by Carole Epp | Mar 16, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
My interest lies in medicinal herbs and plants that directly
affect the body. I am interested in using the ceramic vessel the explore
ethnobotony, which is defined as the study of “the relationship between people
and plants including various aspects of how plants are used for food . . . and
medicine” (Rai, Acharya, & Rios, 2011). As an artist I am questioning what
is the role of the plant in today’s society? What connects plants and people? I
am working to explore the relationship between plants and people through the
ceramic vessel.
I have set out to better understand specific plants through
researching the growing, harvest, and consumption. I supplement my ceramics
studio practice with a growing practice that includes an Herb Garden and greenhouse growing. I considered specific plant
needs for example companion planting and root structure in designing and
building growing containers. I used my hands to transform the clay through pushing,
pinching, and pulling creating vessels of containment.
At the same time I am growing, harvesting, and creating vessels
specific for the herbs I am also integrating vessels into my daily life. I
recently created a dish set that I used for every meal for a 30 days period. I
was thinking about the throw away culture we live in and how disconnected it is
from the growing practice that I am so deeply involved in. I question shouldn’t
what we eat and drink from have more value than trash? I performed the 30 Days
Project Part II later called
The Dish Set
Challenge I through the month of November with a dish set that includes a
cup, bowl, and plate. I used it for every meal recording through photos and
updates on my blog. In December, I create
The
Dish Set Challenge II with my husband Forrest where we used a connected dish
set plate, bowl and cup for every meal for one week. You can view both projects
at
gardclaystudios.blogspot.com
The work displayed in Coeval
as a product of my growing practice and includes turmeric, cayenne, and
moonseeds held in balance with a social practice. The Dish Set Challenge III will take place during the duration of
the exhibition from January 10th through February 7th,
2014. The project involves the help of five participants Belenda
Flucker, Aurelio Diaz, Keith Karchella. Violeta Chinni, and Jenny Lucas
Kaufman. These five participants and myself will be competing a 28 day Dish Set Challenge. The participants
will be presented with a handmade dish set made specifically for them. They
will eat and drink from it every day during the course of the exhibition. Each
day the participants will post on a group blog recording meals and reflecting
as they experience the project. The project
will commence at the opening reception with a meal that I prepare from 100%
local food I have collected from farms surrounding Mansfield. You can view the
projects daily progress at
by Carole Epp | Mar 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
Noosa Regional Art Gallery, QLD, 28 March – 11 May 2014
A provocative and engaging exhibition of work by Australian artists using clay in unexpected and surprising ways, HYPERCLAY: Contemporary Ceramics highlights the versatility of this time-honoured material and, in doing so, re-imagines its possibilities.
HYPERCLAY profiles eight artists at various stages in their
careers whose current practice is taking ceramics into bold new
territories. Whether printing with clay, transforming rejected ceramic
objects or playing at the intersection of the digital and the handmade,
the artists in HYPERCLAY are forging new pathways in Australian ceramics.
HYPERCLAY features the work of Walter Auer, Roderick
Bamford, Stephen Bird, Jacqueline Clayton, Andrea Hylands, Addison
Marshall, Pip McManus and Paul Wood.
A collection of over 30 short videos have been produced to accompany
the exhibition, ranging from artists interviews to curators, academics,
collectors and gallerists, commenting on why they find a particular
artist so exciting, through to ceramic students expressing what inspires
them about the work in the show. These videos will be housed in an
easily navigated, tablet-housed application, testing the waters of fully
integrated digital content into a traditional exhibition space. The
digital content is not supplementary – engagement with the digital is
paramount to truly understand the works on show.
Over eight weeks, during the opening exhibition at Object Gallery in
Sydney, Object Eye profiled each of the artists involved. You can see
these profiles, including videos and images of the work, by clicking here.
The iPad app developed as part of HYPERCLAY: Contemporary Ceramics is available as a free download, taking the form of a video-based digital catalogue. For more information on the app click here, or to go directly to the App Store to download (for iPad only) click here. (Please note that it is a large file, and we recommend WiFi to download.)
HYPERCLAY: Contemporary Ceramics is Object’s biggest touring exhibition, including 12 regional and metropolitan venues over two and a half years.
#HYPERCLAY
TOUR DATES
Noosa Regional Art Gallery
QLD, 28 March – 11 May 2014
Cairns Regional Art Gallery
QLD, 23 May – 22 June 2014
Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery
Launceston, TAS, 9 August – 12 October 2014
Western Plains Cultural Centre
Dubbo, NSW, 8 Nov 2014 – 1 Feb 2015
by Carole Epp | Mar 11, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Heath
Ceramics is a more than 60-year-old California company that makes
dinnerware and architectural tile of good and enduring design.
We believe in the benefits of local manufacturing
and, with more than 100 employees and growing, we support a growing
community of people committed to and inspired by the process of
designing, making and sharing.
We believe in fair compensation, provide full health
care benefits and make retirement benefits available. If you are
someone who shares these values and is inspired by designing, making and
sharing, we’d love to hear from you.
If you would like to be considered for one of the
positions below, please send your resume and cover letter and let us
know about your availability (if you’re looking for part-time or
full-time work and location preference).
Thank you for your interest! Email us at
jobs(at)heathceramics.com
Production Director
We’re looking for a Production Director to oversee
the production of Heath’s dinnerware and tile products, made in our two
factories in Sausalito (dinnerware) and San Francisco (tile). This
position will be taking over from our current Production Director, who,
after seven successful and growth-filled years, is retiring.
See the full job description and apply
here.
Communications Director
We at Heath take an untraditional approach to Brand
Marketing. We don’t like either of those words, which is why this
position is titled Communications Director. That said, we recognize the
importance of said words in the industry and in large companies and we
mean no disrespect in using them sparingly in our company.
See the full job description and apply
here.
Ceramic Engineer
In a newly created position to address our growth
and expansion, the Ceramic Engineer at Heath will oversee technical
aspects of Heath’s dinnerware and tile production in our 2 factories
(dinnerware in Sausalito, CA and tile in SF, CA).
See the full job description and apply
here.
Industrial Machinery Electrician
We’re looking for a part-time Industrial Machinery Electrician to help at our Sausalito factory.
See the full job description
here (pdf download).
Merchandise Planner
Heath’s Merchandise Planner maintains stock levels
of Heath Home offerings in our four retail showrooms in California.
After product selection by our creative buying team, this position is
responsible for the full product cycle from vendor to sell through.
See the full job description and apply
here.
by Carole Epp | Mar 8, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
The 16th international Chawan expo held in Singapore. As always, the expo will be open for all
ceramists that make good Chawan.
Expo dates 6 to 14 September 2014.
Location: Teochew Building 97 Tank Road Spore 238066
http://www.ngeeann.com.sg/en/home-map/
Participation fee: 150€ – 261SGD- 206USD – 125GBP – 233AUD – 221CAD – 1250CNY –
6200TWD – 21685JPY – 1345SEK -1599HKD – 1120DKK.
If you need the participant fee in your own currency, please kindly check it with an online
money converter.
Payment fee deadline after selection is 30 March 2014.
Application deadline: 21 March 2014.
• Each participant will exhibit 3 Chawan and receive 1 free catalogue.
• Participants will pay for the shipment and reshipments of the works
• Organization will take 30% from the sales prizes
• Works are insured at the expo.
• Local ceramist Steven Low Thia Kwang and Ng Yang Ce, with the help of a number
of local organizations, will organize Singapore expo.
Please submit application information to [email protected] :
• 3 photos of 3 different Chawan – 300dpi.
• A Conceptual Description of Chawan, limitation of 150 words, English Written
Photos and text are for the catalogue of which photos can be changed later on.
Selection of Chawan is highly based on the artwork seen through the photos from
submission. Hence individual resumes or portfolios are unnecessary.
Started in 2005, Chawan Expo has been a very successful international non-profit expo
project, touring for exposition in Europe, America and Asia. Independent from politics and
religion, the exposition is organized to foster well friendship between International Ceramist.
It is meant to be a bridge between Artists and international art world, opening new
possibilities for each artist, exposing their Chawan in places that are beyond their reach.
During the period of Expo, there will be seminars, demonstrations and master classes
arranged to encourage a greater scope of sharing between the International and Local
Artists. Also, forthcoming Artists will be invited to create a few works and scheduled to fire
the Thow Kwang Dragon Kiln together. Following the opening of the kiln, a small
exhibition/showcase would be put up to compliment each and every participant for his or her
contributions. A further elaboration of the event will be given after the selection.
For more information, please visit: www.chawanexpo.com
Or mail to [email protected]
Lou Smedts – Curator Singapore Chawan expo
by Carole Epp | Mar 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
62 artists to follow on Instagram — 25 pieces to be found
HIDE-N-SEEKAH is hiding 25 pieces of ceramic art in Milwaukee, WI during this year’s NCECA conference (March 19, 20, 21). Clues to find the pieces will be posted on artists own personal Instagram feeds. Which 25 of the 62 artists will be hiding pieces? Nobody knows!!!
Search “hidenseekah” on Instagram and follow all 62 participating artists (tap “following” in the upper right corner of the HIDE-N-SEEKAH profile for the full list of artists to follow). Keep your eyes peeled for clue images on Instagram during NCECA. FINDERS KEEPERS!!!
HIDE-N-SEEKAH is NOT an official NCECA event!
Check out this amazing photo album of the 62 artists on Facebook.
HIDE-N-SEEKAH 2013 was recently covered by Garth Johnson in Ceramics Monthly, who have graciously allowed us to share the article with you here:
(click on the images to see it full size)
Let’s not forget that it’s the amazing
Adam Field behind all of this.
Give that man a high five or a beer when you see him at NCECA this year!
