Medalta Day Four

So today started with a tour of Hycroft China, which was so exciting i barely slept last night. (i know i’m a super geek). I’ve got a ton of pictures to share with you but I’ll likely not do any commentary simply because it wouldn’t do the space/objects/history justice. I will entice you with images and suggest that you make the trek out here to visit and have the fantastic Mr. Aaron Nelson take you on a tour in the flesh.








































Resident Artist Talks at the Bray

Sean Erwin, Jeff Campana, Kelly Garrett Rathbone and Shanna Fliegel
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Bray Resident Center
All artist talks are free and open to the public.

Bray Resident Artist Talks

Join us Wednesday evening to hear current Bray Resident Artists Sean Erwin, Jeff Campana, Kelly Garrett Rathbone and Shanna Fliegel discuss their artwork, influences and inspirations.

Click here to view more artwork

Call for entry – Beyond the Brickyard

We are pleased to be holding our third annual international call for entries, Beyond the Brickyard.
The selected works will be exhibited at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena. MT, January 2011. This year’s exhibition will be juried by 2010 Voulkos Fellow Paul Mathieu.
Specifications

  1. The competition is open internationally to ceramic artists 18 years of age or older.
  2. Artists may submit up to 3 works for consideration, and up to 2 images of each piece (one complete photo plus one detail or alternate angle).
  3. All artwork must be available for sale and available during the time of exhibition.
  4. The artwork exhibited must be the same piece(s) submitted for consideration.
  5. Submitted artwork must not exceed 36” in any direction.
  6. The artwork entered should be prepared for professional display and not so fragile as to be potentially dangerous to the work or others when shipped/displayed/handled with reasonable care.
  7. Artists are responsible for cost of shipping selected work(s) to the Archie Bray Foundation (ABF). Artists are responsible for their own insurance for shipping to ABF and during the time that artwork resides there. ABF will assume cost and shipping insurance for the return of any unsold work.
  8. For good image quality and a fast upload, your image files should be sized no larger than 1800 x 1800 pixels at 72 dpi (approximately 6″ x 6″ at 300 dpi)

Applying
Submissions to Beyond the Brickyard will only be accepted online. By clicking on the link at the bottom of the page you will be taken to Slideroom.com which will allow you to register and upload your images. Submissions can be edited and are not officially submitted until you choose the “Complete Submission” tab and enter your payment method.
Submissions must be received online by midnight MST, September 15, 2010. Entry Fee
The cost of entering Beyond the Brickyard is $35 USD for up to 3 works.
All major credit cards are accepted.

Awards
From the successful entrants, two awards will be selected:
Juror’s Choice Award: $400
Director’s Choice Award: $400 Sales Commission
Artists will receive 55% commission of their work sold during exhibition, while ABF will retain 45%. Exhibition Schedule
By applying all applicants agree to the following schedule if selected to exhibit:

Applications due September 15, 2010
Entrants notified of jury results by email no later than October 31, 2010
Work to be received by Archie Bray Foundation by December 11, 2010
Work exhibited in Beyond the Brickyard, January 2011 Questions about your application?
For technical support please contact [email protected]
For questions about submission information please contact [email protected] Your completed application must be received on or before September 15, 2010.

Click here to view the 2010 Beyond the Brickyard Exhibition.

The Art of Photographing Ceramics – The Basics with Caterina Pacialeo

Date:
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Time:
10:00am – 5:00pm
Location:
Newtown, Sydney NSW

Workshop Outline: This studio-based workshop will assist participants in developing practical and technical abilities for photographing their ceramics in a basic home set-up with simple equipment at hand. The resulting documentation could be used for applications for awards, portfolios, editorials etc. The workshop will focus on the basic digital camera functions, the use of artificial lighting and daylight photographic techniques and composition.

Tutor information: Caterina Pacialeo is a Sydney-based, Australian artist who graduated with a Master of Art in Photomedia from the College of Fine Art, University of NSW in 2008. Caterina is currently teaching photography at St George and Meadowbank
TAFE. Caterina also teaches short courses in “Photographing your Art Work”, along with her photographic art practice. T: 0425 390 687; www.caterinapacialeo.com
E: [email protected]

Workshop Fee: $170 per person (members of TACA $150)

Minimum number in the workshop: 8
Maximum number in the workshop: 12

Participants are required to bring their own cameras, and 2 – 3 pieces of work only
Please bring your own lunch. Yummy morning and afternoon tea will be provided.

Payment methods:
* Cheque (made out to The Australian Ceramics Association)
* Direct deposit (Account: The Australian Ceramics Association; BSB 032298; AC no. 760550)
* Credit card (Visa, Mastercard) over the phone/mail/ fax
* Money order (made out to The Australian Ceramics Association)

For more information and bookings:
The Australian Ceramics Association
E: [email protected]
T: 1300 720 124
F: 02 9369 3742

Porcelain Clothes by Li Xiaofeng


Scott Rench of Yosoh just posted the work of Li Xiaofeng on facebook and I didn’t want you to miss out so I’m posting a link to this amazing work here. There is a great interview and tons of pictures of this great work.

I particularly like the following:
“How long did it take you to create the LACOSTE Porcelain Polo sculpture? How many shards did you use ?
It took me over three months to create the piece for LACOSTE. I used over three hundred shard pieces! I was trained as an oil painter. When an artist finishes a painting, no one ever calculates how many brush strokes or how much paint was used. As long as you reach the ideal effect, it’s fine. This has become one of my habits.”

So true. People always seem to ask ridiculous process questions when it comes to ceramics as though that would be what would validate the work. Anyway read the full interview for yourself here or visit his website here.

Oh and while your at it you might as well check out the cool work of Scott Rench too!