by Carole Epp | Nov 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
RAIN SHADOWS
Ceramics by Jane Sawyer with words by Carolyn Leach-Paholski.
Following a successful showing at Mansfield Ceramics Gallery in Sydney, Rain Shadows (mark 2) comes to Melbourne.
Showing at Tacit Contemporary Art
30 November – 18 December
by Carole Epp | Nov 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
Reception Saturday, November 12th 5 – 7p
Karl Borgeson, Peter Beasecker, Julia Galloway, Justin Rothshank, Robert Brady, Sandy Simon,
Sunshine Cobb, Steve Lee, Karl McDade, Beth Lo, Stacy Snyder, with Kevin Snipes and Birdie Boone (not pictured)
by Carole Epp | Nov 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
Wood-Fired Kiln features the work of seven well known local, regional,
national and international ceramicists whose work incorporates, to
varying degrees, wood-firing techniques and aesthetics: Kenneth Baskin,
Keith Ekstam, Rick Hirsch, Nina Hole, Jeff Johnston, Scott Meyer, and
Priscilla Mouritzen. This exhibit focuses specifically on work that has
been created using a wood-fire kiln and will investigate the character
and dynamic of the collaborations that have resulted from this very
communal and social process.
November 5, 2016 – March 5, 2017
Reception: November 4, 2016, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Artist Panel: March 4, 2017, 1:30 p.m.
by Carole Epp | Nov 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Ceramic Materials Workshop is a place online to understand and explore how and why our Clay and Glazes work (and don’t work).
Our materials speak for us in the kitchen and gallery, it benefits us to learn about how to speak through our materials.
Mastering the skills of clay and glaze performance helps every ceramicists, become their best self in the studio.
Ceramicists at all levels can now learn how Clay and Glazes function, online.
Here at Ceramic Materials Workshop.
About the instructors:
Rose Katz
Has worked in the tile industry as a clay and glaze engineer for 10 years.
Rose has B.F.A from Alfred in ceramic art and spent many years as an independent artist and production potter.
Rose took her materials expertise to a mid-sized tile company many years ago, where she used her knowledge of ceramic materials and revolutionized the company’s materials and process. Winning awards and developing hundreds of glazes and clays in the process.
Rose’s experiences as a studio potter and tile maker, make her experience and knowledge truly special.
Matt Katz
Has taught ceramic materials for artists at Alfred University for over 15 years.
He is a working ceramic artist with a B.F.A from Alfred and M.F.A. from the University of Colorado-Boulder
He has worked as a Ceramic Engineer and researcher for almost 20 years.
Katz uses his knowledge of Art and Engineering to make ceramic science understandable for people of all experience levels.
Matt is an experienced online educator, who has crafted an online version of material studies, accessible and understandable for everyone.
by Carole Epp | Nov 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
As time goes on, I find that it is important to slow down, to
simplify and keep to what is important to me. As my life is reflected in
what I make, the pieces are simple, with less surface decoration and
more attention to form, texture, colour and material interaction in
firing.
A trip to Iceland, where the landscape is igneous,
textural and pristine, has renewed my interest in geology and landscape.
Mined from the earth and transformed by fire and heat, clay and glaze
minerals were the first materials synthesized by man. Drawn in part by
this interest to work with clay, my intent is to reference and reflect
this inspiration. – Connie Cooper (Calgary)
