Helen Bates on wed 1 jan 03
Clay Urls Mid Sept 02 - Sep 14 #1 - Submitted to Clayart Jan 1 03
Dan Anderson & Paul Dresang (Edwardsville, IL,USA)=20
http://www.siue.edu/ART/AREAS/ceramics/faculty.html#
Ceramics Faculty, Department of Art & Design,=20
Southern Illinois University (SIUE) (Edwardsville)=20
Each of the above has his own gallery on site. =20
There is a small gallery of student work as well (no names!) =20
Alex Mandli (Racine, WI, USA)=20
http://www.alexmandli.com/index.html
Each piece is thrown on the potter=92s wheel from white earthenware clay,=
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burnished, terra sigillata (3 - 5 coats), further burnishing, bisque fire=
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then pit fired in combustible materials. (See cut-away drawing of pit fir=
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Mandli is a master at this technique. However, he is a master potter as =
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as a look at his forms will attest. =20
"History of Terra Sigillata"=20
http://www.armypharmacy.org/images/thom/Hist07.htm
(Robert Robert Thom's Paintings on the "History of Pharmacy")
Three Albertans: =20
Don Wells - High River , AB=20
Sensous Plum: =20
http://www.albertacraft.ab.ca/pages/exhibits/go_figure/popwins/wells.htm
Glazed Porcelainious Stoneware
Convoluted Vase - mauve: =20
http://www.albertacraft.ab.ca/pages/exhibits/mystery/popwins/wells.htm
Beautiful glaze colour in these amazing sculptural vessels=20
Seen on the Alberta Craft Council (Canada) site:
http://www.albertacraft.ab.ca/
Greg Payce (Calgary, AB, Canada)
Clay vessels using optical illusions to create figures
http://www.albertacraft.ab.ca/pages/exhibits/go_figure/popwins/payce01.ht=
m
http://www.albertacraft.ab.ca/pages/exhibits/go_figure/popwins/payce02.ht=
m
Vase with repeating figure proportionate to surface area of application
http://www.acad.ab.ca/artrageous/gregpayce.html=20
Figured formal vase "Requiem"=20
http://www.trianglegallery.com/exhibits/civic/requiem.html
More Greg Payce at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery (mentioned previou=
sly):=20
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/clayandglass/clayvessel5.html=20
Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery home page (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada):=20
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/clayandglass/intro.html =20
(Without the part, a movie loads first.)=20
Something new from Carol and Richard Selfridge
http://www.albertacraft.ab.ca/pages/exhibits/coverstories/Selfridge1.htm
Barnyard Hooligans Cream Can Vase - Thrown and altered stoneware, wood fi=
red,=20
flashing slip and spruce ash with stencils and slip trail - fired to cone=
11=20
Interesting for its combination of decorating styles. I think it succeed=
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in the main, although I would quibble with what I feel is a too early=20
termination at the lower part of the piece, and the addition of feet to a=
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traditional object, that in my experience, at any rate, was not footed. =20
Clayarters Carol's and Richard's personal sites are mentioned on Bill=20
Amsterlaw's Clayarters' Urls page (see my sig for url.) =20
Helen
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Helen Bates - mailto:nell@cogeco.ca, nelbanell@yahoo.com=20
Web - http://www.geocities.com/nelbanell/=20
PMI Online - http://www.potterymaking.org/pmionline.html=20
Clayarters' Urls - http://amsterlaw.com/clayart.html =20
Surfing Posts - http://amsterlaw.com/nell.html
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