Helen Bates on tue 11 mar 08
Australia, South Africa
Surfing with Helen Bates - March 11, 2008 - Estonia, Argentina, USA,=20
Australia, South Africa
Asuurkeraamika (Tallinn and Kuressaare, Estonia)
http://hot.ee/asuurkeraamika/ (English and Estonian)
(Ceramists: Kadri P=E4rnamets, Urmas Puhkan, Aigi Orav, lauri kilusk,=20
K=E4rt Seppel, K=FClli K=F5iv.
(Six member ceramic workshop group for ceramic sculpture)
Lia Ferro (Argenarte) (Chacabuco, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina)
http://www.argenarte.com.ar/argenarte/ (Spanish)
or for machine translation:
http://babel.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=3Des_en&trurl=3D=
argenarte.com.ar
(ceramic Sculptor)
John Mawhinney (John Mawhinney Pottery, Bellingen, and Coffs Harbour,=20
NSW, Australia)
http://visualartsnetwork.net.au/artists/artists_gallery/index.php?show=3D=
artist&id=3D31
http://www.australianceramics.com/jy06/converge.html
(unglazed or oxide-stained Southern Ice porcelain sculpture)
Kuranda Arts Cooperative Gallery (Australia)
http://www.artskuranda.asn.au/ceramics.html
(Ceramics: Dave James, Jana Iriyadi, Mollie Bosworth)
(Dave James uses blue to excellent effect... either in barium exterior=20
glazes on vases, or cobalt onglaze painting)
Ceramics South Africa (Ceramics SA)
http://www.ceramics.org.za/index.html
("The purpose of Ceramics Southern Africa is to maintain a=20
representative forum for the encouragement and fostering of the art and=20
craft of ceramics in Southern Africa. The field encompasses all relevant=20
processes that add value to clay.")
Spencer, Cynthia (Corvallis, OR, USA)
http://www.cmug.com:16080/cynthiaspencer/
(hand built from thin slabs, or coils)
(In addition to her studio work, she helps lead a salt firing group at=20
the local community college.)
Brian Grossnickle (Albuquerque, NM, USA)
Hand-crafted Micaceous Cookware
http://micaceouscookware.com/
http://www.strictlyfunctionalpotterynational.net/images/06GROSSNICKLE.jpg
http://archives.record-eagle.com/2006/jul/17pot.htm
Kate Benjamin (Moderncat blog) (Phoenix, AZ, USA)
http://www.moderncat.net/page/2/
(blog featuring high end design cat products, toys, furniture, etc - in=20
the Modern style)
(for a lark - includes some Lisa Larsen and Johnathan Adler ceramic cats=20
and many fun non-clay items)
K.B. is also connected with this design company (Boon Inc):
http://booninc.com/about.html
Nice ideas here, but, ya gotta have money! (Just like buying designer=20
pots!)
(Unless you're a potter named Warren MacKenzie...)
Ryan LaPine (Triaxial Blend Com) (Cardiff, CA, USA)
http://triaxialblend.com/
Also owns http://glazemixer.com/
Diana Spiller (Sunday Pilot Pottery) (Ashby, MA, USA)
http://sundaypilot.com/
(Functional pieces of white stoneware, thrown on the wheel, slab-built,=20
or extruded)
(decoration is glaze on glaze or stain on glaze)
Have a good surf!
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Helen Bates
Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Clayarters' URLs: http://amsterlaw.com/clayart/
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