Containment III: A Nesting Instinct @ Crimson Laurel Gallery

by | May 4, 2012 | Uncategorized

 
Leslie Hinton
 

“Containment” challenges the invited artists to think outside the box and create works inspired by the containment theme. The concept behind “Containment III” is for a ceramic object to be “nested” within, on, or beneath another ceramic object. The exhibit features more than 30 outstanding artists from around the country.
 

Artist include: Daniel T. Beck, Micah Cain, Kyle Carpenter, Chandra DeBuse, Lynn Duryea, David Eichelberger, Mark Errol, Jana Evans, Nathan Falter, Mary Fischer, Rachel K. Garceau, Terry Gess, Martha Grover, Julie Guyot, Erik Haagensen, Leslie Hinton, Andy Sloan Jackson, Daniel Johnston, Brian Jones, Heather Knight, Andrew Massey, Richard Nickel, Erin Paradis, Chris Pickett, Andy Rogers, Deborah Rogers, Valerie Schnaufer, Molly Kite Spadone, Liz Zlot Summerfield, Ryan Takaba and Angelique Tassisstro
 Daniel T. Beck
 
Join us for an Artists Reception May 5th at 6pm, Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville NC. 28705. This exhibition will remain through June 29. The exhibition can be seen and purchased online. For more information call 828-688-3599 or online at www.crimsonlaurelgallery.com.

David Trophia
Crimson Laurel Gallery
828-688-3599
23 Crimson Laurel Way
Bakersville, NC 28705

Encore: New work by Alex Matisse.

by | Mar 15, 2012 | Uncategorized

March 15 – April 13
Crimson Laurel Gallery

We thought our most successful successful solo show of 2011 deserved an encore. This show features Alex’s favorite pots from his last two firings. Alex Matisse lives and creates his work in the Mountains of Marshall NC. He apprenticed in the workshops of North Carolina potters Matt Jones and Mark Hewitt. “The pots in this collection are from the 3rd and 4th firings of my kiln. Each firing has been distinct and varied and each has had success and failures. These are a few of those success, a harmonious marriage of form and glaze and flame.

My favorite pots are those made on the good days. It is a joy when the clay, pinched between knuckle and middle finger, seems to rise off the wheel toward the sky with its own momentum and volition. The pitchers in this show were made on such a day: their weight and mass distributed perfectly.

On the bad days, when the clay is short and dry and the eye wants more than the hand can match, the hardest part is not in the mechanics but in the mind. When everything seems to elude me, staying calm and collected is the most difficult part of all. Those days come and go like the March rains we will soon see and, I’m learning, are followed by the sun.” – Alex Matisse, March 2012

Crimson Laurel Gallery
23 Crimson Laurel Way
Bakersville, NC 28705

SNEEK PEAK: Interpreting the Cup: Process, Influence and Intent – Curated by Jason Bige Burnett

by | Oct 25, 2011 | Uncategorized

November 5 – December 31

Michael Corney Food From Above Cup
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Michael Corney

David Eichelberger Black Mug

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David Eichelberger

Leslie Hinton "Squishy Baghoush" Cup

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Leslie Hinton

Nick Joerling Mug

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Nick Joerling

Susan Feagin Cup

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Susan Feagin

“Cups today and throughout history have reflected the way we live. Whether it’s function is utilitarian, or an abstraction of an idea, this simple form is complex. Artists have been selected for this exhibit to represent how they interpret the ceramic cup through their range of processes, influences, and intentions. This exhibit will feature over 375 cups representing more than 80 of the finest ceramic artists. The exhibit is curated by Jason Bige Burnett.

The artists that are featured in this exhibit include: Tom Spleth, David Eichelberger, Ayumi Horie, Brad Schwieger, Kenyon Hansen, Elisa Helland-Hansen, Kristen Kieffer, Kathy King, Michael Kline, Jerilyn Virden, Courtney Martin, Courtney Murphy, Andy Shaw, Mikey Walsh, Kari Radasch, Lindsay Rogers, Benjamin Carter, Lana Wilson, Joe Pintz, Tammy Marinuzzi, Posey Bacopoulos, Israel Davis, Erik Scollon, Amy Santoferraro, Ted Adler, Lindsay Oesterritter, Deborah Schwartzkopf, Matt Long, Susan Feagin, Gillian Parke, Ronan Kyle Peterson, Emily Reason, Nicholas Bivins, Michael Corney, Nick Joerling, Shawn OConner, Emily Schroeder, Meredith Host, Justin Rothshank, Paul Donnelly, Matt Kelleher, Shoko Teruyama, Liz Zlot Summerfield, Jeff Campana, Jennifer Allen, Mark Errol, Bryan Hopkins, Kyle Carpenter, Ryan McKerley, Pattie Chalmers, Kelly McKibben Harro, Judith Duff, Naomi Cleary, Brooke Noble, Mike Jabbur, Triesch Voelker, Andrew Gilliat, Jenny Mendes, John Simmons, Ron Meyers, James Tingey, Annette Gates, Jason Bige Burnett, John Britt, Martina Lantin, Lorna Meadon, Jeremy “Jr.” Kane, Roberta Massuch, gwendolyn yoppolo, Rough and Perfect, Paul Andrew Wandless, Eric Knoche, Brian J. Taylor, Sam Chung, Erik Haagensen, Virginia Graham, Leslie Hinton, Lisa Clague, Ian Meares, Kevin Snipes, Paul Callahan, Patrick Coughlin and Chris Pickett.

This exhibition will open on November 5th and remain through December 31st. The exhibition will also be available online on November 5th.”For more info please visit The Crimson Laurel Gallery Website

Submerging the Bathysphere @ Crimson Laurel Gallery

by | Apr 7, 2011 | Uncategorized


Illustrative Ceramics by Eleanor Annand and Jason Bige Burnett

April 2 – April 30

Submerging the Bathysphere is an illustrative ceramics exhibit featuring Eleanor Annand and Jason Bige Burnett. These two artists have come together to investigate life at sea through illustrative ceramics. In both form and content they have combined their playful sensibility to create decorative and functional ceramic work.View the work online here.