by Carole Epp | Dec 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
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Jack Sures
Workshop on throwing, decorating and glazing from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 30th and 31st.
Jack Sures will present a free public talk and
presentation at the Albert Community Centre’s loft on Friday, March
29th, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. |
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Sures
trained as a painter and printmaker, honed his ceramics skills initially
in London, England at Chelsea Pottery and studied the works of ceramic
artists in the museums and galleries of Europe and the Middle East. In
1962, he returned to Canada and set up his own pottery studio in
Winnipeg, eventually moving to Regina, where he continues to live and
work today.
Over the past fifty years, Jack Sures has
contributed significantly to the advancement of ceramic art in Canada,
including his implementation of the printmaking and ceramics programs at
the University of Regina in 1965, where from 1969 to 1971 he served as
chairman for the Department of Visual Arts. |
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Michael Kline
On Saturday, October 5th and Sunday, October 6th
2013, Michael will give a workshop focusing on decorating on bisque,
social networking, etc…
On October 4th, 2013 he will give a talk and presentation open to the public at no charge.
http://www.klinepottery.com |
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“Despite the many
tangents that lead me this way and that in the course of making pottery,
the ideas, desires and excitement of clay remain very close to those at
the very beginning of my career. To be sure, the outcome of experience
and effort, trial and error has evolved through the years. But the
process still begins with the simple, ecstatic response to a ball of
soft clay. The successful pot elicits a similar response in the context
of the home.
The mountains of North Carolina provide plenty of
inspiration with their wildly exuberant flora, geological variety and
the pottery history that sprang from these geological circumstances.
Strong pottery form and patterns that evoke the complexity of this
natural environment continue to guide my interests in this current body
of work. By some combination of optimism and risk, my collaboration with
the natural properties of clay and wood fire continues to lead me
through this potter’s life, at times exasperating and at others,
exhilarating.”
www.saskatoonpottersguild.com/workshops.cfm |
by Carole Epp | Dec 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
February 1, 2013 – February 3, 2013
Friday night private reception February 1, 6:30 – 9:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday, February 2 – 3, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
The entire weekend with complimentary catalogue is $125 Members $175 Nonmembers
Join ceramicist Chris Gustin in the studio for an unforgettable
experience inside the mind of a master. Watch Gustin throw and build
pots as he talks through his process. What is it that makes a pot good
or gives it a lasting visual presence? Through his words, ponder
elements of design. Hear the concerns (functional versus sculptural,
metaphor and meaning) and decisions of this extraordinary maker as he
creates each vessel. Gustin will use both the potter’s wheel and coil
building techniques. Consider, line, proportion, geometry, ratio, scale,
volume. Ask questions about the roles they play as each work of art
unfolds before your eyes.
The weekend begins on the Friday night before the masterclass with a
private gallery talk given by the artist, with wine and hors d’oeuvres.
Then attend two full days of the masterclass including a
lecture/luncheon about the “Architecture of the Vessel” on Saturday.
Also receive a complimentary copy of Gustin’s new catalogue ($40 value)
for his first retrospective exhibition “Chris Gustin: Masterworks in
Clay.”
You may also attend these individual events:
$35 Private Friday evening Gallery Talk by Chris Gustin, wine and hors d’oeuvres
$40 Saturday Lecture/ Luncheon about the “Architecture of the Vessel”
Fuller Craft Museum
455 Oak Street, Brockton, MA 02301
508.588.6000
by Carole Epp | Dec 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Opens this Tuesday 5:30PM at the NSCAD Port Campus, third floor, 1107 Marginal Rd., Halifax.
by Carole Epp | Dec 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Ils vous ont séduits, émus, convaincus, intrigués, interpellés,… mais peut être n’avez-vous pas osé…
C’est pourquoi les artistes de la galerie de L’Ô vous offrent ce 22/12 une journée d’exposition.
De nouvelles réalisations l’espace d’une journée unique, l’opportunité de faire ou de vous faire plaisir autrement…
Les Ateliers galerie de L’ô
vous convient en collaboration avec Caroline Andrin, An van den
Abbeele, Pascale de Visscher, Rebecca Maeder, Marit kathriner, Sophie
Ronse, Marie Chantelot, Masamy Yamamoto, Elisabetta Gendre, Tjok
Dessauvage, Dorothée loriquet, Virginie Besengez, Nathalie Doyen,
Laetitia Lefevre,… à notre
“One day ceramics exhibition” 22/12/12 de 11H00 à 18H00
Les Ateliers galerie de L’Ô asbl
Rue de L’Eau, 56a _1190 Forest Belgique
Tel: +32.495.28.71.74
Mail: [email protected]
Site: http://www.galeriedelo.be
by Carole Epp | Dec 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Artist Statement
My pots function as decorative objects
activated through use. Containment, delivery or presentation of food or
flowers completes their aesthetic potential. Sensual forms and sumptuous
surfaces inspire interaction with the viewer.
The
confluence of function, symbolism, technique and composition drive the
evolution of new forms, patterns and glazes. My pottery forms and
surfaces take cues from various cultures and periods in ceramics
history, natural phenomena and ornament. Shape and surface compositions
may evoke a season, landscape, architectural detail, or flower. The
variables of form and surface possibilities offer the potential to layer
meanings and influences.
Using Lantz earthenware native to
Nova Scotia, my wheel thrown and constructed pottery is decorated with
slip, sgraffito, under glazes and polychrome food safe glazes. The forms
are wheel thrown and assembled using “Cut and Paste” technique
characterized by gestural throwing lines, dynamic volumes and structural
seams. The surfaces are treated with brushed white slip, sgraffito,
under glazes and polychrome food-safe glazes.
Various glaze
palettes employed in Full Circle are intended to enhance different
foods, from fresh spring and summer salads to hearty, savoury dishes.
The flower bricks are also intended to compliment flowers and foliage
available through the seasons but also presentation of seasonal foods
and flowers, corresponding to a specific shape, glaze palette and
function. The Four Season Flower Brick Set, celebrates the natural
beauty and diversity of Eastern Canadian seasons while alluding to the
four seasons, a universal theme associated with the cycles of life,
death and regeneration.The Dutch developed the flower brick form in the
17thc to display highly prized tulips. In this case, individual flower
bricks containing seasonal flowers and/or indigenous foliage may be
displayed separately or unified in a circular configuration as a set.
The exhibition will also investigate the disruption of natural cycles by
human intervention through a series of pieces addressing the
globalization of food sources.
This venue offers the potential
to attract a broader public audience associated with the farmer’s
market who may not associate ceramics or fine craft with broader issues
such as the 100 mile diet vs. globalization of food sources. The
exhibition in this venue presents the opportunity to bolster the
relevance of fine craft and contemporary ceramics within a broader
social context.
BIO
Joan Bruneau has been a full time studio potter in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia and Regular Part-Time Faculty in the Ceramics Department at NSCAD University since 1995. She earned her BFA from NSCAD in 1988, and MFA from the University of Minnesota in 1993.
Joan was Assistant Professor at Emily Carr University, Vancouver 1998-2001 and has taught in the Distance Ceramics Diploma Programs at Red Deer College, the Australia National University and Glasgow School of Art .
She teaches workshops and lectures across Canada and the US. Her work is exhibited throughout North America and is in public collections including the AGNS, Canada, Sykes Gallery, USA and Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute, China.
Joan was the 2009 recipient of the Established Artist Recognition Award from the Nova Scotia Arts and Culture Partnership and the 2005 recipient of the Winifred Shantz Award which funded her residency at La Meridiana Ceramics Residency in Italy in 2005.
Or read more here: http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/201217-ns-potter-comes-full-circle
Mary E. Black Gallery
1061 Marginal Road, Suite 140, Halifax, NS B3H 4P6
(902) 492-2522
Hours: Tue – Fri 9-5 | Sat & Sun 11-4 | closed Mon & holidays
[email protected]
www.craft-design.ns.ca/gallery.html
