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Spring Cleaning

May 5th, 2012

 

It’s that time of year to reorganize, clean up and get ready for some new work. I am full of ideas from my recent trip across the country for the annual NCECA Conference (National Council for the Education of Ceramic Arts) in Seattle, WA. There were so many clay artists, exhibits and exciting things to see and do during my brief time there a little over one month ago.

 

My adventure started with a pre-conference workshop with Robert & Gail Piepenburg and naked raku specialist David Roberts. Two days were filled with some new techniques, tips and the opportunity to watch the masters at work. It was a great experience and I have some new glazes to try out on the next batch of horses.

 

Before the conference started, I attended a different event from one of my favorite crystalline artists, Ginny Conrow. The event was at her beautiful Seattle studio and showcased work from her career and that of Marsha Silverman. Both Ginny and Marsha held a workshop prior to the conference regarding crystalline glazing but it conflicted with my raku workshop, it was so hard to choose which one to attend!! I was inspired by their work and forms and will carry some of that into my upcoming reconnections with crystalline glazes later this month.

 

Finally- the conference! Two days of lectures, another full day of gallery hopping and nights filled with galleries and openings. It was a lot of walking around, but I got a great tour of the city (and some of the surrounding areas…Tacoma!). The Olympic sculpture park is a great place to go and watch the sunset and to see Mark Dion’s tree. However, Volunteer Park was much more of a park and home to the Asain Art Museum (with some fabulous textiles) and the Flower Conservatory. The Conservatory was beautiful- greenhouses filled with orchids, tropical plants, cacti, carnivorous plants (!!) and seasonal gardens. Since it was NCECA, there was also a ceramic exhibition in the greenhouse with pieces placed around to compliment the flowers.

 

I saw a lot of great work and great people who are all in search of something. It had been a couple years since my last trip to NCECA and this one just reminded me how important it is to attend each year. Next year, the event moves to Houston (finally, a warm location!) so I will be sure to report more from the next conference. Below is a gallery of some of the work and the adventure!

 

Until next time, stay inspired



Recap
March 8th, 2012
 
It seems to be that every entry has started off the same way. I know I was so enthusiastic about my blogging abilities before, but let's face it: I am awful at this.
 
So what has been going on the past month? As I talked about in the last entry, Sully's new VentMaster is pretty nice. He's been firing right on schedule and evenly. The only difference is that the "kiln room" doesn’t get all nice and toasty for Lulu and Ollie (my cat and dog) on the cold winter night.
 
I've also been making a bunch of horses. Some new ones were added to the UnoAllaVolta collection so those new horses have been finding new homes over the past couple of months.
 
Now that I am getting caught up on orders, I am working on building my inventory up. Mostly sponge holders and mugs so far but I am going to expand the collection over the next few weeks. Once my inventory gets up a bit more then it's time for the crystalline work. February was supposed to be crystalline time, but that is getting pushed back until I return from NCECA.
 
Speaking of NCECA (National Council for the Education of the Ceramic Arts) it's in just about 3 weeks! This year the conference is in Seattle, WA and I am planning a whole slew of activities prior to the conference for a bunch of inspiration and education. One of the exciting events I will be attending is a raku workshop with one of my heroes, Robert Piepenburg. I plan on doing some good facebook documenting, so be sure to be a fan of my pottery page to stay apprised on the latest exciting events.



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