by Carole Epp | Dec 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
I have to tell you guys, it’s been a hard month here at musing…I really don’t want to winge, but I have really been struggling…struggling with not going to each and every online shop for each artist of the day and buying up a ton of pieces!!! It’s maybe a good thing that it’s December and holiday budgets are at the forefront of my mind, because otherwise I’d likely be broke – yet with a much larger ceramics collection…today’s artist again I’m sitting on my hands trying not to go and buy a piece…
Here’s the bio from Arthur:
“I was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in nearby Braintree. I first discovered my love for clay while enrolled in my AP Portfolio class during senior year of high school. I received my BFA from Maine College of Art in Portland, Maine, where I started out with taking hand building freshman year and went on to throwing sophomore year. I am currently making work at Mudflat Studios in Somerville, Massachusetts. I use bisque molds with an emphasis on European Ceramics as my primary means of making.”
“The desire for creating my work comes from an inherent need to combine images of wall paper motifs with images of birds. I am drawn to that which is ornate, collectible and highly decorated in life. I love extravagance and things that are over the top bordering on almost too much. I see these as a modern day’s coming-out party where joyful expressions of ones self can be found.”
Check out more of Arthur’s gorgeous work (feel free to pick me up a piece while you’re there):
www.arthurhalvorsen.com
http://www.etsy.com/shop/arthurhalvorsen
by Carole Epp | Dec 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
Maybe i’m just getting into a holiday mood lately and that’s impacting my perspective but today’s post just has a bit of a holiday feel to it. Angels and wishes and charming little birds…i don’t know…maybe it’s the spiked eggnog talking, but some of these lovely pieces would look great around the house this week.
Here’s Teri’s bio:
I’m a clay artist living on the foothills of a small southern Oregon town . I affectionately tag my art as Rustic and sometimes a touch of pure whimsy. Never striving for perfectly smooth walls, symmetrical design or lightness of my pieces. Instead I throw all caution to the wind and put full emotion and present energy into my hand building. Some days I just look at the ball of clay and begin…
Here a mix of past and present pieces-
Check out more of her work in her etsy shop here:
http://terraworks.etsy.com
by Carole Epp | Dec 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
7th Conference of the International Committee
for Design History and Design Studies
ICDHS 2010 20-22 September 2010
Brussels, Belgium
Deadline abstracts – 31 December 2009
The conferences of the International Committee of Design History and Design Studies (ICDHS) aim to assess the current state of affairs of design history and design studies. The seventh ICDHS conference, “Design and Craft: A History of Convergences and Divergences”, will bring the relation between design and craft to the fore. This theme offers an excellent opportunity to gather new design historical and theoretical research from over the world in a focused discussion on regional specificities as well as the impact of global processes of industrialisation. If, until now, design history has been largely dominated by the Western narratives of industrialization, then moving the focus towards non- industrial design practice might bring non-Western scholars to the forefront. Moreover, previously marginalized design histories in industrialized countries can finally get a voice. The Brussels’ ICDHS conference will contain strands where the emphasis is laid on the presentations (of about 20 minutes each) and workshops with an emphasis on debate and discussion. ABSTRACTS AND PAPERS
Papers are expected to make an original contribution to the field of design history and design studies. People who are interested in presenting a paper should send an abstract for refereeing. Paper proposals will be selected by the ICDHS members and the scientific committee to cover different areas, methods, approaches and positions.
Abstracts should be maximum 300 words.
Each entry should incorporate the following information: Author’s(s’) full name(s), (+gender (M/F), in brackets), Title – Position – Institution – Address for correspondence – Telephone – Fax – E-mail – Theme of the paper (see conference strands and workshops), indicating a first and second choice – Title of the paper – Abstract of the paper. Abstract and later paper submissions should be sent by e- mail as a Microsoft Word or RTF document, double-spaced on A4. Preferred typeface is 12pt Times new Roman. The official language of the conference is English. Please send abstract and paper submissions to the following address: [email protected]
STRANDS 1. The Impact of International Organisations
2. Craft and Tourism
3. Towards an Aesthetic of Objects
4. The Design Critic, a Lost Profession?
5. Revival of Traditional Techniques
6. Craft, Design and Postmodernity
7. Fashion and Craft
8. Ruptures and Continuities: The Historiographic Understanding of Craft and Design
9. Craft and Technological Innovation
WORKSHOPS 1. “Design Centres” and Design Exhibitions
2. Craft and Gender
For further details on the themes go here.
by Carole Epp | Dec 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Radcliffe Trust provides small grants in support of Crafts and Music, particularly in the field of Classical music. Crafts are broadly defined, including building conservation skills, rural skills and traditional creative craft skills. In the area of crafts the main objective is the support of craft training among young people both at apprenticeship and postgraduate levels. For other craft grants the Trustees’ main objective is to achieve a standard of excellence in crafts related particularly to conservation. * apprenticeships * bursaries * conservation skills and projects * rural skills and projects * creative craft skills and projects * miscellaneous The majority of grants awarded are for amounts between £1,000 – £5,000.During the year 2008 grants totaling £282,355 were made by the Trust. Craft Deadline: April 30th for June meeting; August 31st for November meeting. More information and guidelines at: www.theradcliffetrust.org
by Carole Epp | Dec 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) makes awards ranging up to £15,000 to craftsmen and women of all ages to help them further their careers. Since 1991 the Trust has awarded £1.35 million to 208 craftspeople aged between 17 and 50 plus for study, training and work experience.
QEST was established in 1990 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Royal Warrant Holders Association and the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. There is no age limit. But you need to demonstrate you already have a high level of skill and are firmly committed to your craft or trade.
Deadline: 8 January 2010
Source: VAN News
by Carole Epp | Dec 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
Ruth Chambers,
Giardino Segreto (detail), 2002 (Photo: Don Hall)
Looks to be a great issue full of ceramics:Articles
- A Case Study of the Kayak Man: How Do We Think about Objects in Craft Collections by Alena Buis
- Ruth Chambers : the Alchemical Mind by Virginia Eichhorn
- Espace Verre : a Really Well-Filled Twenty-Five Years by Léopold L. Foulem
- Eric Tardif: a Divergent Perspective on Wood Carving in Quebec by Barbara Weiser
Reviews
- Le voyage de l’âne harpiste: Appropriating Tradition by Marika Nelson
- Maurice Savoie: Art, architecture, industrie by Susan Surette
- Léopold L. Foulem: Reccuperation by Gail Vanstone
- Goyer-Bonneau: a Signature Style by Caroline Thibault
- Savaria: the Force of Fire by Annie Depont & Gilles Matte
- SOFA Event by Valérie Côté
Check the website for subscription info.
Don’t forget they are also looking for submissions – see the link here.
Here’s the bio from Arthur:
