by Carole Epp | Dec 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Artist Statement
My pots function as decorative objects
activated through use. Containment, delivery or presentation of food or
flowers completes their aesthetic potential. Sensual forms and sumptuous
surfaces inspire interaction with the viewer.
The
confluence of function, symbolism, technique and composition drive the
evolution of new forms, patterns and glazes. My pottery forms and
surfaces take cues from various cultures and periods in ceramics
history, natural phenomena and ornament. Shape and surface compositions
may evoke a season, landscape, architectural detail, or flower. The
variables of form and surface possibilities offer the potential to layer
meanings and influences.
Using Lantz earthenware native to
Nova Scotia, my wheel thrown and constructed pottery is decorated with
slip, sgraffito, under glazes and polychrome food safe glazes. The forms
are wheel thrown and assembled using “Cut and Paste” technique
characterized by gestural throwing lines, dynamic volumes and structural
seams. The surfaces are treated with brushed white slip, sgraffito,
under glazes and polychrome food-safe glazes.
Various glaze
palettes employed in Full Circle are intended to enhance different
foods, from fresh spring and summer salads to hearty, savoury dishes.
The flower bricks are also intended to compliment flowers and foliage
available through the seasons but also presentation of seasonal foods
and flowers, corresponding to a specific shape, glaze palette and
function. The Four Season Flower Brick Set, celebrates the natural
beauty and diversity of Eastern Canadian seasons while alluding to the
four seasons, a universal theme associated with the cycles of life,
death and regeneration.The Dutch developed the flower brick form in the
17thc to display highly prized tulips. In this case, individual flower
bricks containing seasonal flowers and/or indigenous foliage may be
displayed separately or unified in a circular configuration as a set.
The exhibition will also investigate the disruption of natural cycles by
human intervention through a series of pieces addressing the
globalization of food sources.
This venue offers the potential
to attract a broader public audience associated with the farmer’s
market who may not associate ceramics or fine craft with broader issues
such as the 100 mile diet vs. globalization of food sources. The
exhibition in this venue presents the opportunity to bolster the
relevance of fine craft and contemporary ceramics within a broader
social context.
BIO
Joan Bruneau has been a full time studio potter in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia and Regular Part-Time Faculty in the Ceramics Department at NSCAD University since 1995. She earned her BFA from NSCAD in 1988, and MFA from the University of Minnesota in 1993.
Joan was Assistant Professor at Emily Carr University, Vancouver 1998-2001 and has taught in the Distance Ceramics Diploma Programs at Red Deer College, the Australia National University and Glasgow School of Art .
She teaches workshops and lectures across Canada and the US. Her work is exhibited throughout North America and is in public collections including the AGNS, Canada, Sykes Gallery, USA and Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute, China.
Joan was the 2009 recipient of the Established Artist Recognition Award from the Nova Scotia Arts and Culture Partnership and the 2005 recipient of the Winifred Shantz Award which funded her residency at La Meridiana Ceramics Residency in Italy in 2005.
Or read more here: http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/201217-ns-potter-comes-full-circle
Mary E. Black Gallery
1061 Marginal Road, Suite 140, Halifax, NS B3H 4P6
(902) 492-2522
Hours: Tue – Fri 9-5 | Sat & Sun 11-4 | closed Mon & holidays
[email protected]
www.craft-design.ns.ca/gallery.html
by Carole Epp | Dec 5, 2012 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Entries are now open for the Forum “Talks by Artist”, Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale 2013.
We welcome international and domestic artists to become the main
subject of interest. Our aim is to allow artists to take this
opportunity to introduce his or her art world as a way of communicating
with the general public. Through this newly introduced event GICB is
progressing further with different approaches moving away from past
opening channels.
This is a chance for you the artist to become the center of attraction!
General Information
- Eligibility : Artists working in the field, currently creating and exhibiting artworks
- Deadline : 3 December (Mon) 2012, 09:00 ~ 15 February (Fri) 2013, 18:00
Application open for 75 days
- Method of Application : Strictly limited to online application
Conditions for Application
- 1. No restrictions on age, nationality
- 2. Accepting artists working either in clay or clay combined with other materials
About the event
- Event Title : Talks by Artists
- Date and Time : Every Saturday during the GICB period, 14:00 ~ 16:30
(2 to 3 Talks per session)
* Schedule is likely to change, further notice will be announced
- Place : Icheon Toyasium, Seminar Hall
- Lecture : Talks by participating artists with questions and answers
- Lecture Contents :
- ① Description on artwork and making method
② About the artist and the artwork
③ Facts on ceramics
Submission of Information
- 1. Applicant’s Resume/CV (
download form)
- 2. A brief summary of lecture and contents
(1 page A4 size, HWP or MS-WORD file format)
* Korean and English, official languages for lectures
Schedule for Selecting Artists
- Screening Dates : 18 February(Mon) ~ 27 February(Wed) 2013
Online jury
- Announcement : 28 February(Thu) 2013 from 12:00 Hours (noon, local time)
Final announcement will be presented on our webpage and the selected
artists will be notified through e-mail
For further information:
GICB 2013 Seoul Office
MH 1113, 72-1, Sangsu-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul
121-791 Republic of Korea
Tel: (+82) 02 3143 6903 Fax: (+82) 02 3143 6904
Webpage: www.kocef.org Email:
[email protected]
facebook.com/GICBiennale
by Carole Epp | Nov 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
Well in case you haven’t
heard the sad news, Saskatoon is losing the ever lovely Cathy Terepocki.
So if you want one last chance to see and grab one, or two or three
pieces of her amazing work for yourself then you’d better not miss her
studio sale. One day only this Sunday from 1pm to 4pm.
Of course you can still
find her work on Broadway at the Better Good. But this will be a great
opportunity to pick up some new work or old stock and seconds in both
dishes and jewllery.
221 31st Street. W. Saskatoon (back alley studio entrance)
by Carole Epp | Nov 13, 2012 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
So I’ve always known to “never let your clay freeze”. It was just one of those things you were told and you followed without question. I know, it’s water expansion…don’t do it. Well I didn’t question what exactly would happen, that is up until the other day when I was in a need to know situation regarding exactly what was going to happen to all of the supplies in my studio as the temperature started to dip. Was everything at risk – glazes, slips, underglazes, mixed china paints?
You see since moving this past summer we have yet to install any heat into my new studio space. Yeah duh I knew winter was coming, we just hadn’t figured out how we were going to separate the double car garage/studio space into two separate work spaces. One for clay, the other for building custom bikes. So I know, I know, procrastinating is never the answer. But we did, and then this happened….
Pretty maybe, but with the crunch of pre-holiday sales looming it was frankly not invited. My studio temperature crashed, even with the kiln firing. And one night I went to go out only to see that the temperature was this…
That’s Celsius folks. And bloody cold. Needless to say I had to wear a different uniform to work that day:
And as you can see my water pail was forming a layer of ice already.
So the rest of the night was spent moving leather hard work and pails and boxes of clay into the basement and out of harm’s way. But the entire time I wondered to myself what exactly was going to happen to all of my supplies if I hadn’t gotten to them on time. What would have been salvageable and what would have been a goner?
So today I share some links with you that I found useful and I share the hope that you find yourself in much more pleasant climates in your own studio spaces : )
http://www.dogwoodceramics.com/misc/freeze-warnings-for-slips-clay-and-glazes.htm
http://www.highwaterclays.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/feature.display/feature_id/93
And on a happier note I did have some nice results in the kiln lately. Just in time for the upcoming sales. I’m finding myself having more fun with the functional stuff lately. Feeling inspired, but at the same time looking forward to the sale season to be over and done with so that I can sink my teeth into some figurative sculpture pieces I’ve had bouncing around my head for a while now. More on that in the new year…
