Lee Burningham on thu 2 nov 00
Howdy, I will be there with students both Monday evening and Tuesday all
day. Lee
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Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 12:17 PM
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Subject: Svend Bayer in Logan, Utah
Svend Bayer will be "in residence" in the Art Department at Utah State
University for the coming week. A slide lecture is slated for Monday
evening, November 6 in FAV 150 and a reception will follow at the Nora
Eccles Harrison Museum of Art. There will be a workshop from 10 to 4 in t=
he
ceramics studio on Tuesday, November 7.
As is always the case with USU visiting artists, all events are free and
open to the public.
On the off-chance that you are unacquainted with Svend and his work, I'll
append a brief bio.
John Neely
USU Dept of Art
Logan, UT 84322-4000
435-797-3340
*******
Svend Bayer was born in East Africa in 1946 to Danish parents
and lived there until he was sixteen. Moving to England, he studied
geography and economics at Exeter University. While there he read
Leach's "A Potter's Book" which illustrated the pottery of Michael
Cardew to which Svend was immediately attracted. This enthusiasm
led Svend, upon completion of his degree, to write to Michael asking
for a job at his Wenford Bridge pottery in Cornwall. Garth Clark,
writing in his book, =B3Michael Cardew: A Portrait,=B2 quotes Cardew
on Svend Bayer.
"I speak of him with awe and fear. He is more than just a
potter, he is a force of nature. Everything comes
to him so easily. Now one could say 'ah, this kind
of facility must be dangerous to his talent'. Then
you can say the same about the infant Mozart. I'm
not saying that Svend is Mozart. What I do say is
that he is easily my best pupil and I believe that his
extreme facility will be very useful to his talent."
In 1973, Svend traveled to Japan, Korea and S.E. Asia to research
pottery techniques and the design of wood fired kilns. He then came
to the US to help set up a pottery with Todd Piker, a fellow student
of Michael Cardew. In 1975 he moved to back England, built a workshop
and the first of a series of kilns, and has lived and worked there ever
since. He has established an international reputation as a maker of both
large garden pots and domestic ware. He is widely regarded as wood firer=
,
and as a builder of wood fired kilns.
For further information on Svend Bayer, see Mark Hewitt's excellent artic=
le
in the March, 1995 issue of Ceramics Monthly, or David Stuchbery's interv=
iew
in issue 3 of Ceramics Technical.
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John Neely on thu 2 nov 00
Svend Bayer will be "in residence" in the Art Department at Utah State
University for the coming week. A slide lecture is slated for Monday
evening, November 6 in FAV 150 and a reception will follow at the Nora
Eccles Harrison Museum of Art. There will be a workshop from 10 to 4 in the
ceramics studio on Tuesday, November 7.
As is always the case with USU visiting artists, all events are free and
open to the public.
On the off-chance that you are unacquainted with Svend and his work, I'll
append a brief bio.
John Neely
USU Dept of Art
Logan, UT 84322-4000
435-797-3340
*******
Svend Bayer was born in East Africa in 1946 to Danish parents
and lived there until he was sixteen. Moving to England, he studied
geography and economics at Exeter University. While there he read
Leach's "A Potter's Book" which illustrated the pottery of Michael
Cardew to which Svend was immediately attracted. This enthusiasm
led Svend, upon completion of his degree, to write to Michael asking
for a job at his Wenford Bridge pottery in Cornwall. Garth Clark,
writing in his book, =B3Michael Cardew: A Portrait,=B2 quotes Cardew
on Svend Bayer.
"I speak of him with awe and fear. He is more than just a
potter, he is a force of nature. Everything comes
to him so easily. Now one could say 'ah, this kind
of facility must be dangerous to his talent'. Then
you can say the same about the infant Mozart. I'm
not saying that Svend is Mozart. What I do say is
that he is easily my best pupil and I believe that his
extreme facility will be very useful to his talent."
In 1973, Svend traveled to Japan, Korea and S.E. Asia to research
pottery techniques and the design of wood fired kilns. He then came
to the US to help set up a pottery with Todd Piker, a fellow student
of Michael Cardew. In 1975 he moved to back England, built a workshop
and the first of a series of kilns, and has lived and worked there ever
since. He has established an international reputation as a maker of both
large garden pots and domestic ware. He is widely regarded as wood firer,
and as a builder of wood fired kilns.
=46or further information on Svend Bayer, see Mark Hewitt's excellent articl=
e
in the March, 1995 issue of Ceramics Monthly, or David Stuchbery's interview
in issue 3 of Ceramics Technical.
Lee Love on fri 3 nov 00
----- Original Message -----
From: John Neely
> , he is a force of nature.
He is a nice guy too. I'd highly recommend any chance to study
with him. I met him in New London, Minnesota at a woodfire workshop that
Craig Edwards, Dave Glenn and Bill Gossman organized.
When Svend was at New London the first time, he was taken by the
spectacular Northern Lights display that occurred while we were stoking the
kiln. Said he never saw anything like it back home.
--
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Janet Kaiser on fri 3 nov 00
Anyone who has the opportunity to attend, SHOULD
DO SO come hell or high water! Do yourself a
favour... drop everything and GO!!
Svend Bayer is any potter's hero... Watching him
throwing a pot is like seeing poetry in
motion... Effortless, controlled, natural,
lyrical poetry. Fascinating and inspirational.
He throws from one piece of clay what I would
have difficulty wedging, let alone centre and
certainly not dream of being able to throw! And
not just big... Big and beautiful!
If you are privileged to see Sven Bayer working,
you will see one of the reasons I did not become
a professional potter... Too much skill and
artistry to learn and acquire in a single
life-time. Made me understand how much there is
to being a world class potter beyond the mere
mechanics. Yes, even the recognition that true
artists are born, not made.
But of course, Svend Bayer works in the Cardew
rather than the Leach tradition, so I would be
enthralled by his work... At the risk of being
flamed by many, I must say IMHO Michael Cardew
was by far the stronger of the two.
Janet Kaiser
The Chapel of Art . Capel Celfyddyd
HOME OF THE INTERNATIONAL POTTERS' PATH
Criccieth LL52 0EA, GB-Wales Tel: (01766) 523570
E-mail: postbox@the-coa.org.uk
WEBSITE: http://www.the-coa.org.uk
----- Original Message -----
Svend Bayer will be "in residence" in the Art
Department at Utah State
University for the coming week. A slide lecture
is slated for Monday
evening, November 6 in FAV 150 and a reception
will follow at the Nora
Eccles Harrison Museum of Art. There will be a
workshop from 10 to 4 in the
ceramics studio on Tuesday, November 7.
As is always the case with USU visiting artists,
all events are free and
open to the public.
Lee Love on fri 3 nov 00
----- Original Message -----
From: Janet Kaiser
> enthralled by his work... At the risk of being
> flamed by many, I must say IMHO Michael Cardew
> was by far the stronger of the two.
I think the comparision is irrelevant, actually. But Janet, you
probably have never seen Leach's best work. It was mostly all sent to
Japan. His best work was not the English catalog work, but his strongly
Sung influenced forms. I have a catalog I picked up at the Tochigi
Prefectural museum of modern art of a show that toured Japan, made up from
Leach's work, mostly from musems and collectors in Japan. I'll try to
make some scans available. There is also some excellent Leach work at the
Hamada museum.
--
Lee Love
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