Helen Bates on tue 11 mar 08
Surfing with Helen Bates - March 11, 2008 - Canada, Australia, USA
Hello Clayarters...
Carole Hanson Epp (Saskatoon, SK, Canada)
(Very little text to background contrast, but images, once located, are=20
fine)
http://www.caroleepp.com/
(Canadian ceramic artist and writer; received her Masters Degree in=20
Ceramics from the Australian National University; currently the Visiting=20
Artist at Red Deer College in Alberta.)
"Her ceramics branch off into two distinct bodies of work wherein she=20
produces lines of sculptural and functional objects. Her sculptural=20
based work incorporates the production of collectible figurines whose=20
traditional genre is subverted by revealing a more truthful=20
representation of behavior and morality in contemporary society. An=20
analysis of consumer culture is unveiled and dialogue is presented=20
regarding the personal relationship one has with global events and=20
politics. The functional domestic wares investigate contemporary=20
industrial design aesthetics and their sustainability through handmade=20
qualities, including what has traditionally been deemed glaze-faults, in=20
combination with the clean and calculated look of mass-produced wares."
See Carole's entry also at the Dashwood Gallery Site:
http://www.dashwoodgalleries.com/
and her blog: "Musing about Mud"
http://www.musingaboutmud.blogspot.com/
(specialising in news of international ceramic events, trips, books,=20
workshops and anything else clay)
(2008 NCECA show "BackTalk" with Carole Epp, Michael Flaherty, Shannon=20
Isfeld and Lia Tajcnar)
Her show for NCECA 2007, with Canadian and Australian ceramists:
http://www.avicam.com/news/articles/convergence.php
(held in New Albany, IN, USA, across the Ohio River from Louisville, KY)
Mel Robson (Brisbane, QLD, Australia)
http://pomme.com.au/categories/ceramics/07/artist.html
More views of Mel's work (and that of other Australian ceramists:
http://feffakookan.blogspot.com/ (Mel's blog with her work and that of=20
others in Australia and elsewhere)
http://melrobson.etsy.com (Mel's work submitted to Etsy is all sold out=20
at the present time)
http://janmantonart.com/art%20pages/mrobson.html
http://potteryinaustralia.com/NOV06/decal_promo.html
http://allhandmadegallery.com/handmadegallery/artist.php?id=3D84¢erim=
ageid=3D0=20
http://printpattern.blogspot.com/2007/06/ceramics-mel-robson.html
http://designfederation.net/news/?p=3D209
http://anothershadeofgrey.blogspot.com/2007/01/mel-robson.html
("Mel Robson is a Queensland based potter whose diverse rangeof ceramic=20
vessels are both functional and decoratively sculptural. In her domestic=20
ware the espresso cups and beakers are sparingly decorative and fine.=20
Robson=E2=80=99s most recent porcelain forms are feather weight, paper fi=
ne and=20
entirely sculptural. Incorporating images of sewing patterns, wall paper=20
designs and recipes, the translucent, bone coloured works are raising=20
all sorts of questions as to their very survival of an otherwise robust=20
medium. The original forms are thrown on the wheel and then a plaster=20
mould is made from this form. The actual pieces are slipcast in=20
porcelain from this mould. They are fired once (quite low) and then=20
sanded and polished. they are then fired again up to 1300 degrees=20
embedded in a silica powder. This stops them from warping and slumping=20
which can happen with such fine pieces. They are then polished again,=20
and the imagery applied using ceramic decals (like a transfer) that she=20
has made to her specifications from imagery that she scans and then=20
fired again. It is a long and involved process, and many break along the=20
way! Although time and experience is lowering the number of breakages.=20
These pieces are actually quite strong once they have been fired.")
Gerry Wedd
http://weddwould.blogspot.com/
(Another good Aussie pottery / ceramics blog)
All Handmade Gallery (Brisbane, QLD, Australia
http://allhandmadegallery.com/
(Lots of clay)
Susan Card (Dish Gallery) (Toronto, ON, Canada)
http://dishgalleryandstudio.clayandglass.on.ca/
(In Toronto's Historic Distillery District)
Diana Fayt (San Francisco, CA, USA)
http://www.dianafayt.com/
http://oneblackbird.blogspot.com/
(Good, good) (Sorry, I have a bad cold and am running out of energy so=20
no description)
josie jurczenia (Fourth & Clay) (Berkeley CA, USA)
http://www.fourthandclay.com/
(utilitarian potter using bright underglaze decorating style)
Marian Gooding (Neon-Cat Ceramics) (Fort Worth, Texas, USA)
http://www.neon-cat.com/
(Fun kitties!)
Garth Johnson (Pottery Liberation Front) (Atlanta, GA, USA)
http://clay.alfred.edu/home/home.html
http://www.wondabread.com/
http://www.supernaturale.com/articles.html?id=3D215
http://www.printandclay.net/printandclay/johnson.htm
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4588/1406/1600/garth.0.jpg
http://www.extremecraft.com/
(Combining illustration with pottery)
Wright, Davie Gary (Moorestown, NJ, USA)
http://davidgarywright.com/Home.html
(Altered thrown vessels, strongly coloured)
(Very good slide show of artists who have inspired him)
(about 50% clay artists) (runs manually only)
James Brashear (Jim Brashear) (Faculty, U Alaska) (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
http://www.faculty.uaf.edu/ffjjb1/index.html
http://www.uaf.edu/news/featured/04/kiln/index.html
http://www.newhorizonsgallery.com/pottery.htm
art faculty, Ceramics (U. of Colorado, Boulder) (Boulder, CO, USA)
http://www.colorado.edu/FineArts/3d/ceramics_index.html
(Scott Chamberlin, Kim Dickey, Jeanne Quinn)
Enjoy!
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Helen Bates
Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Clayarters' URLs: http://amsterlaw.com/clayart/
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