sam Hoffman, Al Holen, Harlan House, Peter Jadoonath, Tom Jaszczak, Brian Jones, Terri Kern, Bradley Klem, Karin Kraemer, Tim Lake, Justin Lambert, Heesoo Lee, Steve Lee, Dick Lehman, Simon Levin, Becky Lloyd, Kirk Lyttle, Hannah McAndrew, Lorna Meaden, Branan Mercer, Ron Meyers, Nikki Mizak, Ted Neal, Jeff Oestreich, Brent Pafford, Liz Pechacek, Malia Peoples, Ron Philbeck, Kyle Rees, Akira Satake, Brad Schwieger, Melanie Sherman, Mitchell Spain, Alex Thomure, James Tingey, Tara Underwood, Benj Upchurch, Momoko Usami, Alea Walter, Holly Walker, Julie Weber, Zachary Wollert and Shumpei Yamaki.
by Carole Epp | Jun 20, 2020 | Uncategorized, workshops
Please join us this Coming Monday 22June 2020 14:00 South African time. – please see Details below. 👇🏾
https://qkt.io/rajSHW
Madoda Fani and Andile Dyalvane’s twenty year old friendship is a testament to brotherhood and one that celebrates a passion for clay. Fani focuses on various coiling techniques and finishes he incorporates in his practice while Dyalvane supports with enquiry in this workshop.
Born in 1975, Madoda Fani grew up in Gugulethu township in Cape Town and discovered his love of clay as a fine art student at Sivuyile College. He worked as a ceramic painter in various pottery studios, gradually developing his own pieces and style. In 2000, his work was selected for the Salon Internationale de l’Artisanat de Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso. There he met the ceramicist Simon Masilo, who introduced him to smoke-firing. In 2009, he moved to Johannesburg and began to deepen his craft at the Kim Sacks School of Ceramics. He learned how to burnish clay with a stone from Jabu Nala, the daughter of legendary Zulu beer–pot maker Nesta Nala, and mastered smoke-firing techniques under the guidance of Nic Sithole.
Who is it for
For anyone interested in working with clay, curious about the creative processes and willing to learn. Artists, designers and creative communities who want to expand their knowledge of ceramics and those who want to experience clay meditations.
What you need
You need not have any previous knowledge albeit jargon familiarity may come in handy when questions are asks by the audience. An eagerness to discover the creative process of ceramics is essential.
Materials Needed: Attention and your hands, a notebook or sketchbook, pencil, clay, air dry clay or play dough, a round wooden board (bread board size will do) or round bat.
by Carole Epp | Jun 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
By: Paulo Bartolo for The Conversation
“Our treatment uses a temporary, 3D printed “bone brick” to fill the gap. They are made up of polymer and ceramic materials and can be clicked together just like a Lego brick to fit perfectly into whatever gap has been created by the blast injury. The bricks are degradable and allow new tissue to grow around them. This structure will support the load like a normal bone, induce the formation of new bone and, during this process, the bricks will dissolve. The idea is that the surgeon can open a bag of bricks and piece them together to fit that particular defect and promote the bone growth.”
Read the whole article HERE. *TW there is a discussion about the impact of bomb blasts in war zones and children.
by Carole Epp | Jun 15, 2020 | Uncategorized, workshops
REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT
Cost: Free for Harvard Undergraduates. $25.00 for Harvard Graduate Students, Harvard Staff and Adult Community.
Note: All classes will meet online using free, accessible applications. Once you have registered for a course, you will receive an email with details on how to access your class via Zoom. In order to participate in these courses, you will need to have access to a computer (or tablet or smartphone) with a camera, and an internet connection. You will need to download Zoom before the first class. New to using Zoom? Here are the specific system requirements needed to run Zoom. Questions? Feel free to email Kathy King, Director at [email protected].
Artist Biographies:
Janice Jakielski received her Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics from the University of Colorado, Boulder and a Bachelor in Fine Arts from New York State College of Ceramic Art and Design at Alfred University. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally including the; The Society of Art and Craft, Boston, MA, Cross MacKenzie Gallery, Washington DC, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR and the Jane Hartsook Gallery, New York, NY. Jakielski has participated in numerous residencies such as the Archie Bray Foundation, Roswell Artist in Residency, Djerassi and Millay Colony for the Arts. She is a recent recipient of a 2019 Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellowship. Jakielski has a studio, laboratory and apiary in Sutton, MA.
Joshua Persky received his Bachelor of Science in Ceramic Engineering from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. During his time at Alfred he also pursued studies in ceramic art and glassblowing. As an engineer he has developed high tech ceramic solutions for turbine blades for Pratt and Whitney, and high temperature ceramic applications and fuel cells at CoorsTek. In his previous role as the Director of Fuel Cell Materials at Protonex Technology, Persky developed and managed innovative material solutions and processes for solid oxide fuel cells with a primary focus on cell and stack components. He has managed multiple government funded product development programs including a successful phase I and phase II SBIR from NASA, where he created an innovative high surface area lamellar structured SOFC anode support. Joshua holds multiple patents in his field. Currently as the CEO and COO of Low Emissions Resources -Global, he and his team are developing ceramic reactors to generate cost effective Hydrogen from renewable energy.
Find out more HERE.
