by Carole Epp | Oct 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
There are three episodes to this one hour BBC4 programme: on Mondays 10, 17 and 24 October 2011. Episode 1 is looking at domestic pottery from the Tudor period onwards. It traces the evolution of different techniques and styles involved in the art of pottery and examines in intimate detail what British pots can tell us about how generations before us lived and how they saw themselves. Episode 2. Focuses on Stoke on Trent including those responsible for the dominance of British Ceramics from Josiah Wedgewood and Josiah Spode to Clarice Cliff and Susie Cooper. Episode 3. From the mass produced pots of the industrial revolution to the Arts and Crafts Movement to the rebirth of handmade pots by Bernard Leach to the imaginative and exciting ceramics of the current period. See more detail on the BBC site: www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/09_september/30/handmade2.shtml If you are interested in the story of British Ceramics this is a series not to be missed.via StudioPottery.co.uk
by Carole Epp | Oct 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
I can’t think of anyone more deserving of the title of Ceramic Artist of the Year than Ayumi Horie. An amazing artist, a generous humanitarian and activist. Many congrats to you Ayumi! I’ll raise my cup (made by you of course!) to you today.
Read all about Ayumi and the award here.
And please check out Ayumi’s website here.
And last but not least check out the Ceramic raffle to support Japan – ends on October 9th
by Carole Epp | Oct 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
This will be Robin’s final Ontario workshop. Don’t miss this chance to see one of Canada’s clay legends. Robin Hopper is an internationally known potter, educator, author, gardener, designer and arts activist who has taught and exhibited worldwide. He was the first recipient of the Bronfman Award, Canada’s most prestigious annual award in craft. Join us in the Ceramics Studio after Saturday’s workshop for Robin’s Book Signing. A selection of his books will be availabe for purchase. On Sunday, there will be a Silent Auction of work produced by Robin during the workshop. Parking on campus is free on weekends.
AGENDA Saturday, October 29 (9 a.m. – 4 p.m.)
Slide Lecture: Decoration, Design & Surface Enrichment Throwing Demo: Variety of functional & one‐of‐a-kind forms for later trimming and decorating including fluting, faceting, agate ware, coloured clay work, brushwork, etc. Objects will include teapot, large pitcher, goblet, holy grail, coffee mug, beer mug, tri‐foot plate, parabolic bottle, phoenix bowl, squared bowls and plates. Lunch: 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. DVD Presentation: Making Marks #3 Throwing Demo: working with coloured clays – thrown agateware or Neriage, Nerikomi block making and Zougan. Book Signing at 4 p.m. in the Ceramics Studio. Robin’s books for sale and refreshments provided.
Sunday, October 30 (9 a.m. – 4 p.m.) Demo: Trimming, assemblage and decoration of thrown work from previous day
Slide and DVD Presentations interspersed throughout demonstrations Lunch: 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Silent Auction at 4 p.m. in the theatre. Robin’s work made during the workshop.
http://hopperworkshop.eventbrite.com/
by Carole Epp | Oct 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
Sitting on a bamboo stool in a quiet corner of Gaya Ceramic Arts Centre I pinched small balls of clay into forms that fitted my hands, as we played, created and explored with clay. It was July 2010 and a group of seven joined me in Ubud, Bali for two weeks of indulgence – Culinary Clay – a remarkable workshop where we considered the intimate relationship between food and the vessel in which it is presented. Since returning I have been exploring the spoon form, one of the most sculptural forms of the humble everyday objects we use on the table.
I returned to over 2000 images I took of the landscapes around Ubud and the vegetables, spices and herbs with which regional recipes are made. Layered hillside terraces, repetitive rows of planted rice, the rhizome forms of galangal and ginger, intricate woven offerings made from palm leaves, coconut shell segments used to scoop flesh from fresh coconuts and old twisting vines and trees became a rich source from which to draw inspiration for this body of work, 87 spoons.
I enjoy the intuitive process of pinching, allowing forms to evolve as they nestle into my hand during the making. The spoon form is an extension of the hand, a utensil with which to scoop food to the mouth or into a bowl. A spoon also needs to rest, and so the rough, gritty, yet delicate brown bowls came about as places for the spoons to settle.
My spoons are made to be used and handled.
by Carole Epp | Oct 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
If you’ve never read Bruce Mau’s Incomplete Manifesto for Growth you should (in my opinion).
by Carole Epp | Sep 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
Look no further than Damon Moon’s website which you’ll find here.
Here’s just a few of the topics he covers:
Free Radicals: the rhetoric of innovation in contemporary ceramics (2009)
A State of Flux: The Future of Australian Ceramics Education
A Secret History of Blue and White: Contemporary Australian Ceramics
Makes me wish I had more time for writing myself…and reading for that matter.
