I've had some time to concentrate on my artwork this week and have been finishing up some random projects that have been sitting around cluttering up my house. At the end of the year my thoughts have turned to organizing the chaos. Finally getting around to painting some pots that I will take to the Clay College today. This one continues my doodle pot theme.
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I dropped off some paintings today at the African American Heritage Museum's new space in the Arts Garage in Atlantic City. My good friend and museum director, Ralph Hunter, showed me around and told me about his plans. The gallery and store space is totally bare now, but with a little sweat and a lot of magic, the grand opening and artist reception will take place on November 25th. Chris Staley came to Clay College today to demonstrate how he makes his beautiful pots. He told us that everything an artist makes is a metaphor. He advised us to notice what we notice and what we like because what we like is what we will express in our work. The day was full of quotations, advice and stories while his hands were busy making pots. On Saturday Doug Herren demonstrated his slab building techniques in a workshop that is part of the "Power of Clay" series. Doug's work is on display in the gallery for the month of November. Next week: Chris Staley. The bright colors on Doug's hand built creations were achieved with sign paint. I'm so glad I had a chance to see how he worked with the clay. I'm bidding adieu to my old website provider today. Unfortunately, I might lose my subscribers in the process. I guess I'll have to figure out how to fix that.
The Greenwich Craft Fair was pretty interesting. The Clay College had a good display area with pottery demonstrations, jewelry and pottery for sale.
As you can see from the photograph, my poor little teapot deflated in the kiln. Whether it was due to the temperature in the kiln, a problem with the batch of clay or an architectural issue is unknown and frankly irrelevant. The teapot is now toast. The teapot was joined in kiln failure by a host of small bowls that suffered from clay bubbling anomalies and generally disappointing and unexpectedly darkened glaze issues. |
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