by Carole Epp | Jan 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
Funded by Canada Council for the Arts, Dear Human’s “Patchworked In Canada” is
a two stage project: First, as a mural made from 1200 reworked vintage
Portuguese tiles, exhibited this month at the Toronto Design Offsite Festival’s
hub. Then it takes to the streets as an interactive urban art project. Throughout
select areas of Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, the tiles will be tagged as
individual installations, to be found and taken home by lucky and observant
finders.
Dear Human <
www.dearhuman.ca> is the creative studio of ceramic, architect, sculpture, design duo Jasna Sokolovic and Noel O’Connell.
A
flower growing in a crack of the concrete. This project is like that;
finding unanticipated beauty in the urban landscape, inviting a moment
of pause and response. The search for these small offerings is an open invitation to explore and play.
EVENT
DETAILS
Exhibition
Hosted at the hub of Toronto Design
Offsite Festival at:
Bosley Real
Estate Ltd.
1108 Queen
Street West
Toronto,
Ontario
M6J 1H9
January 20th
to the 26th
Hours of
Operation: Mon-Fri: 3-7pm, Sat: 12-7pm, Sun: 12-5pm
Tagging
Toronto: Queen West area, January 27th-28th
Montreal: Le Plateau – Laurier area,
January 30th-31st
Vancouver: Mount Pleasant – Main Street
area, February 7th-8th
by Carole Epp | Jan 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
Kitchener Waterloo Community Theatre
9 Princess Street East, Waterloo, Ontario N2J 2H4
February 15/16, 2014
9:00 am to 5 pm
Cathi Jefferson will start the weekend with an overview of her 40 years
of making in clay, her inspirations, and progression. Over the course
of the weekend she will throw, alter, and assemble a variety of pieces:
yunomis, mugs, latte cups, cruet, teapot, an upside down bowl, and do
some slab building. She will discuss her salt firing process, as well as
her underlying views about principles of form, movement, and functional
considerations in her work. This will be a weekend of stunning visual
presentation and inspired making by one of Canada’s greatest ceramic
artists.
REGISTER ONLINE at www.clayandglass.on.ca
by Carole Epp | Jan 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
I was recently invited to send cups to AKAR for their upcoming yunomi exhibition (yah I know I’m still pinching myself thinking it’s a dream!). Being the stress case that I normally am I made 21 cups to ensure that I would have a perfect 5 to send. So now I’m selling off the extras this upcoming tuesday at noon (central time).
Join me if you’d like for some lovely yunomies at theuntrainedeye.etsy.com
thanks!
xoxox
carole
by Carole Epp | Jan 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
Le Centre MATERIA accueillera, du 10 janvier au 23 février, les sculptures en céramique de Raymond Warren. L’installation Équilibre et gravité invite à prendre part aux jeux des personnages de l’artiste.
Avec Équilibre et gravité,
Raymond Warren fait sourire la matière céramique et crée des mises en
scène présentant les métiers d’art dans une approche installative. La
salle d’exposition du Centre MATERIA, habitée du sol au plafond, amène
le visiteur à découvrir la poésie de chaque élément répondant aux thèmes
de l’équilibre et de la gravité. Accessible, cette exposition est une
invitation à s’initier aux métiers d’art en famille.
Raymond Warren fait valoir
les opposés dans ses thématiques comme dans son choix de matières. Ses
expositions s’élaborent de manière récurrente depuis 1988 autour de la
candeur et de l’inquiétude qui habitent chaque être humain face à son
destin. Il modèle le grès, lourd, sobre et dense, et le transforme pour
suggérer le mouvement et la légèreté. Les personnages qu’il façonne sont
cuits dans un four à bois artisanal. Ce type de cuisson laisse, sur les
différentes pièces, des traces du passage des flammes et de la cendre.
Raymond Warren
vit et travaille dans le village de Bois-Franc, à une quinzaine de
kilomètres au nord de Maniwaki. Diplômé en arts plastiques de l’UQAM, il
a présenté une vingtaine d’expositions solo. Ses œuvres font partie de
plusieurs collections privées et publiques, incluant celle des Musées de
la civilisation de Québec, celle du Musée canadien des civilisations et
celle de la Ville de Gatineau.
Translated by google:
Centre MATERIA host, from January 10 to February 23 , the ceramic sculptures by Raymond Warren. The installation invites balance and gravity to take part in the games characters from the artist.
With balance and gravity, Raymond Warren is smiling ceramic material and creates staged with crafts in installative approach. The
exhibition at the Centre MATERIA room inhabited floor to ceiling ,
leads the visitor to discover the poetry of each element responsive to
issues of balance and gravity. Available , this exhibition is an invitation to learn the art of family businesses.Raymond Warren argued the opposite in its themes as in his choice of materials. His
exhibitions are developed repeatedly since 1988 about the candor and
concern that inhabit every human being towards his destiny. This model sandstone , heavy, dense and sober , and turns to suggest movement and lightness. The characters he shapes are cooked in a wood oven craft . This type of cooking leaves on different parts, traces of the passage of flame and ash .
Raymond Warren lives and works in the village of Bois- Franc , about fifteen miles north of Maniwaki. Degree in fine arts at UQAM , he presented twenty solo exhibitions. His
works are in many private and public collections, including the Museum
of Civilization in Quebec , the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the
City of Gatineau.
www.centremateria.com
