by Carole Epp | Jul 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
van den Heuvel, Kao-Lin
Material Matters is a major exhibition focusing on works drawn from the ANU Ceramics Workshop Teaching collection. It links a broad range of community based events which will involve all members of Canberra’s ceramic networks. From professional masterclasses and open workshops, from community woodfirings to exhibitions, from guided school tours to the symposium there will be something for everyone.
International Visiting Artists include Anton Reijnders | Netherlands
Netty van den Heuvel | Netherlands
Ray Chen | Taiwan/USA
Christina Bryer | South Africa
SYMPOSIUM | MATERIAL MATTERS
Presentations by students, faculty and artists on the nature & meaning of their material research. Submissions for papers (20mins) are invited – please contact Janet DeBoos | [email protected] Friday 19th August 6-8pm Exhibition opening / Reception
Saturday 20th August 10am – 5pm Keynote speaker Anton Reijnders
Sunday 21st August 9am-12pm & 1 – 3pm Open Studio Cost $55 gst incl (includes reception & Saturday lunch $30 gst free (Full Time secondary and tertiary students)
WORKSHOPS
Ray Chen | Material expression (presentation and demonstration)
Thursday 4 August 10 – 4pm
Cost: $66 gst incl
In this demonstration workshop on the expressive use of clay, Visiting Artist Ray Chen (USA) will lead students to examine the potential of clay to describe emotion and feeling, whilst considering the sculptural requirements of 3-D objects. His work on the theme of Mother & Child will also be discussed and aspects of its making explained.
Joanne Searle | Transferring – transfer printing on clay
Saturday 6 August 9 – 1pm
Cost: $33 gst incl
This one day workshop will cover various ‘print on clay’ techniques including plaster monoprints, fabric & tissue transfer as well as low-tech etching. These printed surfaces will be applied to both wheel thrown and hand built forms. Various methods of treating the surface at the raw, bisque & high firing stages will be covered. Tiles and materials will be provided at cost.
Janet DeBoos | I can see clearly…
Sunday 7 August 9 – 1pm
Cost: $33 gst incl
A good clear glaze- although often seen as the simplest of ceramic surfaces- is frequently difficult to achieve. This workshop will examine the reasons why a glaze is not clear, how to make it clear, and how clear glazes can be adjusted for different temperatures. Demonstration materials and tiles supplied at cost.
Anton Reijnders | Thinking through making (terra sigillata)
Tuesday & Wednesday 9 & 10 August, 9am – 1pm Cost $66 gst incl
In this workshop- the renowned Netherlands author of ‘The Ceramic Process’ (A&C Black) will ask “What makes a good terra sigillata? On the basis of practical tests students will find out how to make and apply terra sigillata and moreover learn about the mineralogical makeup of clay. Materials supplied at cost. Student should bring no less than 100gs of dried, pulverised clay to the workshop- preferably gathered locally- but could be any dried commercially available body.
Netty van den Heuvel | Dialogue in 3 Dimensions (mixed media workshop)
Thursday & Friday, 11 & 12 August 9 – 1pm & 2 – 4pm
Cost: $110 gst incl
An exploratory workshop in three dimensions, using clay, and found objects, as well as an enquiry into the potential of combining clay with other materials such as silicone. Students will be invited to go through a series of structured exercises in finding, looking and making
Greg Daly | Alchemy- lustre glazes
Saturday & Sunday, 13&14 August 10 – 1pm
Cost $66 gst incl
This two day workshop with acclaimed glaze maestro Greg Daly (author of Lustre- A&C Black- due to be released early 2012) will cover all aspects- making, applying and firing- of that enigmatic ceramic surface -lustre.
Four different ways of achieving this surface will be explained- pigment lustre, lustre glazes, resin lustres and fuming. Materials will be provided at cost.
Christina Bryer | Working with porcelain from a non traditional angle
Thursday 18 August 10 – 4pm
Cost $66 gst incl
This demonstration workshop will attempt to unravel the three interwoven aspects of Christina’s work and examine them in the light of the following themes:
Art & Design (inspirations and influences), Geometry (Aperiodic Tiling and Sacred Geometry, from Plato to Penrose and back again) and Technical Explanations (working with porcelain in a non-traditional way)
(Note that all workshops are subject to minimum numbers to run, and will be cancelled with less than five participants. There are also a ton of exhibitions and other events taking place. Please visit their website here for all the details and make sure to attend if you can, sound like a good one!
by Carole Epp | Jul 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Find all the details here on Harvard’s site.
Sandy Brown, an international ceramist, sculptor and painter from the UK, will lead an all day, hands on workshop and demonstration on July 15, followed by a slide presentation from 4 – 5 pm. Sandy, who was a lively demonstrator at NCECA a few years ago, will be showing her intuitive method of playing with clay and color. “Doodling, like spontaneity, sounds light yet is profound, as it requires an openness to whatever comes”. Participants in the workshop will be invited to doodle and play. Please note that lunch will be pot luck. “What I like to express is the immediacy and freshness of the making, so that the vigor and playfulness which I felt while doing it are present in the piece for you to experience. Art for me is fun. The forms are strong and simple, and are vehicles for doodling.”
This workshop is in conjunction with Brown’s solo exhibition at Lacoste Gallery, opening the following day and ending August 3rd. To register for this workshop, email a completed registration form to [email protected] and send check to:
219 Western Ave., Allston MA 02134 Registration Form: pdf | word
Fees: For those currently enrolled in the Summer Term: $25
For those not enrolled: $50 Artist Statement In my twenties, I lived in Japan for five years and first encountered clay there. I loved the possibilities inherent in its tactile immediacy. The forms are simple, clear and strong, with a generosity of material and a healthy robustness- finger marks and all. I am currently combining (into one clay body) a rich, earthy dark clay body and a light, white porcelain. Together they act as a delicate clear canvas for the colored glazes. It is as if body and soul are one. The pieces are not complete until they are painted; that is when their identity becomes clear. Sometimes I paint with colored clay, inserting layers as on the big dishes and the tall forms, so that the rich earth contrasts with the blooming colors. I also paint with colored glazes, using the palette of oxides available at high temperatures. I love the contrast of the rich, inky cobalt blue against the soft peach, or the drunken intensity of manganese with a blushy pink against the translucent depths of copper oxide green. It is a palette in which the character of the glazes is as important as the color. Above all, what I want to show is the joy in the freedom of the moment; that you will be as exhilarated as I was. Link to images on Flickr
Link to resume
Watch the video “Modern British Potters at Goldmark Gallery”s
or see Sandy at the Tel Hai Pottery Symposium … ‘Today it is hard to imagine the European ceramics scene without her. She is famous for her spontaneous, passionate use of clay and colours. Her almost provokingly simple use of form and her strong, energetic brush decorations feed from direct emotion, from confidence in her own intuition and from a portion of childlike anarchy she preserved for herself. Sandy Brown’s catalytic, liberating influence on European ceramics in the seventies and above all eighties must not be underestimated. At a time when European ceramics threatened to get stuck between Asiatic ideals and local traditions, her impetuous, lustful approach to the material demonstrated exciting new possibilities.’ Gabi Dewald, Editor,
writing in Keramik magazine Germany 2000
by Carole Epp | Jul 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Jonathon Brancroft-Snell Gallery and London Potters Guild, in conjunction with “Matter of Clay III” present a weekend with 3 of Canada’s top ceramic artists: John Chalke, Gordon Hutchens and Valerie Metcalfe. Sponsored by:
View the Poster Location: London Clay Art Centre, 664 Dundas
Cost: $200.00 plus HST for all 3 events and $100.00 for daylong workshops.
Register now as space is limited. John Chalke
Artist’s Statement – My interest has remained inconveniently multi-faceted in most things ceramic – from its misty prehistory, when only clay and gods mattered, to the subsequent historical offerings from many lands. Food and tea presentation, clay and glaze research, the art of throwing, the art of handbuilding, kilns, riverside shards, emissivity, the smell of old clay, on and on. The straight path to the studio from the house is necessarily most serpentine some days. Some months of the year, though, make it much simpler. When the days grow warmer I work much more outside, where pots dry more quickly. I become a potter and become familiar again with muscle and ache. From November on, when things are freezing solid outside, body activity slows down and more cerebral struggle takes its place. A farmer might go curling during this time. I suppose I go handbuilding. This sequence has been part of my making for well over 30 years. The only thing I can see that has changed is more honing, more reflection, more revisiting old and new places in my mind, and less guilt about the now petty. 
Gord Hutchens
Gordon Hutchens’ studio is nestled in 19 wooded acres in the secluded north end of Denman Island, British Columbia, a 5 minute drive from the ferry landing. For nearly 30 years Gordon has operated his extensive studio here while exhibiting across Canada, from Halifax, Montreal and Toronto to Vancouver & Victoria. He has had over 25 one-man shows and over 70 group exhibitions across Canada and the U.S., with 3 major exhibitions in Japan. Gordon has also taught courses and workshops for many colleges and potter’s guilds. His works and articles have been published in various ceramics magazines and books. Gordon’s work is well known for the depth and diversity of his glazes and the strength and refinement of his forms. 
Valerie Metcalfe
Valerie’s work is refined, wheel-thrown porcelain, high-fired in a reduction atmosphere. She specializes in large, carved “landscape” platters, accented with metal and glass inserts. Her large vases and more functional ware are often delicately painted with a leafy design and embellished with gold lustre. Valerie’s pieces have been exhibited and sold across Canada and the United States and are held in public and private collections around the world. In 1994 Valerie was elected into the Royal Canadian Academy of Art, the oldest visual arts organization in Canada and one dedicated to the recognition and promotion of excellence in Canadian art. 
Register online here.
by Carole Epp | Jun 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
Series Summer School of the Arts, Red Deer College, Alberta Canada
July 4-8 2011
| Exuberant Clay Form & Surface |
Creating interesting, exuberant hand-built forms in clay does not have to be hard. In this 5-day workshop, Carol will show her method for constructing some of the unusual ceramic forms she uses in her sculpture and vessels. Our process will include paper templates, carving solid clay forms, and creating a simple 1/4 segment plaster mold. From this press mold we will make numerous forms and variations quickly by connecting, altering, stacking, piercing into and re-combining the component parts. Colour, pattern and texture are important elements in creating a rich ceramic surface and using Carol’s layered approach we will explore many ways to enliven and embellish form. Surface design techniques covered will include stamping, bas relief clay molds, slips, hand-painting wax resist coloured patterns, scraffito, weathering and staining.
Some prior experience with clay is recommended.
Instructor: Carol Gouthro |
For more info check out the following:
http://www.carolgouthro.com/
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=199562920071261
http://www.rdc.ab.ca/continuing_education/Pages/CourseInformation.aspx?SUBJ_CODE=ESER&CRSE_NUMB=6084
by Carole Epp | Jun 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
July 28, Thursday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
219 Western Ave
Allston, Massachusetts
This workshop will combine traditional printmaking techniques on clay including mono-printing on plaster with slip-cast clay, silk screening, stencils, laser-transfer decals, embossing, and relief printing. Areas to be explored will be creating a vocabulary of imagery, narrative and composition onto both hand-built and wheel-thrown forms. All techniques can be applied to work within any ceramic firing range and will be presented in a way that is easy to replicate in one’s own studio. Historic and contemporary examples of artists who combine printmaking with ceramics will shown.
Fees: Enrolled in Course: $50, not enrolled: $100
Registration form:
http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/courses/reg.php
Email [email protected] completed registration form, or for questions.
Biography: Upon her return from the Penland School of Crafts in Penland, NC, instructor Kathy King is eager to share techniques featured in the course “Print Buffet” that she co-taught with Paul Andrew Wandless, author of Image Transfer on Clay: Screen, Relief, Decal & Monoprint Techniques (A Lark Ceramics Book). King is currently an active studio artist, instructor and Assistant to the Acting Director of the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. A former Associate Professor at Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA, she has been an instructor at Connecticut College, New London, CT, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA and UMASS – Dartmouth in New Bedford, MA. She has given workshops and lectures at over fifty colleges, schools and art centers through out the USA. Her exhibition record includes solo shows from across the US. She was featured as both an Emerging Artist in 1999 and a Demonstrator in 2002 at the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts conferences.
Her work has been published in Sexpots by Paul Mathieu, The Art of Contemporary American Pottery by Kevin A. Hulch, Teapots Transformed by Leslie Ferrin, Handbuilt Tableware by Kathy Triplett and The Glaze Handbook by Mark Burleson. Her work can also be found in numerous periodicals including Ceramics: Art and Perception, Studio Potter, Clay Times, Art Papers and Ceramics Monthly. She can be contacted via her website.
For all the details please visit website.
For more images of Kathy’s work please visit her website.
van den Heuvel, Kao-Lin 
