call for entry: LUSH

Westobou is now accepting submissions for LUSH, a juried planter & vase exhibition. This exhibition is meant to explore how sculpture and flora intersect, asking the artists to imagine a fantasy ecosystem that not only houses the organic element, but commemorates the beauty and history of it through composition, proximity, and relationship. All ceramic and mixed material artworks, functional and sculptural, are eligible if they can house a live plant and exist in a greenhouse for the duration of the exhibition. We will consider form, concept, and function. We are looking for planters of any kind that push the aesthetic boundaries of the typical planter or vase form. With Westobou’s support, juror’s Sydney Ewerth and Paul Maloney will curate an exhibition of planters to be displayed in a greenhouse at Bedford Greenhouses in Augusta, GA. Bedford Greenhouses will supply the flora that best pairs with each piece accepted into the exhibition.

Exhibition Dates: April 11-23, 2022

Application Due: February 11, 2022

APPLY NOW!!

movie day: Meet the makers for this November’s Ceramics Congress

November 25th-29th 2021 we invite you to join a global community of ceramics artists, collectors, educators and organizations for The Ceramics Congress.

As well as having 72-hours of amazing-jam-packed-mind-blowing workshops from world-famous ceramic artists (which are all in English or with subtitles)…

We will also be organizing an online 3D exhibition to focus on Japan and Japanese artists! We will be having Japanese workshops and live Q&A’s (With English translators), studio tours, cooking classes, and some fun challenges too! You won’t want to miss this!

Full details can be found on our website here.

The best part is that pre-sale tickets start at just $10USD. Yup you read that right, 5 days straight of ceramic and community-focused events all for $10.

Grab your ticket HERE!

technical tuesday: The whole process of making a clay kettle and a stove

This work is exhibited in a special exhibition in Taiwan. “喫茶正好 春天 喫茶去 日本作家茶器聯展” May 9-May 23 @時食商行 (Taipei) https://fb.me/e/3nm2CmfNS [All processes] 00:00 Opening 00:18 Preparation 00:50 Potter’s wheel making of clay kettle 08:34 making of spout and lid 13:32 trimming the clay bottle 18:09 trimming the lid 20:07 Making a “receiver” for the handle 21:22 Adhesion of “spout” and “receiver” 29:35 making of the stove 37:24 trimming of the stove 43:07 Assembling and finishing the stove 50:51 File 53:25 Glaze 53:54 Kiln packing 55:57 Whetstone 56:38 Make a handle 1:01:12 Completion / boiling water —————————- 橋本忍 

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