by Carole Epp | Nov 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
This year’s 36th annual Market will take place November 11 to 15, 2009 — once again under the sails of the Vancouver Convention Centre. Guests will find hundreds of Canadian and BC artisans presenting their wares at Western Canada’s largest craft fair.
There’ll be fabulous fashion, fine jewellery, clay work, metal, glass, and more – individually hand-crafted items – items that make for the most special gifts for friends and family (and for oneself of course!).
Gordon Hutchens
Arabesque Potterywww.dianesullivan.ca
Christmas Craft MarketShow Producer Paul Yard
Show Coordinator Fiona MacLeod
203 – 1537 West 8th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6J 1T5
tel: 604.801.5220
fax: 604.801.5221
email:[email protected]
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by Carole Epp | Nov 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
Recently the oh so awesome and amazing Vicki Hardin of Clay Art Web compiled a guide to great Clay art on Etsy. You know I love Etsy, I’m an addict for sure, but sometimes it is like going to a flea market where you are bound to find that treasure that you just have to take home with you, but it takes a while of sifting through junk to find it. That’s why lists like Vicki’s are so helpful to cut through some of the (sorry, i’m going to say it, forgive me and know that I don’t speak of any of you fine readers that’s for sure!) crap.
So in light of this wonderful list – which I encourage you to go and check out and get your name added to if you’ve got an Etsy shop – I thought I share with you some of my recently lovely Etsy finds which are on my Christmas wish list.
Oh and a small reminder (okay major reminder – come on people!!!) that I’m still looking for artists for December’s Artist of the Day Profiles! What don’t you guys like FREE stuff? Or maybe it’s my free stuff you’re just not that interested in. LOL. Check out the original post here.
Right now onto the images:
Bray Pottery
Stepanka
Laura B. Cooper Ceramics
Radasch Redware
Inna Olshansky
by Carole Epp | Nov 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Art School at Old Church
Twenty-seven distinguished potters from across the country will show and sell over 2,000 handmade and one-of-a-kind pieces. Friday, Dec. 4, 6-10 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 5, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, Dec. 6, noon-5 p.m. A donation of $10 is suggested on Saturday and Sunday. A full-color catalog is provided at the door. For more information call 201-767-7160 or email
[email protected].
by Carole Epp | Nov 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
For those of us that couldn’t make it to the conference in person, thanks to the wonder of the internet you can pretend you were there by listening to podcasts of the presentations online. Just check out their website for all the available talks.
by Carole Epp | Nov 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
well not by me, but by Matt at Slipcast – the Ceramics Blog to join a new online clay forum called Pottery Chat. I agree with the concerns and opinions raised in the post (find it here) so I figured I’d send you over to Slipcast to hear what Matt has to say on your way over to Pottery Chat to register. Enjoy, and see you there!
by Carole Epp | Nov 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The Savannah College of Art and Design and the American Craft Council will host a symposium, “Making Meaning and the Marketplace: Craft and the next generation of thought” at the Coastal Georgia Center Friday, Nov. 6, 2-4 p.m. The symposium will explore how the next generation’s thinking influences craft’s place in the market and culture at one of the nation’s leading schools for craft media. This event is free and open to the public.
Titled, “Means of Production – Collaboration as a Multi-faceted Practice,” the dialogue will include a dynamic exploration of ecology, use of multiple disciplines and technology in craft practice, and the distinctions between manufacturing and the artisan workshop.
The symposia will be moderated by Fabio Fernandez, exhibitions director at the Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston. Other featured panelists include: Metalsmith Gabriel Craig, featured in American Craft Magazine for his interactive public performance taking his jewelry-making studio to the streets, Eric Pfeiffer of Pfeiffer Labs, and Olivia Robinson, assistant professor of Fiber/Material Studies and Syracuse University and interdisciplinary installation artist.
Students works will be on display at the opening reception Thursday, Nov. 5, 6-8 p.m. at Pepe Hall. The exhibition which is titled, “Currency of Craft,” is open to students in the whole school, not just School of Design. The students are competing to participate in the American Craft Council’s “School to Market” program February 23-28, 2010, in Baltimore, Maryland. This reception is free and open to the public.
Both reception and symposia are free and open to the public.
via SCAD to host Making Meaning and the Marketplace Symposium
Gordon Hutchens
