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surfing with helen bates - august 31, 2006 - usa, uk, japan, korea,

updated sat 2 sep 06

 

Helen Bates on thu 31 aug 06

Italy, Austria

Surfing with Helen Bates - August 31, 2006 - USA, UK, Japan, Korea,
Italy, Austria

A long list. I ran out of steam near the bottom and didn't get the last
few descriptions typed before my head started to nod.

Judith Cook (Australia)
http://www.art-life.com/MOCA/cook/
("Cyberceramics" plates exhibition) ("Not the Last Supper" Gallery
Installation Judith Cook with Michael Hadley) ("Not the Last Supper" is
a virtual china cabinet full of "cyberceramics", that is, ceramic plates
that have been designed on the computer, and applied to plates using a
new decal manufacturing and firing process that makes use of a dye
sublimation printing method.)

Yi-Hyun Jo (Song-Pa Pottery) (Ichon City, Kyugnki-Do, Korea)
http://krceramics.com/zeroboard/zboard.php?id=e_gal_01
(Scroll to bottom of page to see link button to enter the site.)
(Crystalline, copper red, patterned celadon glazed porcelain; bunchong
[punchong?], ) (The Song-Pa Pottery Shop is located in a a Korean
traditional wooden, tiled-roofed house [Hanok.]
(Best with a fast computer and high bandwidth.)
See a piece by Yi-Hyun at Clayarter William Melstrom's page:
http://www.handspiral.com/Lattice_Structures.htm
(On the same page is a big collection of pieces by the top crystalline
glaze potters of the Western world)


Benjamin Gufford (Wheel To Work Pottery) Goldsboro, NC, USA)
http://cyberceramics.4t.com/
(Works in porcelain with textured surface treatments.) (Brief comments
and links to the websites of many ceramics "stars.")

Women's Studio Workshop (Rosendale, NY, USA)
http://www.wsworkshop.org/
> WSW houses fully equipped studios for etching, papermaking,
> screen-printing, clay, letterpress, and photography. During
> their stay at WSW, artists are provided with 24-hour access
> to the studios and on-site housing. Fellowship opportunities
> are partially subsidized (the visiting artist pays a weekly
> fee.) Grant opportunities include a weekly stipend to the
> artist. WSW's Artists Opportunities are enriched by the
> supportive, creative community comprised of artist-staff,
> studio managers, artist-interns, other visiting artists, and
> the studio's arts public.
(WSW has introduced a new residency grant: the "Ora Schneider Art Writer
Residency Grant" for the Fall of 2006.)

Mingei Fukuda Potteries (Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan)
http://mingei-fukuda.com/
(Gosu glaze) (Teapot glazed in gosu shinog glaze)
http://mingei-fukuda.com/eng/teapotset_gosu_shinogi.jpg

Roz Fletcher (Twickenham and Brentford, England, UK)
http://www.dieselhousestudios.com/roz%20fletcher%20gallery1.htm
(Scuba diver Fletcher's pottery is inspired by the beauty of forms found
living underwater)

"Algernon's Blog" (Prescott, AZ, USA)
http://mudjoy.blogspot.com/
(The National Anthem, Coyote, and Clay) (I haven't been able to find out
who "Algernon" is, though he/she seems to be a resident of Prescott,
AZbut, see his version of the famous lyrics. For a teaser:
"O say does that fur-faced old rascal yet bay,
As he laughs at his sport, showing men they're but clay?")

Art in Clay (Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, England, UK)
http://www.artinclay.co.uk/
(200 Potters and ceramicists exhibited at the 2006 show)

Gise Trauttmansdorff (born in Austria; lives in Jerseyville, ON, Canada)
http://www.gtsculpture.com/
Jerseyville is between Dundas and Brantford, Ontario

Roland Summer (Velden, Austria)
http://www.rolandsummer.at/

Gundi Dietz (Vienna, Austria)
http://www.gundi-dietz.at/

Lisa Nocentini (Florence, Italy)
http://www.lisanocentini.it/

Margaret Henkels (Austin, TX, USA)
http://www.margarethenkels.com/

Jim Kozlowski (Bloomfield, NY, USA) The Wizards of Clay (Check details)
http://www.wizardofclay.com/

Enjoy.

--
Helen Bates
Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Clayarters' URLs: http://amsterlaw.com/clayart/