by Carole Epp | Apr 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Workshop Description:
10:00 am-5 pm (both days)
From ancient cave paintings to contemporary artwork, humans have used
animal imagery to show emotion, express culture and understand the
natural world around us.
In this workshop we will build clay figures with animalistic
qualities that tell our own personal stories. Workshop demonstrations
will include: the anatomical and fluid body, incorporating realistic
animal elements, gestural hands, and the human head. All of these
components will reveal themselves as useful tools to create an
anthropomorphic sculpture, while also telling your own personal
narrative.
This workshop is open to all skill levels, bring an open mind
and an eagerness to learn and explore.
Clay is included for this workshop.
Tools and additional materials list provided upon registration.
About Crystal: As a visual artist, Crystal Morey takes inspirations
from an alternative upbringing where she closely connected with the
natural landscape around her. Living in rural Northern California shaped
her perspective on nature and how humans interact with land, animals
and each other. Now living in an urban environment, Morey aims to show
our relationship to the world around us through the fragile medium of
porcelain. With this delicate material she creates a heightened sense of
urgency and stress, commenting on our human evolutionary path.
Morey received her BFA in Ceramic Sculpture from the California
College of the Arts and her MFA in Spatial Art from San Jose State
University. Her work has been included in many publications and online
periodicals such as 500 Figures in Clay, Juxtapoz, Hi-Fructose,
Beautiful Surface, and Beautiful Decay. Morey has been an artists in
residence at both Watershed Center for the Ceramic Art and Penland
School of Craft. Morey currently lives in Oakland, California where she
maintains an active studio practice exhibiting her work in galleries and
museums regionally, nationally, and internationally.
To view more of Crystal’s work please visit her website at crystalmorey.com
TERMS & CONDITIONS:
Cancellation Policy: No refunds after April 13, 2016. No exceptions.
All requests for refunds must be received in writing before April 13,
2016. (You may have someone else take your spot before April 13, 2016,
but we must be notified in writing of all changes). In the case of acts
of God, war, disaster or unforeseen circumstances, Mountain Maid
Workshops reserves the right to reschedule workshops. Registration fees
are non-refundable.
*Important Airfare Liability Waiver: Registered students should not
purchase tickets for air fare, etc., until receiving a confirmation
email from Mountain Maid Workshops. Registered students will receive an
email announcement no later than April 13, 2016 to confirm that the
course has met its enrollment requirements.
Release Form: I have read all the above policy information and I
agree to assume all risk of personal harm or injury relating to or
resulting from my participating in all workshops and activities
associated with Mountain Maid Workshops, and to hold Mountain Maid
Workshops and its teachers, harmless as to liability for any such harm
or injury.
$285 ($55 non refundable registration fee included)
Sign up here: www.mountainmaidworkshops.com/product/crystal-morey-sculpture-workshop
by Carole Epp | Apr 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
The course is
a 5 week, intensive, online class, and it basically the same course that Matt Katz
teaches to Graduate and Undergraduate students at Alfred.
It is
available to everyone, and is offered for transferable credits for
undergraduate students.
The course
will be offered and twice this summer May-16th-June 24th and June 27th-August
5th.
The class is
presented as a series of videos, that are posted Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays. You can watch them at your leisure. The only restriction is that once
a week we have a live discussion on the three previous video, so If you are
behind, you may miss out on part of the discussion. After the class is done, you should have
access to the videos for another 4-6 weeks to go back and re-explore.
Additionally, we will have readings and optional labs.
As far as the
nitty gritty you can find all that here
and here
Additionally,
this summer we will be offering our classes:
Topics:
Introduction to Glazes Online.
This
is our introductory class, teaching the science of glazes, translated into
English for the artist’s community. It is the much beloved, gold standard
course for understanding glazes for makers of all levels of experience.
This class is going to be offered twice this
summer, from May-16th-June 24th and again from June 27th-August
5th.
Topics: Introduction to Clays
Online.
This is the sister course to Glazes, where
in, we dive into what makes clays work and not work. Studying how to make the
most of your studio, clays and firings.
This class is also going to be offered twice
this summer, from May-16th-June 24th and again from June
27th-August 5th.
**Brand new
course** Topics: Glaze Effects and Color
(aka Glazes II)
This is our advanced glaze course, where we
dive deep into the science of what makes glazes cool. Exploring the subtleties,
tips and tricks of glaze chemistry.
This class is also going to be offered once this summer, from June 27th-August
5th.
The
cost of each full course is $1320 which is structured to offer 4 academic
credits.
Instructor: Matt Katz is the creator and
instructor for Introduction to Glaze Formulation Online. Matt has taught
ceramic material courses at The School of Art and Design at Alfred
University for over 12 years. He received a BFA from The School of Art
and Design and a MFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Matt’s
extensive study at the Inamori School of Engineering and engagement as a
studio artist have enabled him to design a new version of glaze
formulation that combines the intuition of the artist with the science
of the ceramic engineer. Katz strives to make a complex subject
understandable for individuals of all backgrounds and experience levels.
by Carole Epp | Apr 13, 2016 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, technical tuesday
The Cup from Story Shed on Vimeo.
Sophie Moran produces ceramic tableware and unique pieces that sell in galleries and retail outlets throughout Australia.
The Quarry collection features high fired, functional, stoneware
vessels with flecked, matte glazes in a palette of earthy colours. While
recognising the influence of traditional Japanese pottery, this work
also aims to capture the sun bleached character of the Australian
outback, bringing a sense of the land into contemporary homes, for use
with our modern and multi-cultural meals. sophiemoran.info
Story Shed is a video production company based in Melbourne, formed
by multi-media producer Nadia Hume and award-winning cameraman Matt
Jasper. Together, Nadia and Matt have over 40 years experience in
broadcast media working in Australia and internationally.
Story Shed was formed out of a shared love of bringing stories to life on screen. storyshed.com.au
The music is by local Melbourne band Ponyface. Pony Face’s music is a
sonic kaleidoscope, encompassing psych/surf guitars, doom drums, bass
lines moulded from rock bottom and sampled textural layers which have
become synonymous with a loud spacial sound. ponyface.com.au
The video was shot by Matt Jasper using a Canon 1DC with Zeiss prime
lenses. It was edited in Avid Media Composer and graded using Deluts
within Davinci Resolve. The video was produced by Nadia Hume for Story
Shed Melbourne.
by Carole Epp | Apr 11, 2016 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, technical tuesday
Balance of excess in color,
adornment, and form is a challenge to achieve.
Joyce St. Clair is pushing hard to find
and defy this balance. Her functional pottery teeters on the edge of this
balance while she seems to not actually care whether or not there is such a
thing as “too much”. This works to St. Clair’s benefit as her work takes the viewer
into a much richer and decadent reality while using and living with her work.
The viewer is also given a source of endless entertainment within the mass of
decorative elements lumped together; eyes can pass from flower to flower to
brilliant swirl to leaf and back a hundred times in a unique order always with
new shapes and colors and glaze runs to enrich the experience. St. Clair’s
forms are quite elegant and exaggerated while retaining some very strict
utility within their stable feet, generous rims, and comfortable handles. While
red, blue, and green are colors we constantly see in nature, there is something
slightly supernatural about St. Clair’s glaze palette, which regains humanity
when it loses control, running and pooling over the clay.
St. Clair earned her BFA in Ceramics from University of North Texas in Denton, Texas and her MFA from Wichita State University in Kansas in 2014. She was named an Emerging Artist of 2015 by Ceramics Monthly and is currently a long-term resident at Red Lodge Center for Clay in Montana.
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