by Carole Epp | May 6, 2015 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Mari Ogihara from Raphael Badan | FCKSmedia on Vimeo.
Mari Ogihara is a ceramic sculptor based in White Plains, New York. She
was born in Japan but grew up in Michigan most of her life. After
receiving a BFA from the University of Michigan in 2003, she went on to
study in Kyoto, Japan to experience ceramics in her native country. Upon
her return she attended Temple University of Philadelphia to receive
her MFA in 2006. During her studies at Temple, Ogihara traveled to
Southeast Asia and studied abroad to Gujarat, India. Traveling and
experiencing new culture inspires her work. She admires the temples and
cathedrals in each country, especially the figurative architectural
follies that decorate their exterior. Ogihara has completed several
ceramic residencies including a year at the Clay Art Center in Port
Chester, New York, and at AIR Vallauris in France in summer 2008. Her
work can be viewed in national and international exhibitions. Ogihara
will travel to Brazil in summer 2011 to Instituto Sacatar where she has
been awarded a fellowship to continue her ceramics research.
mariogihara.com/
by Carole Epp | Apr 24, 2015 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Stay focused 2015
In connection to the above title is a little sculpture that I really care about: the bollard. The little object observed along the quay, that is tying in and letting go of all ships. I see the bollard as a symbolic object standing both for freedom and solidity.
Mette Jerl Jensen, architect at the Royal Architectural School in Copenhagen, wrote a little poem to me about the bollard, it is so beautiful in Danish, I like so much. My good friend and poet Niels Kjær from Aarhus has translated the poem:
The Bollard
A poetic anchoring between the fluid and the solid
And there they stand alongside the wharf, side by side, rhythmic and regular as small soldiers of the harbour.
Sturdy and steadfast little creatures with an ability to stand up to all physical logic, and a will to bridle the widely traveled and wild, untamed forces.
Faithful they stand in both stillness and storm, listening to stories from far and near. Like a poetic anchoring between fluid and solid.
Mette Jerl Jensen,PhD, Architect MAA.,
Translation: Niels Kjær
In January 2015 I spent some
time on a Retreat for scientists and artists. It is in the very north of
Denmark, very close to the sea! Klitgaarden Refugio was a summer
residence for the Danish royal family from 1913 to 1997.
www.klitgaarden.dk
Staying
in a place like this is fascinating. Here I focused strongly on my work,
and got a lot of enjoyment and inspiration by being there. Walking
along the Warf, looking at the life of the harbor is one of my “musts”
every time I go here.
Please visit Helle’s website for more:
You can see Helle’s work in person currently on exhibit as part of the exhibition Scandinavian Sculptural Ceramics, at Vendsyssel Museum of Art Denmark
