Lisa Clague & Debra Fritts workshop

by | Dec 27, 2015 | Uncategorized

Lisa Clague & Debra Fritts
DREAMING IN CLAY: The Human Figure, Fantasy and the Subconscious
Barro.Co Clay Studio, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

September 3rd – 11th, 2016


The Reliquary Figure: a personal journey
San Miguel De Allende is rich with inspiration, cobblestone streets,
religious imagery, architecture, and endless surfaces that show the
passing of time. During this workshop we will allow our surroundings as
well as our own visions to inspire us as we create the human figure.
We will visit the Mask Museum in town and the Sanctuary of Atotonilco in
the countryside, which will help fill us with a vast display of
history, imagery and imagination. Debra and Lisa will demonstrate
daily, their individual building techniques. Incorporation of metal,
found objects and slip dipped fabrics will be introduced. Both
instructors will discuss color and surface texture using the numerous
engobes available at Barro.Co Clay Studio. Discussion will surround the
human form as a spiritual vehicle to embellish with ones own vision,
narrative or surreal. In addition, we will begin the day with a simple
meditative exercise in clay to generate our energy, and the objects will
be used as test tiles for finishes. We will combine our intuition,
personal experience and the influence of the city to discover new
possibilities in our work.

Lisa Clague: Lisa Clague Sculpture
Debra Fritts: http://debrafritts.net

San Miguel de Allende, a colonial treasure in the mountains of central
Mexico, stands still in time with its pastel-colored houses,
centuries-old churches, and cobblestone streets. A UNESCO World Heritage
Site that was recently rated by Condé Nast as the best city in the
world to live, San Miguel offers a favorable year-round climate, an
active arts community and a laid-back environment that stimulates
creativity.

You can read more about San Miguel at: http://www.visitmexico.com/en/san-miguel-de-allende

PRICE: $1695 U.S.*
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT: If you register before February 1st 2015, you will receive a 10% discount.
TO REGISTER: A 30% deposit is required for registration.

*Price includes: 6 full days in the studio (see itinerary below) with
all necessary materials, as well as daily coffee, tea and snacks, all
lunches, welcome dinner, farewell dinner, all listed tours and
activities.
**Not included: Flight, accommodation, optional cooking
class, alcoholic beverages, optional firing and shipping of sculptures.

At the Edge of Time by Crystal Morey @ Antler Gallery

by | Nov 27, 2015 | Uncategorized

Antler
Gallery is excited to bring you a new series of works by Crystal Morey.
Crystal first showed with our gallery in 2014 when her ceramic
sculptures of human figures within animals received an overwhelming
response. Since then she has graduated to making her pieces in porcelain
and expanded her concept.

There will be an opening reception
on November 27th, as one of three shows commencing on the same night,
from 6pm-9pm and Crystal will be in attendance.

Here is the artist’s interpretation of her newest works:
Humankind has become the driving influence and force behind natural
evolution. We are able to alter life from a single cell all the way up
to entire ecosystems. Intentionally or
unintentionally, we are rapidly affecting changes to the environment
that would have taken natural processes millennia. Through these actions
we are leaving many vulnerable species and habitats frantic, facing
disruptions and uncertain outcomes. In my work I investigate these
actions while also creating an evocative and mysterious narrative that
shows our interdependence with the land and animals around us.
As a
species, we sit “At the Edge of Time”, faced with monumental questions
leading to difficult, uncertain answers. My figures exist on this
frontier, absorbed in their own feelings of stress, anxiety and
ambivalence. Sculpted from the silken white earth of porcelain, I see
these delicate figures as containing power – as modern talismans and
precious telling objects. They are here to remind us of our current
trajectory and potential for destruction and downfall. 

www.antlerpdx.com

“Airborne” by Klaus Gutowski @ Peter Walker Fine Art

by | Nov 5, 2015 | Uncategorized

On the 26 of November 2015, ceramic artist Klaus
Gutowski will present his third solo exhibition at Peter Walker Fine Art in
Adelaide.
In the past Klaus’s
art practice focused strongly on portraiture in clay and the ceramic vessel. In
this latest body of work he extends his practice to work with the whole human
figure to evoke a heightened sense of encounter, presence and connection.
The exhibition “Airborne” investigates the
impacts of human activity on our planet, and the resulting influences on
society.
Klaus says, “We have to work out what might
be done to ease the problems we have created, and how we can adapt to these
changes for the broader human interest. Little is more difficult than learning
to think differently. Yet, it is hard to define the principal problems without
upsetting longstanding traditions, beliefs, attitudes and the often unspoken
assumptions on which we build our lives. This has been the core focus of my
practice for the last few years, mainly due to the conflict that arises from my
own awareness of the part I play in creating these issues.
With my artwork I hope to be a part of the
global movement that is encouraging us to change our ways. It is not about
finding blame in others, but rather an empathetic understanding that we are all
in this together – we all have our little weaknesses for things that have a
negative impact on our world, and we all find it difficult to change.”
The exhibition can be viewed at Peter
Walker Fine Art, 101 Walkerville Terrace, Walkerville, South Australia, from
November 26th – December 12th, Thursday-Saturday 11:00 to
5:00pm, or by appointment. 
www.peterwalker.com.au
klausgutowski-art.com