by Carole Epp | Apr 24, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Jonathan Adler: Keep Other People’s Opinions Out Of Your Creative Process from 99U on Vimeo.
Jonathan Adler is now synonymous with the irreverent designs — pottery, housewares, furniture and beyond — that he sells around the world, but it all started with a college professor who didn’t believe in him. After receiving discouraging feedback about his ambitions to be a potter, Adler wandered around New York City doing odd jobs that usually ended with him getting fired.
After some soul-searching, Adler returned to his true love, pottery, and learned the value of ignoring the expectations of others and following your dream. Here, he injects his trademark wit while sharing how he found his underlying message of “irreverent luxury” as his business evolved from pottery to pillows to rooms.
Adler preaches that we should keep other people’s opinions out of our creative process and attributes his success to his disdain of focus groups and feedback.
0:51 – “I’ve done everything ass-backwards in my life.”
1:21 – How he got his start. “I always wanted to be a potter”
2:29 – His first job at a talent agency. “I was absolutely unemployable”
4:08 – His start as a potter, and why he wanted to do it differently. “My greatest hope was that I could hawk my wares outside a rainsoaked craft fair”
5:45 – “I wanted to make pots that were groovy and graphic and spoke to my heart”
6:40 – Have a “F*** it” attitude. Follow your heart completely.
8:50 – Don’t just make a statement and refine it. Don’t be hemmed in by your “brand.”
9:47 – Making Pillows (and other well-crafted work).
11:13 – …and then he figured out his brand.
11:55 – Understand the underlining message of what you are trying to communicate throughout all of your work.
13:41 – Why not make rooms?
15:20 – “I loathe other people’s opinions and I hate focus groups.”
17:20 – The anti-focus group he uses to judge his work.
About Jonathan Adler
Seventeen years ago, a little-known potter named Jonathan Adler was thrilled to receive his first order from Barneys New York. He couldn’t have dreamed that today, in 2012, he would lead an international design company offering decorative accessories, tabletop collections, bedding, furniture, rugs, pillows, lighting, and fabrics, all featuring Jonathan’s signature Modernist forms, bold colors and groovy graphics. Jonathan is obsessed with creating beautiful design mixed with impeccable craftsmanship. His motto is “If your heirs won’t fight over it, we won’t make it.”
by Carole Epp | Apr 21, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
My
work explores the sympathetic magic that arises through representing
the natural world in miniature as a way to capture and control vast and
unfathomable forces. In the series of functional vessels Luna-ware, the
works begin with the creation of models of the moon in porcelain. These
models are then cut and combined with handles, rims and bases to form
domestic vessels. The dark grey, cratered, uneven Luna surface provides a
visual and tactile experience that contrasts strongly with the smooth,
shiny white surfaces of the rims and handles, and invites an examination
of the difference between “natural” and “made”.
by Carole Epp | Apr 21, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
A little about me and my work….I got interested in clay at a very young age. My mom got me into some clay classes as early as 2nd grade and I’ve been making pots pretty much ever since. I got my BFA
in Ceramics at the University
of Iowa and am finishing up my MFA here in Texas. I work with cone 6
stoneware and porcelain and focus on making soft but structured forms
that are wheel thrown and altered. I have started introducing imagery
from my suburban childhood onto the surfaces
of my work using hand cut stencils and stamps. My aim is to create a
subtle narrative and loosely constructed spaces in order to bring to
mind memories of childhood, suburbia and home.
by Carole Epp | Apr 15, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
The
Ceramic Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa is pleased to host the second
bi-annual Iowa Clay Conference. In conjunction with the conference –
this show – “River to River” will highlight the richness and diversity
of ceramic art within Iowa and across the Midwest. Participation is open
to all artists 18 years of age or older living in Iowa, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Indiana, Michigan,
Ohio, North Dakota and South Dakota. Work submitted must be original,
must use clay as the primary material, and must have been completed
within the last 2 years.
Jurors
Clary Illian, Matt Rude, Dolores Fortuna
Awards
There will be a $300 prize for Best in Show, as well as three $100 Merit Awards.
Entry Requirements and Procedures
An artist may enter up to 3 works, up to 2 images per work.
There is a non-refundable jury fee of $35.
Applications must be received by July 21, 2013.
Important Dates
Exhibit Dates: September 5th to September 22nd
Entry Deadline: July 21st
Juror Results: August 9th
Accepted Art Work to be Delivered to CSPS by: August 23rd
Hand Delivered Work to The Ceramics Center: August 27th-30th
Award Notification via E-Mail: will be notified by September 21st
Opening Reception: Friday, September 6th
Conference Reception and Awards Presentation: Friday, September 20th
Iowa Clay Conference: September 20-22
Pick Up Art Work: September 22nd @ CSPS
by Carole Epp | Apr 14, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
RDC has a
state of the art ceramics facility where the tech is provided with an
office/studio space. The well equipped Ceramics studio has high-fire
electric kilns, two Bailey gas kilns, a Bourry box wood kiln and a
wood-fired salt kiln.
This is a great opportunity to work within the creative and stimulating environment and
state of the art facilities of the Red Deer College Visual Art program. As the Ceramics
Technician, you will support both the Credit and Continuing Education Visual Art programs.
You will provide full technical support for students and instructors in ceramics. Duties
include preparation for, and assistance with, classes; monitoring supplies; and ensuring
safety standards are met. You will achieve results through effective utilization of strong
technical and communication skills. You will consistently exhibit the ability to multi-task and
prioritize large workload demands from all areas of the department. In the credit program,you will oversee studio processes as well as the capital and operational inventory of the
Ceramics Studio. For Continuing Education, you will provide occasional technical and
materials support for non-credit programming.
You can go to the Red Deer College website: www.rdc.ab.ca and click on Employment, then non-instructional to see the posting and apply on-line.
Or use this url:employment.rdc.ab.ca/applicants/Central?quickFind=51676
The applications close on April 22 at NOON.
