technical tuesday: Steven Hill Pottery Video Trailer
Introducing: The Clayer: Part Two: Surface Patterns & Molds, e-course!
a 6-week e-course with Diana Fayt
(registration ends Feburary 15th)
& Molds will be an a new take on surface and form. Part two will
focus less on drawing and more on creating patterns and rich textures on
our clay surfaces and making exciting pieces using the techniques you
learn in the ecourse. Together we will make simple plaster molds, carve
intricate patterns into clay to create bisque press molds that we will
use to give us deliciously textured surfaces. We will cut paper into
shapes and learn how to create multiple colored stencil patterns. Diana
will also teach a water abrasion technique for more precise relief work
and, also, how to combine all of these techniques together, to create
pattern rich dynamic pieces, that celebrate your personal style and
voice. Throughout the e-course, Diana will also include weekly
inspiration days where she shares interesting things
she discovers, to keep your brains humming with ideas and your creative
juices flowing. She’s also been known to throw in a recipe or two, of
something she’s been cooking, share some music she is listening to and
talk about her own journey as a Clayer, as well. The ecourse setting
will be a warm and safe, no pressure, work at your own pace,
environment, where we share what we make and learn with other
participants and positive feedback is encouraged. It’s so much fun, you
will learn so much and meet other Clayers from around the world. Are
you a ready for Part Two, Clayers?
call for artists: American Craft Exposition (ACE)
The deadline for the American Craft Exposition (ACE)is only 6 weeks away! Don’t miss the opportunity to apply for this
nationally ranked show. ACE will be held August 21-24, 2014 in Evanston,
IL on Chicago’s prosperous North Shore. The online application deadline
is Friday, February 28.
of the country’s premier fine craft shows, the American Craft
Exposition, presented by The Auxiliary of NorthShore University
HealthSystem at Evanston & Glenbrook Hospitals, brings together over
150 superior artisans exhibiting one-of-a-kind, museum quality work.
This important art event is also a major fundraiser supporting critical
ovarian cancer research at NorthShore University HealthSystem. A highly
competitive juried show, ACE features hand-crafted work in 12
media—baskets, ceramics, fiber decorative, fiber wearable, furniture,
glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper and wood – and draws
approximately 6,000 patrons annually.
Pure and Not-so-Simple: Ceramics Masterclass with Kirsten Coelho
Come and be inspired by one of Australia’s exciting and successful
ceramic artists! Kirsten Coelho is an award-winning ceramic artist
who works in porcelain, producing reduction fired works that attempt to
fuse the formal and the abstract.
More recently her work has been influenced by nineteenth and early
twentieth century enamel wares and and the abstracted surface
possibilities these objects can show as they begin to age.
Kirsten Coelho trained in Adelaide at the South Australian School of
Art before moving to the UK in the early 1990’s where she worked for a
number of years in a London Studio.
Since returning to Australia in 1998, Kirsten Coelho has been a
studio tenant at the JamFactory Centre for Contemporary Craft and Design
and completed a Master of Visual Art at the South Australian School of
Art . Kirsten now works from a studio at her home in Adelaide, South
Australia. She was winner of the 2012 Sidney Myer Ceramics Award and is
represented by galleries in London, US and Australia.
Her Masterclass at Slow Clay Centre will be a one-day demonstration
and discussion-based class where participants will be able to access
Kirsten’s considerable expertise and knowledge about porcelain, working
on the potter’s wheel, glazing and building a career in ceramics! All
welcome, no prior experience necessary!
https://weteachme.com/slowclay/pure-and-not-so-simple-ceramics-masterclass-with-kirsten-coelho
call for artists: 2014 Chilkoot Trail Artist Residency Program
Yukon Arts Centre, Parks Canada and the US National Park Service are
seeking three visual artists – one from Canada, one from the United
States and one regional (Yukon or Alaska) – to participate in a
cross-border creative journey.
The Chilkoot Trail Artist Residency Program invites artists to hike the
famous Chilkoot Trail, passing through Klondike Gold Rush National
Historic Park (Alaska) and Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site
(northern British Columbia). Entering its fourth consecutive
year, this one-of-a-kind program is a unique opportunity for artists to
practice and promote their work in a spectacular setting!
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each artist will individually spend a two week period (between late June
and early August) hiking the historic trail once traversed by Tlingit
First Nation traders and Klondike Gold Rush Stampeders, spending one to
three days at each campsite - selected artists are expected to interact with hikers, make art and engage with site’s natural and historic heritage
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each artist must provide and carry all of their backpacking gear, food
and art supplies for the journey; artists should be accompanied by a
friend or family member as support during their trek -
during and following the residencies, artists will present public
outreach programs through artist talks, workshops and/or demonstrations -
a $1000 CAD honorarium will be provided by the Yukon Arts Centre, as
well as up to $400 USD for travel expenses from Alaska Geographic and
$100 USD for art supplies from Skagway Arts Council
http://yukonartscentre.com/programs/chilkoot_trail_artist_residency_program. For more information, please email
[email protected].












