Helen Bates on fri 4 apr 08
Surfing with Helen Bates - April 4, 2008 - USA, Japan, UK
Greetings, folks!
Sites to see...
Jane Kelsey-Mappel (Phoenix, AZ, USA)
http://www.vboycegalleries.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_artist_inventory&artist_id=132&type_id=3
(Sculptural work in stoneware with underglazes, as well as public art in
ceramic and other materials)
http://www.scottsdaleartschool.org/youth_academy/view_instructor/57
http://www.showup.com/?app=eventDetail&id=70593
http://www.pvc.maricopa.edu/puma/may07/art.html
http://www.ceramicartsdaily.org/feature/featuredetail/2007-11/112607CreatingRelationshipsStory-TellingSculptures.aspx
("Her characters are almost always shown in relation to another living
being. These relationships might be between two people; between human
and animal; or between the physical and spiritual. Even the physical
manifestation of the work itself involves relationships between
realistic and abstracted forms and color.")
Hodgson & Hodgson Studio (Wimberley, TX, USA)
I think I sent their home page before, but this one interested me:
http://www.hodgsonstudio.com/Site_4/studio%20stamps.html
(The Hodgsons mark their pots with a year stamp: a small pictograph that
indicates the year that the pot was made)
Kevin Crowe Pottery (Tye River Pottery) ( Amherst, VA, USA)
http://kevincrowepottery.com/
> Kevin produces wood-fired functional stoneware with strong Asian
> and English roots. His work ranges from 4" teabowls to 48" vases.
>
> Kevin's pots are fired in a 450 cubic foot, 3 chamber combination
> anagama and noborigama kiln. Firings last 4 days, consuming 5 cords
> of wood and firing 1200-1500 pots.The kiln is fired twice a year when
> the moon is right and it's not soccer season. (Hahaha!)
Masakazu Kusakabe (Miharu, Fukushima prefecture, Japan)
http://miharuarts.com/kusakabe/
(Author of "Japanese wood-fired ceramics" with Mark Lancet)
http://gna2000.tripod.com/miharudiary/kusakabe/Kusakabe1.htm
(Photos by a visitor to his studio; very nice!)
http://www.gna2000.smugmug.com/Masakazu%20Kusakabe%20Pottery%20Studio
(More photos from his studio)
http://euancraig.blogspot.com/search/label/kiln
(Euan Craig: kiln building with Kusakabe)
David Caradori (Eau Claire, WI, USA)
http://www.cat-sass-studio.com/store/index.php?catID=22
(Anagama Wood Fired pottery) (I love the crow on the vase...)
http://www.whysradio.org/artauction/David%20Caradori%20-%20Pottery.JPG
http://www.strictlyfunctionalpotterynational.net/images/05CARADORI-016.jpg
http://bp2.blogger.com/_YKqkX5fzu5E/R3m81jYdvxI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/mjphrTPuu-s/s1600-h/caradori.jpg
Mattie Leeds (Santa Cruz, CA, USA)
http://mattieleeds.com/
(large scale, some larger than he is... surfacesare decorated with
layers of intensely coloured glazes; designs are usually figurative but
rendered in a modernist style on traditional European forms)
http://wmgallery.com/scruz_99/leeds/
("His (inside) vessels are robustly proportioned, thick walled terra
cotta, providing an expansive surface for painting.") (One outside piece
is 14 feet tall. It was fired in sections.)
http://ventanagallerybigsur.com/bigsurartgallery/mattieleedsbigsur/mattieleeds.htm
(He states that he was trained by Michael Frimkess)
Michael and Magdalena Frimkess (Long Beach, CA, USA)
http://louissternfinearts.com/artists/frimkess/
http://americanart.si.edu/highlights/artworks.cfm?id=MC&StartRow=15
http://www.artnet.com/artist/91657/michael-and-magdalena-frimkess.html
http://karaart.com/collections/fred.marer/oeuvres2.html
http://webkiosk.lbma.org:1500/VieO5129$74*39753
(he throws with "dry" clay; apparently this is stoneware; she does the
decorating)
"Zen" soaking tubs (Shigaraki, Japan)
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=6595865517849925232&hl=en
(6 minute video showing traditional Japanese potters throwing immense
zen soaking tubs)
(the larger your window size, the larger the video size - can become
pixilated, if too large) (application/x-shockwave-flash Object)
Aquapal (San Mateo, CA, USA)
http://aquapalusa.com/
(imports these tubs from makers in shigaraki, near Kyoto, Japan (as well
as basins, sinks, and zen lighting))
(The site provides the above link and links to a couple of HGTV
commercial videos)
Click here for direct links:
http://design.hgtv.com/bath/Video_detail.aspx?id=606
http://design.hgtv.com/bath/Video_detail.aspx?id=622
(whew!) (Thanks to Clayarter Tom Kasten's blog mention)
William Waters (Claremont, CA, USA)
http://www.armstronggallery.net/artists/waters.htm
Kit Cornell (Kit Cornell Pottery) (Exeter, NH, USA)
http://www.kitcornellpottery.com/
(Stoneware dinner sets and miniature pottery)
Enjoy... :)
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Helen Bates
Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Clayarters' URLs: http://amsterlaw.com/clayart/
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