by Carole Epp | Jun 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
The international Ceramics Studio in Hungary has an amazing list of upcoming events you should definitely check out if you’re looking for some great workshops.
June 21-28
MARIA GESZLER COURSE II
Working with one of the world’s leading exponents of printmaking on ceramic surfaces.
July 1-29
THE FIGURE
This symposium will investigate figurative ceramic sculpture in its technical and conceptual aspects.
Invited artists include: RIMAS VISGIRDA (USA), DALIA LAUCKAITE-JAKIMAVICIENE and RYTAS JAKIMAVICIUS (Lithuania)
July 8-17
FAST FIRE KILN
Kiln building with FRED OLSEN. Join Fred Olsen, the world’s leading kiln building expert, and learn to build and fire a new Fast Fire wood kiln.
August 4-31
WHITE GOLD
Porcelain symposium with invited guest artists including JINDRA VIKOVA (Czech Republic), MICHAEL MOORE (Ireland)
In the studio we have one of the best examples of this ‘noble material’, porcelain, available in the world. To co-incide with the symposium there will be visits to the world famous porcelain factory at Herend.
August 12-19
EXPERIMENTAL CERAMIC SURFACES
A master-course with PETER BEARD (GB)
September 16-23
NAKED RAKU
A master-course with DAVID ROBERTS (GB)
Check out their website for all the details and info about the Studio.
by Carole Epp | Jun 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
I’m just loving these pieces by Melissa Mytty, the Clay Studio’s recent resident artist. Check out the show online
here or in person if you can before the 28th of June. There’s also a great artist statement on the website and a few other shows running concurrently that also look amazing.
The Clay Studio
139 North Second Street
Philadelphia PA 19106
215-925-3453
by Carole Epp | Jun 13, 2009 | Uncategorized
New works by Kate MacDowell will be on display in Santa Fe Clay during SOFA West. Check out “Curiosities” a four person show also including new work by Lindsay Feuer, Andy Rogers, Kathleen Royster Lamb.The work all focuses on issues of growth, decay, and metamorphosis in the natural world.
You can see the exhibition in Santa Fe at http://www.santafeclay.com/gallery.htm (to be posted soon) or all of Kate’s her work at http://www.katemacdowell.com/portfolio.html
by Carole Epp | Jun 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
Tumblestack just twittered about Pete Pinnell’s video “Thoughts on Cups” and I figured it was too great not to share it with all of you that don’t twitter so check it out here. Sorry I couldn’t figure out how to embed a Google video.
by Carole Epp | Jun 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
I don’t normally post pics of my work in progress, not due to a need for secrecy, but rather because I figure that my process is fairly straightforward and not all that interesting until (hopefully) the work is done. But well as with any rule there are always some exceptions so today here’s a vague glimpse into what i’ve been making lately. These are all little parts of much larger sculptures, but you’ll have to wait to see those…The new body of work is dealing with similar themes to previous works, but with more of a focus on innocence, death, love, expectations and childhood.
by Carole Epp | Jun 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
Image: Pru Morrison
Exhibition runs from the 12.06.2009 – 19.07.2009 @ Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Official Opening: 13 June 2009, Special Event: Sunday, 19 July in conjunction with the Australian Ceramics Triennale.
From the Triennial website:
WHITE HEAT
[ n. an extreme heat that stretches the limits of the safety and familiarity]
Transformative practices that move beyond the object of utility, often take risks that propel the maker and viewer into unfamiliar territory. The exhibition titled White Heat offers a space for discourses of social, political and cultural concern. The articulation of issues that may be personal or affect others has a strong presence in recent ceramic history and is often manifest with an understanding of clay, its materiality and process. Exploring ideas, while refusing to jettison matter, encapsulates a challenge to the modernist separation of meaning, making and materiality. Boundary-crossing practices such as these are engaging, and extend into risky territory, embracing the slippage between the domains of art, craft and design while confronting the topical, the contentious and the unexpected. Your concerns may be the human condition, the environment, consumerism or a critique of ceramics practice. What risks do you take through your practice?
Dr Julie Bartholomew
Curator of White Heat
President of The Australian Ceramics Association
Image: Chris Headley
Participating Artists: Avi Amesbury, Penny Byrne, Lynda Draper, Kate Dunn, Bern Emmerichs, Fiona Fell, Honor Freeman, Madhulika Ghosh, Irene Grishin-Selzer, Chris Headley, Andrea Hylands, Virginia Jones, Dr Kathy Keys, Gudrun Klix, Laura McEwan and Liz Stops, Pru Morrison, Biljana Novakovic, Mel Robson, Avital Sheffer, Penny Smith, David Tucker, Kenji Uranishi, Gerry Wedd, Rachel Williams and Meng-shu You
The international Ceramics Studio in Hungary has an amazing list of upcoming events you should definitely check out if you’re looking for some great workshops.
