CHROMA Show and Hiroe Hanazono Workshop

by | Jan 12, 2011 | Uncategorized

It runs from January 28th – February 27th We will also have an Artist Reception on Friday, February 11th from 6-9pm with both Mikey and Hiroe present.
Additionally we are doing a workshop with Hiroe Hanazono Titled “From Template to Mold: Designing Functional Forms Without the Wheel”. It will run Saturday & Sunday, February 12th and13th from 10am-5pm
During this two-day workshop we will explore the creation of unique original functional forms by making simple molds. Hiroe will show a variety of methods to design forms. We will start with precise drawings and transform them into wood and clay templates for plaster mold-making. She will also demonstrate basic plaster mold-making techniques and work with students to make a mold of their own unique form. Additionally, she will present a slide lecture which will include source material, inspirations for her work and a pictorial sequence of her design process. Basic ceramic or sculpture experience helpful, but all levels welcome.
Cost: $200 if registered by January 21st/ $250 after January 21st

Hiroe Hanazono

Philadelphia artist Hanazono demonstrates a passion for simplicity and modernity with her functional ceramic creations. She creates a transcendent visual experience with her work, stimulating one’s appetite. A repetition of simple geometric shapes and lines define her body of work, integrating quietly with the vessel and the visual space it contains. Slip casting is used to create Hanazono’s designs, creating immaculately executed and unusual forms. Using wooden molds to create pattern, Hiroe’s method results in a seamless presentation of vivid color and form.
Michaelene Walsh
Hailing from Baton Rouge, Walsh creates playful vessels that pull at a vast array of eras and media. Her designs and imagery speak to Pre-Columbian Moche stirrup vessels as well as Japanese anime cartoons. Walsh wants people to use her objects in an everyday context even though they hover between functional and symbolic vessel like her Abundance Cups. While in use, the user is subtly reminded of the title of the object, inspiring potential desires or hopes. Through the use of glaze and surface texture, Walsh creates irresistibly touchable forms.

Lillstreet Art Center
4401 North Ravenswood Avenue
Chicago, IL 60640
(773) 769-4226
http://www.lillstreet.com/

What!?! Repair Cracked China with Milk!

by | Jan 11, 2011 | Uncategorized

Okay seriously I just read the following:

“You place your cracked piece in a pot and cover it with two cups of milk (or more if needed). Next, heat over low for an hour. Allow to cool in milk and then remove and rinse. Your piece, if the crack wasn’t too far gone, should now have resealed itself! The idea is that the protein in the milk expands when heated and fills in the cracks. It then bonds with the surfaces and as it cools, becomes one with your china. Cool right? It’s a simple trick that’s well worth trying before you toss your good pieces or wait for them to crack apart at the most inconvenient of times!”Is this not the most insane joke? I know I failed science but really? Does this work? Someone? Anyone?
Read the post here on Apartment Therapy.

Call for submissions – From the Ground Up XXV

by | Jan 11, 2011 | Uncategorized

The Potters’ Guild of Las Cruces and the Las Cruces Museum of Art are seeking submissions for the regional juried ceramic exhibition, “From the Ground Up XXV.”

The call for submissions is open to ceramic artists from the Rocky Mountain region of the United States (New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho) and the deadline for submission is April 8.

Artists may submit up to four entries that were completed within the past three years.
The submission fee for one to four entries is $30 and is payable to “Potters’ Guild of Las Cruces.”

Submission forms can be downloaded from the museum’s Web site and mailed to Museum of Art, P.O. Box 20000, Las Cruces, N.M. 88004, attn: “From the Ground Up.” Info: (575) 541-2137 or las-cruces.org/museums.