by Carole Epp | Mar 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
I was recently contacted by Michael Angelotti who you may remember from his artist of the day profile right here on musing last december (see that post here) regarding a new project he’s working on. He’s set up a Kickstarter site to try and get some funding to help get the project under way. It sounds pretty interesting so if you have a minute please check it out here and donate if you can.
Here’s a bit about the project:
‘Dissolving Tendencies’ – Recreating Today’s Waste into Tomorrow’s Art
“The project I am requesting funds for is to recreate, to scale, the amount of landfill waste I accumulate in the 2010 calendar year. Since January 1st, I have been documenting the amount of waste that is directly related to my consumption. Packaging, cans, paper, food, etc has all been reused, composted, or recorded to be recreated. The project guidelines are very specific and take into account all aspects of use on a day-to-day basis. Items deemed ‘waste’ will be re-created out of clay using the ceramic processes of handbuilding and slip casting, and be presented as a singular pile of waste in an exhibit scheduled for June 2011.”
by Carole Epp | Mar 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
‘drip-dry’ dishes by american design studio giffin’ termeer (jess giffin and jim termeer)
for more info and process pics check out designboom here.
by Carole Epp | Feb 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
February 27 – April 10, 2010
Exhibition Reception: Saturday, February 27 from 2-4 pm
Mariko McCrae is part renegade, part court jester, part activist and community builder, but indeed – all artist. Her work is founded on historical ceramic tradition, but consciously subverts away from the norm of form and function, which is an important critical practice in establishing a contemporary way of working with clay.
McCrae completed her BFA at ACAD in 1995 where she was the recipient of the Board of Governor’s Award and the Governor General’s Award conjunctly. In 1998 McCrae graduated with her MFA in Ceramics from Kent State University, Ohio. She has taught at the Red Deer College Summer SERIES program, University of Manitoba, Ohio University, University of Michigan and been a guest lecturer at the Emily Carr College of Art & Design, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design and New York University to name a few. McCrae has participated in artist’s residency programs at the Banff Center for the Arts and the International Ceramic Center at Grimmerhus, Skaelskor, Denmark.
“An Affair to Remember” is based on a story written by McCrae. Through Duncan Gare, the second character that she has created during her career as a ceramicist, she comments on the lofty topic of mass production, consumerism and recycling. Duncan Gare (a combination of two hobby glaze manufacturers) personifies the struggle between good taste and bad, manufactured versus handmade, craft versus art, and in turn the battle between high art versus low.
Website Link.
by Carole Epp | Feb 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
I hate to be talking about myself again, i will get back to more important posts asap i promise. But i did want to just mention that the local Regina paper wrote an article on my exhibition. Please check it out if you have a minute. Jana Pruden, the writer was a fantastic interviewer, lovely really.
Here’s the link.
by Carole Epp | Feb 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Italian designer and architect andrea branzi was invited by the french porcelain
manufacturer sèvres to create ‘louis XXI, porcelaine humaine’, a collection of cups, chalices
and bowls.
Find out more about the project here.
