No worries my friend, Craft Boston is right around the corner and not nearly as far away. Of course, there will be many other crafts like glass, basketry, metals, and fiber arts featured as well. You will be able to notice how artists set up their booth space to attract customers, see how they interact with potential buyers, and see some pots! Here is the info:
World Trade Center, Boston March 28th - 30th, 2008
As some of you may or may not know, potter Ayumi Horie, has an ongoing project on her website called “Pots in Action”. Here, people who have one of her pieces can send her images of them eating, washing, drinking, or posing with them and she posts them on her site. She has a whole gallery of images, and NOW there is one with a familiar face peeking above one of her cups - none other than our very flamboyant MECA ceramics grad ‘07 Arthur Halvorson! Check it out, and see the other images of others using her pots.
2 commentsFebruary 20th, 2008 at 11:14pmawesomeally
Well look no further! There is this great (relatively new) site with a listing of contemporary ceramic artists right on the web, just a click away! They have everything from the unknown right-out-of-MFA artist to someone much more established like Liz Quakenbush or Lynn Duryea! Its easy to navigate, and the site is constantly growing with new members every few weeks. Its a wonderful alternative if you cannot afford (or do not know how) to make a website. So check it out yo!
Add commentFebruary 20th, 2008 at 11:13pmawesomeally
The Old Church Cultural Center is once again hosting its Annual Pottery sale (for the 33rd time)in Demerest, NJ. (Insiders just call this ‘Demerest’.) Some of the best talent in the states is going to be there and it is an amazing chance to get to see some great pots. Get there on Friday though, as those New Yorkers like to shop, and they also have good taste so they are likely to take what you wanted to see. You can find info for the sale here, and a brochure right here.
Jun Kaneko just finished a 3 year project in Pittsburg, Kansas. He collaborated with Mission Hill, this commercial sewage pipe company, and built his monolithic “Dangos” (Japanese for Dumpling) on site in these GIGANTIC kilns!!! Theres a little more information on Christa Assad’s blog/website if you are interested. Jun Kaneko came to the US from Japan in 1963 to study painting, where he was soon drawn to ceramics. He has studied under Peter Voulkos and Paul Soldner in California during what we call the “abstract - expressionist ceramic movement”, he has also taught at some of the best art schools in the country. He is known for very graphic lines and dots on his “Dangos”.
1 commentNovember 14th, 2007 at 12:21amawesomeally
This assignment focuses around rituals of the table. Using a combination of bisque molds, coil building, and slab building (and any other technique you have learned in this or any other class) each of you will end up with at least 6 bowls. Note that you will be turning in your best 6, not just the 6 you were able to make. At the end of the semester we will have a class dinner where (more…)
