by Carole Epp | Mar 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
April 9 – May 21, 2011
Exhibition Reception: Saturday, April 9, 2011, from 2 – 4 pm
Connie Pike has been a professional potter and ceramic artist in Alberta since 1978. Her approach to working with clay evolves as she investigates function and aesthetic. Shapes and designs build upon themselves and new versions of form and decoration filter through her body of work and refresh the process. Connie’s love of detail and drawing is the major influence on the work featured in Flourish. With a focus on using texture and line, Connie carves her drawings into a lino block tile and rolls the impression into the soft clay. She has adapted this method to decorate her tiles, trays, book covers, boxes, vases, mugs, glasses, jugs and vessels.
Alberta Craft Council Website.
by Carole Epp | Mar 8, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
exploring the voices of craft makers 35 & younger
This exhibition will reveal the distinctive voice of our current handmade culture by featuring craft artists of generation Y (born between 1976 – 2000).
Questions for reflecting on the theme:
• Why did you start making craft?
• What is the inspiration or origin of your work?
• Are you making a statement? (Feminism, environmentalism, anti-capitalism, etc.)
• What are the future goals of your craft?
This call is open to all current and former Alberta artists ages 35 and younger working in fine craft mediums. Fine craft mediums include clay, fibre, metal, glass, wood, stone & found objects.
** All pieces must be original in design – no kits or patterns **
Your submission should include:
• a brief statement answering some of the above questions
• artist bio, contact information & year of birth
• up to 10 good quality images (digital – 4”x6” 300dpi) of work to be in the exhibition
• an image list that includes title, medium, technique, year made, size & photo credit
Entry Deadline: Friday, May 13, 2011
Exhibition Dates: July 16 – Sept 24, 2011
Reception: Saturday, July 16, 2011, 2-4 pm
This submission can be sent via e-mail or mail.
E-mail: [email protected]
Mail: Alberta Craft Council, 10186 – 106 Street
Edmonton, AB T5J 1H4
Questions on this call?
Please contact Annette at (780) 488-6611 ext 221 or [email protected]
by Carole Epp | Mar 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Originally from Toronto, I currently reside in Fort Collins, Colorado, where I teach ceramics and other classes at both Front Range Community College in Fort Collins, Colorado, and Aims Community College in Greeley, CO. I received a diploma from the School of Craft and Design at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, in 1995, and a Bachelor of Fine Art from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1998.
I have also worked as a studio potter for 7 years, running Wareshana Pottery in Halifax. Nova Scotia. My MFA in Ceramics came from California State University, Fullerton in 2009. After graduation, I was artist-in-resident at Art 342 in Fort Collins, where I fell in love with the area. After a second residence at the PauKune Wanner Art Haus in Severance, I moved into Fort Collins.
www.shanasalaff.com
by Carole Epp | Mar 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
Portals pieces that were included in the recent Contemporary Northwest Juried Exhibition at the Bellevue Art Museum Northwest Ceramic show in Seattle, Wa.
These pieces are approximately 28″ h x 16″ x 7″
They are terrecotta clay , handbuilt with slipcast additions, slips, underglazes, glazes and gold leaf.
The foundation of my work is the ceramic vessel in all its many incarnations as container. I have a strong interest in natural forms, cultural artifacts and personal mementos. I am drawn to ornament, embellishment, pattern, and texture. For the last ten years the vessel forms in my ceramic work have slowly been evolving into botanically inspired hybrid sculptural forms. In working on these pieces I have become more involved with the details, the close ups, the abstract, the peering into. My interest in detail, layers and encrustations has been heightened by repeated travels to India and China .I am fascinated by the complexity, diversity, beauty and danger of the natural world and this leads to thoughts about growth, nourishment, attraction, and sexuality .The works in this exhibition are the beginning of a series entitled “Portals”. This work is based on cut-away section drawings and photographs of natural forms. Built into these hybrids are some of the artifacts and mementos that form my DNA.
These pieces are all handbuilt terracotta with press-molded , thrown and slipcast additions. Surface treatments include slips, underglazes , glazes, and lusters.http://www.carolgouthro.com/
