Small Rewards,But Who’s Counting?
Posted on July 1, 2008 - Filed Under Art, Article, Design, Artists & Potters | Leave a Comment
Kitchen Bone Jars, 22 in. (56 cm) in height, thrown porcelain, wood fired and salt glazed.
Porcelain vase trio, to 13 in. (33 cm) in height, thrown porcelain, salt fired.
So, 36 years with clay goes by in a hurry. Twenty-three of those years have been spent making pots full time for a living. Of course, there […]
The Eight-Month Workshop: A Journey of Discovery
Posted on June 30, 2008 - Filed Under Pots, Ceramic Communion, Artists & Potters | Leave a Comment
The gestation period between the conception and the first incarnation of the “Journey Workshop†was several years. Monique Giard, the director of Centre de céramique Bonsecours in Montreal, planted the seed of an idea in 2002, but it was not until the summer of 2007, with the help of Meira Mathison, the director of the […]
Unwanted Crystallization in a Cone 6 Glaze
Posted on May 20, 2008 - Filed Under Glaze, Art, Article, Artists & Potters | Leave a Comment
Section: Glazes, Subsection: Adjustment, Adaptation
DescriptionSomeone is having a problem with a cone 6 glaze going glossy and crystallizing, this article rationalizes the problem in terms of chemistry
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Following is a letter we got from someone who was wondering whether INSIGHT software could help fix a glaze problem:
Pottery artist
Posted on January 20, 2008 - Filed Under Pottery, Artists & Potters | Leave a Comment
Soda fired stoneware by current resident artist and director Wally Bivins.
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Community class with instructor Robbie Lobell.
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Soda fired pot by current resident artist Damian Grava.
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White stoneware pot by past resident artist Britt Dietrich.
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Porcelain by current resident artist Nana Kuo.
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Community class with instructor Robbie Lobell.
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Annual Valentine’s Couple’s Night open studio.
China: A New Frontier for Western Artists
Posted on January 17, 2008 - Filed Under Artists & Potters | Leave a Comment
Being invited to teach at one of China’s largest art colleges in February 2006, was a tremendous privilege for me, and a time of enormous discovery. My two previous trips involved participating in ceramics conferences located in Foshan and Shiwan, China, both of which have rich ceramics histories. During my third trip, I taught wheel […]
Abhay Pandit: Seascapes
Posted on January 13, 2008 - Filed Under Artists & Potters | Leave a Comment
“I have always been fascinated by the waves and currents of the sea, of the waves at high and low tide,†says ceramist Abhay Pandit, adding that watching the repetitive patterns of waves always immerses him in a trance. It is this enchanting flow of water that he seeks to recreate by infusing a silent […]
Kris Friedrich’s Crystalline Glaze Workshop
Posted on January 13, 2008 - Filed Under Art, Artists & Potters | 1 Comment
Kris Friedrich’s Crystalline Glaze Workshop
by Diane Creber
Bottle, 5 in. (13 cm) in height, thrown porcelain, fired in reduction, by Diane Creber.
Crystalline glaze potters have benefited greatly by the advancement in computer technology. By being able to pre-set firing programs, firings have become less labor intensive and more accurate, encouraging more potters to experiment with these […]
Fukumoto Fuku
Posted on January 13, 2008 - Filed Under Artists & Potters | Leave a Comment
Fukumoto Fuku“Through asymmetrical balance, Kyoto, Japan, artist Fuku Fukumoto’s work overtly departs from the canon, and in the process it generates an impression of organic ductility,†states Glen Brown in this upcoming article. “The thin, imprecise rims of her bowls seem to undulate with the slow fluidity of a viscous liquid, never settling into the […]
Coming Up
Posted on January 13, 2008 - Filed Under Artists & Potters | Leave a Comment
Jeffrey Kleckner
In this upcoming profile, Judy Seckler explores how Jeffrey Kleckner has made a life for himself as a studio potter. Finding inspiration in a number of places, Kleckner抯 pottery reflects his own individual, quirky aesthetic. Working out of Kleckner Pottery, which serves as both his studio and home, he maintains the delicate balance between […]
ROBIN BEST’S New Work with Old Cultures
Posted on September 29, 2007 - Filed Under Pottery, Design, Artists & Potters, Culture&Civilization | Leave a Comment
ROBIN BEST’S SHANGHAI EXHIBITION TITLED NEW Work with Old Cultures reveals the work of an eminent Australian ceramist whose approach is at once cerebral and physical. This is a rather unÂusual combination in an artist. Most artists veer towards one or the other, emphasising either the physÂicality of their work or its underlying philosophical or […]
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