by Carole Epp | May 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
Add the extraordinary to your collection of everyday mugs with a one-of-a-kind BAC Art Mug!
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| Susan Card |
In honour of the BAC’s 35th Anniversary and in support of
its Permanent Collection of Contemporary Canadian Ceramics, the
Permanent Collection Committee selected 35 gifted Canadian ceramists to
create and donate five unique mugs for an on-line auction to raise funds
for the purchase of artwork. These limited-edition and unique
sculptural creations will be sold to the highest bidders from May 20 to
June 3.
It’s an affordable way to start a truly extraordinary collection. In
fact, these mugs are so special that each artist was asked for one
additional mug to include in the Permanent Collection. The remaining
five mugs from each artist will go up for auction online, making them
true collector’s items.
How Does It Work?
These one-of a kind mugs can be seen online starting on May 3. They
will be divided into three auction lots, each lasting five days,
starting on May 20.
All the funds generated from the auction will go to the Permanent Collection Committee for new acquisitions.
Register to Bid Today!
Lot I Closes: May 24 at 6pm
Lot II Closes May 29 at 6pm
Lot III Closes June 3 at 6pm Happy 35th BAC!
Come check out the Mugs now.
www.thebac.ca
by Carole Epp | May 4, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Growing up in the Rocky Mountains, I have always felt held in by their
walls; through the medium of clay, I play with this sense of containment,
creating spaces for people to enter into within the context of their daily
lives. Working through function, I create spaces from which to draw sustenance
in a literal way; this references the sustenance I draw metaphorically from the
landscape which is so important a part of my identity.
In my practice, I try
to find balance between the piece that gets put in the glass cupboard and never
used and the piece that goes straight from the dish drying rack and onto the
table again. I blend the natural world outside the doors of the home with the
friendships and relationships that grow and develop around the dinner table. I
strive to create work that injects ethereality into everyday life, work that
brings small moments out of the drab or the ordinary. Utilizing the
transformative power of clay, I create microcosms which the viewer or user can
explore – portals of escape into a fantastical refuge from the everyday.
The thin and
translucent porcelain used in my sculptural and functional work is evocative of
much of what I love about the natural world – for instance, the petals of a
flower or the veils of rain of a passing storm. I fire most of my ceramics in
the soda kiln. This, for me, is also inextricably bound to my concepts of
animation, gesture and the natural world. I enjoy the interplay between rough
surfaces like bare clay or thin layers of flashing slip, and the wet and
luscious surface of a glossy, runny glaze. Through the unpredictable process of
soda firing, fleeting flashes of brightness and color, so illusory and hard to
pin down in the natural world, can be captured upon the surface of a piece for
people to enjoy for years in their everyday lives.
by Carole Epp | Apr 21, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
My
work explores the sympathetic magic that arises through representing
the natural world in miniature as a way to capture and control vast and
unfathomable forces. In the series of functional vessels Luna-ware, the
works begin with the creation of models of the moon in porcelain. These
models are then cut and combined with handles, rims and bases to form
domestic vessels. The dark grey, cratered, uneven Luna surface provides a
visual and tactile experience that contrasts strongly with the smooth,
shiny white surfaces of the rims and handles, and invites an examination
of the difference between “natural” and “made”.
by Carole Epp | Apr 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Carole Epp | Apr 5, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Deadline: April 26, 2013
The
Alberta Craft Council is organizing its 6th annual juried exhibition
(June 20 – July 27, 2013) that is open to emerging craft artists who are
in the first five years of their career or in the last year of their
formal education. If you are creating contemporary fine craft (clay,
glass, fibre, wood, furniture design, jewellery, or metals) with fresh
new designs submit:
· a current CV
· artist statement and bio
· 3 – 5 good quality images (digital – 4”x6″ 300dpi) of work to be presented in this exhibition
· portrait image of artist in the studio or against a neutral background
· an image list that includes title, medium, technique, year made, size and photo credit
Submissions can be sent online, email or mail.
Mail: Alberta Craft Council 10186-106 Street Edmonton, AB T5J 1H4
*Note All submissions must have been produced in the last year*
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