by Carole Epp | Jul 31, 2009 | Uncategorized
HANDBUILT
September 17-19, 2009, Philadelphia, PA
Demonstration Inspiration Conversation
Conference Website
The first Conference Dedicated to Handbuilding with Clay
A Down to Earth Event to benefit the Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF)
This is a demonstration only format not a hands on workshop. There will be cameras set up so everyone can see what the demonstrators are doing from wherever they are seated. There is a maximum of 175 participants.
DEMONSTRATORS
Hayne Bayless
Lisa Naples
Holly Walker
Sandi Pierantozzi
with Special Guest Speaker William Daley
Featuring:Slab Building, Extruding, Coiling, Pinching, Slip Decoration
An exhibition of handbuilt work from nationally known clay artists
A wealth of practical techniques, tips & advice
An open dialogue with the presenters
Slide presentations, sources of inspiration, pots
Tools, books, community, social events & new friendships
A presentation on body mechanics and movement
HANDBUILT NATIONAL EXHIBITION
This invitational exhibition will showcase nationally known handbuilders from across the country currently working in the field of ceramics. The rich collection of pots represented will feature a dynamic range of forms, encompassing a wide variety of handbuilding techniques and surface designs. From quiet contemplative surfaces to highly embellished and exuberant decoration, this show promises to be a visual feast. Participating artists are: Mary Barringer, Hayne Bayless, Margaret Bohls, Virginia Cartwright, Jimmy Clark, William Daley, Kathryn Finnerty, Michele Ginouves, Gail Kendall, Maren Kloppmann, Allison McGowan, Jenny Mendes, Lisa Naples, Sandi Pierantozzi, Kari Radasch, Holly Walker, Lana Wilson and Liz Zlot Summerfield.
Follow this link to view an online gallery representing the current work of the invited artists:
HANDBUILT ARTISTS ONLINE GALLERY
HANDBUILT EVENT SCHEDULE
LOCAL HOTEL INFORMATION
“HANDBUILT” Organized and Presented by Sandi Pierantozzi
Contact: [email protected]
by Carole Epp | Jul 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
You’ve got to go over to Pru Morrison’s blog BumCrane and check out here latest work. Simply stunning…got to get my hands on one of these…
by Carole Epp | Jul 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
Yup another one to add to the list, this one is by author Richard Jacobs, the author of Searching for Beauty. I’m excited to see where this blog will lead us and the conversations to be had. Already the one quote from the book posted on the blog refers back to a conversation we’ve been having recently here.
““… Is innate talent the ultimate determiner of success, or like so many other human enterprises, does packaging, marketing, the right connections and pandering to popular taste determine success? Do you measure success by the quality of the pot on the shelf or the amount of money in the bank? Can you really have both?..” Searching for Beauty, page 17
Awnsers anyone??? please???
Check out more of Richards writing on his blog Searching for Beauty.
by Carole Epp | Jul 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
Francisco “Pancho” Jiménez
July 2 – August 29, 2009
Clay Mix is proud to present a solo exhibition by ceramic artist, Francisco “Pancho” Jiménez from July 2nd through August 29th. This exhibition includes Jiménez’s most recent works, which are inspired by the pre-Columbian Olmec heads. He expresses diverse psychological states by color and texture without depicting features.
1003 N. Abby Street
Fresno, CA 93701
Phone 559.485.0065 Fax 559.485.0260
hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am – 6:00pm
Sat 10:00am – 5:00pm
Closed on Sundays and holidays
Website
by Carole Epp | Jul 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
(piece by Stefan Ritter)
“MudFire Gallery’s exhibition Draw+Decal presents the work of thirteen contemporary clay artists known for their use of imagery and narrative on vessel forms. In doing so, the exhibit and sale takes a detailed look at updated studio techniques for creating illustrated ceramic surfaces. Draw + Decal will be on view at MudFire Gallery July 11 – August 1, 2009.”
Check out their website for more artwork and a video tour of the exhibition.
by Carole Epp | Jul 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
I’ve been having these fleeting thoughts lately (fleeting due to my lack of time to focus on the matter) that I need to seriously sit down and rethink/reevaluate/reconstruct my marketing plan. Not that it’s a good one to begin with, really more of a “post some work and pray for people to find you” sort of approach. I find it’s always a cart and horse dilemma for me. Make more work, or try to sell the work that’s piling up in my studio, basement, office…and being that I produce two fairly distinct bodies of work, at which point do I for sanity’s sake say enough is enough to one of them and focus all my attention to the other. My husband has really been pushing me lately to work at branching out of the “clay” arena to get exposure for my sculptural work. I’m at odds with this work. I get great feedback on it and the odd show with it, but it’s not the type of work that sells well. But is selling really the important thing here. Well in the big picture, no, making the work is, but in the daily picture I have bills to pay and a growing child to feed, so somethings gotta give and priorities need to shift.
Recently after an exhibition in Toronto I had a fantastic chat with the gallery’s curator and she gave me some feedback on how people responded to the work. Seems that “older” collectors are quite turned off by it, and the “younger” audience who liked the work aren’t collectors yet due to education or finances. So my market that is impacted by the work is broke or buying iphones instead. But seriously there’s got to be a market. I often wonder how much time other artists spend trying to find just the right niche market for their work or does it simply seem to present itself? I want to be taken seriously and the works are one of a kind that take for ever to complete so I can’t cut the prices really in order for sales as then it’s just not worth my time. Urgh the never ending pricing dilemma….
Anyway in listening to the ever so wise advice of my husband I’ve been looking more at non ceramic blogs and magazines to get the work out there. Ceramic magazines cater to other clay artists and we can only buy so much of each others work right? Time to branch out. So yesturday I was pleased to have my work showcased on the blog I want your Skull. It was a first step in trying out new avenues of marketing. Still web-based and my jury is out as to whether or not that’s better than the old proposal writing to galleries and print mags, but it does seem somewhat more time effective….or maybe not…could I be more indecisive for a friday?
Anyway… what originally lead me to the skull blog was the work of Brian Morris, which I think is fantastic, and again part of that whole world of artists without a thorough ceramic background engaging with the material and it’s historical references in a very contemporary, designer, kitsch sorta way. I ran across his ceramic pieces in INKED magazine recently. Check out his site here and his blog here.
