Upcoming workshop with Emily Schroeder Willis

by | Oct 16, 2013 | Uncategorized

Hands On With Emily Schroeder Willis | $175.00 

Day 1:  Nov. 16th, 10:00AM – 5:00PM  | 1 hour break for lunch (student responsibility)
Day 2: November 17th, 12:00PM – 3:00PM
Emily Schroeder, Presenter at the 2013 Utilitarian Clay conference at Arrowmont and Chicago Studio Artist
Many people shy away from learning how to make pinch pots, often
equating it with elementary processes that lack elegance and delicacy. 
In this two-day workshop, we will challenge this thinking. By using only
her hands and a few basic tools, Emily will show several different ways
to create elegant pinched and coiled forms such as pitchers, cups, open
vessels and vases.  We will discuss tapering forms and how to create
volume by simply manipulating the clay during the building process. 
Additionally, she will demonstrate how she creates and uses bisque and
greenware molds to help support and shape complex bases. The workshop
will be divided up into 3-hour demo in the morning and three hours of
hands on time in the afternoon. This workshop is for all skill levels;
no previous ceramic experience is required.      

http://www.pewabic.org/adult-classes

www.emilyschroeder.com 
www.objectiveclay.com

Akio Takamori Pots, Prints, Sculptures October 12 – November 3

by | Oct 13, 2013 | Uncategorized

Work will be available online on Sunday, October 13th at 12:00pm PST

 

Coming up
NOVEMBER: Warren MacKenzie, Crème de la Crème II   November 9 – December 8
WORKSHOP: On the wheel with Warren at TRAX gallery on Saturday, November 9th from 9:30-2:30 (includes lunch)
Cost: $100 on a first come first serve basis.  Send checks to TRAX at 1812 5th Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
Refunds possible up until November 1st., minus 10% handling fee.  No refunds for cancellations after November 1st
 
Warren MacKenzie will concurrently have a retrospective at the Crocker Museum in Sacramento 
Opening on Sunday, November 10, 2013
 
* CERF backyard table sale again this fall begins Oct. 20th
 
 
TRAX GALLERY
1812 5th Street, Berkeley, CA  94710
510.540.8729   [email protected]
Wednesday – Sunday 12 – 5:30

NSCAD Hungry Bowls

by | Oct 10, 2013 | Uncategorized

The potters are busy potting and the kilns are firing for this years’ HUNGRY BOWLS fundraiser at NSCAD. $25 gets you a ticket and a bowl and the awesome feeling that you get by donating to local shelters : )

Opening this week: Animal Stories @ the Gardiner

by | Oct 8, 2013 | Uncategorized

Meet Peter Rabbit, Jumbo the elephant, Clara the rhinoceros, and a menagerie of colourful animals in this family-friendly exhibition.

Elephants, leopards, dogs, squirrels and dragons… From
exotic creatures, household pets, urban wildlife to mythical beasts,
animals have been an active part of human experience, an inexhaustible
trigger of the imagination. Animal Stories presents the many
tales of our encounters with the animal world, shedding light on how
our social, symbolic, affectionate, scientific and utilitarian
relationships with animals have been visualized through ceramics from
the 17th century to our day.

Curated by Karine Tsoumis

Presenting Sponsor lindy barrow 

Animal
Stories will delight visitors of all ages, inviting them on a journey that is
both colourful and heartwarming, and sometimes scientific or critical. The
exhibition unfolds through a series of themes that cut across time periods and
that take us to the core of human-animal relationships.  Themes include:
the intersection between art and science, from different approaches to
naturalism to the impact of scientific discourse on art; conceptions of the
wild, from the introduction of “exotic” beasts in 18th-century Europe, to works
that cast a critical look at the current state of wildlife; animals as part of
our everyday, as faithful companions, pets, or beasts of burden; animals as
storytellers, moral teachers and social commentators; and creatures of the
imagination, with representations that bridge the realms of fantasy and
reality.
The
exhibition also features illustrated books alongside ceramics, thus exploring
the longstanding connection between the two media as vehicles for storytelling.
Examples include popular sources employed by 18th-century decorators and
modellers, such as printed natural histories and Aesop’s Fables, as well as a
selection of children’s books featuring beloved animal characters from the 19th
century to the present. 
Spanning
four centuries of visual culture, Animal Stories will feature Japanese and
Chinese porcelain, English and European ceramics, and the work of many
contemporary ceramic artists, including Shary Boyle, Sergei Isupov, Janet
Macpherson, Lindsay Montgomery, Ann Roberts, Adrian Saxe, Wendy Walgate and
Jason Walker, and original book art by Canadian illustrators such as Brenda
Clark and Barbara Reid among others. The works in the exhibition are drawn from
the Gardiner Museum’s permanent collection, private collections and public
institutions.

111 Queen’s Park
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 2C7
Canada

Tel +1 416.586.8080
Fax +1 416.586.8085
[email protected]
www.gardinermuseum.on.ca/exhibition/animal-stories