Artist of the Day – Nora Jean

by | Dec 3, 2009 | Uncategorized

Oh I’m loving me a bit of texture! Check out these gorgeous pieces by Nora Jean:


and in her own words:
With thoughts of fabric in my head I use thin slabs of clay to build objects of function that are textured with patterns of nature. Referencing a material that we live in everyday I hope to bring a feeling of life to my work. I love objects in particular cups because of there ability to bring ones daily experience and art together.


Do take some time to checkout her website full of images (i particularly love the whiskey bottles)
norajeanceramics.com

ANU Graduating Exhibition

by | Dec 2, 2009 | Uncategorized



Exhibition runs December 5-13, 2009
Opening Friday December 4 @ 6pm in the Art School courtyard

To be opened by Jason Smith, Director and CEO , Heide Museum of Modern Art

Graduate screening 4pm Friday 4 December.
ARC Cinema National Film and Sound Archive 5pm post-screening drinks National Film and Sound Archives courtyard.

The exhibition continues until 13 December, open daily from 10.30am to 5pm

This year’s ANU School of Art Graduate Exhibition features the works of students completing their studies in Bachelor of Visual Arts Honours, Bachelor of Visual Arts, Bachelor of Digital Arts and the Diploma of Art.

Students have majored in wood, textiles, sculpture, printmedia and drawing, photography and media arts, painting, gold and silversmithing, glass and ceramics. Visitors to the School will witness the talent of its emerging artists and experience the quality and diversity of art and craft education offered by the School, from fine furniture making to installation, digital imagery to ceramic objects.

The works are displayed in the School of Art Gallery, Foyer Gallery, Photospace and in Workshop spaces throughout the School. Many of the works are for sale and provide a great opportunity to support our recent graduates.

For more details: http://soa.anu.edu.au/

Procelain Conference – register early to save $$

by | Dec 2, 2009 | Uncategorized

PORCELAIN
February 5-7, 2010
San Diego, California
Hosted by Clay Artists of San Diego

This conference brings together five of North America’s most adept and experienced porcelain potters. With an average of 42 years of working with porcelain between them, this porcelain dream team will share their expert tips and techniques for working with this beautiful yet challenging ceramic material.
SAVE $75 UNTIL DECEMBER 13, 2009
 Featured Artist: Elaine Coleman, Tom Coleman, Mary Cuzick,
Meira Mathison and Tom Turner

For more information and to register visit: http://ceramicartsdaily.org/education/porcelain/
What you will learn:

Slip decoration
Throwing and altering on the wheel with porcelain clay
Understanding the character and handling of different types of porcelain clay
Carving techniques and how it relates to Coleman clay
The use of intricate patterns and designs through a combination of carving, slip trailing and glaze application
Use of multiple layers of glaze in relation to delicate carvings
Altering techniques that include cutting, scoring, stamping and the manipulation of the form
Use of clay sprigs, stamps and thick slip
Discussion of glaze technique including mid-fire electric glazes that look similar to high-fire reduction glazes
Develop surfaces using faceting, paddling, and fluting

Artist of the Day – Rachelle Chinnery

by | Dec 1, 2009 | Uncategorized

Oh I’m just brimming with excitement, it’s going to be such a beautiful month here at musing with all of these amazing artists I’m going to share with you over the upcoming weeks. Thanks so much to everyone that’s sent in images and info so far, I couldn’t do it without you. There are still a few spots open so keep those entries coming!

To start it all off is the incredibly talented Rachelle Chinnery:


In her words:
I started out in Linguistics, went to Japan to teach for a year, gave up on Linguistics and stayed in Japan for four years. That was the beginning of the training with reluctant Japanese men and the end of my future career as an academic. I came back to Canada, went to Sheridan for a year, then Emily Carr for a year, and realized art school wasn’t really for me either. It’s been a bit of a solo road in the studio since 1995.

Three years ago my husband and I moved to Hornby Island in BC, and just this month my studio is nearing the end of completion. I have been making pots in a trailer for 3 years. Nobody deserves a new studio like I deserve a new studio.

For the past ten years or so I’ve been focusing on a line of carved porcelain. I use a mid-fire body that is translucent where thin, and it rings just like a high-fire porcelain body. In 2007 my work was selected for the British Columbia Achievement Award for Creativity. I was the first ceramist to be a recipient of the award. This bottle and cups set was accepted into the Croatian Post-Modern Ceramics Exhibition in Varazdin in 2009. A lidded jar of mine made it to the finals in the NICHE awards in 2009, and this year this same bottle and cup set also made it to the NICHE finalists list. I was unable to fly to Philadelphia in 2009, so I wasn’t able to attend the awards ceremony – you have to be there to win anything. But this year – I’m going for gold…. (local Olympic rhetoric creeping in there ).

I hope to develop a new body of work in my shiny new studio and return to making larger sculptural pieces – too challenging to make in the trailer.

rachellechinnery.blogspot.com
www.rachellechinnery.ca