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"The Stone Age didn't end because the world ran out of stones. The Oil Age will end, because we will run out of oil. With polymer clay, I create artifacts of my mind, my visions and experience with other cultures, ethnobotanical art that will endure long after the oil has run out."
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The Ceramics Center is now accepting submissions for "Playdate", a juried show exploring the role of games, toys, and childhood memories as inspiration in the creative process. Artists working primarily in clay, glass, or a combination of both are invited to submit work. Submissions must have been completed in the last two years and reference or be inspired by toys, games, or childhood memories. Mixed media and all traditional or innovative clay and glass forming techniques are welcome, but artwork must be primarily clay and/or glass.
“I went to the Yuma Art Symposium and all I got was this life changing experience” The Final Day
- by Danielle James
If you remember anything about traveling to the Yuma Art Symposium, let it be this. Do not; I repeat DO NOT drink copious amounts of alcoholic beverages in the desert while jumping back and forth between a salt-water pool and a hot tub.
The Porcupine Cabinet questions the conventional wisdom that cabinets must always consist of a box with two front doors, regardless of their design. This cabinet proposes a flexible skin in which its interior belongings can be accessed from any angle.
- by Dauvit Alexander
My first real awareness of "contemporary jewellery" came when I worked for John Gilchrist in his small workshop in Bothwell, the Lanarkshire village where I spent most of my formative years. You wouldn't really be able to describe John's work as "contemporary" in the sense we understand it today: it was modern, artisanal, interesting but not challenging in any way. No boundaries were pushed.
- blog by Kathy Maves, 2014 NCECA/crafthaus Conference Blogger Scholarship Recipient
This vase and two bowls were made by James Davis, and are on display in the Marks of Fire show at the Central Library, within easy walking distance of the Wisconsin Center. I saw so many great pieces of ceramics today. There is no way to show you even a survey of the work.
- by John Lunn
Following up from last week, here's a flute that I chased with an abstract art deco design that depicts the story of time from the beginnings of the universe. Some is standard science, some is my own theory.
I began wood carving in my parents’ Michigan basement at age eight. Performing the task with X-acto knives and great enthusiasm, I still bear the scars of my first encounter with a chunk of balsa wood.
The Harpo Foundation’s Emerging Artist Fellowship at the Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI) was established in 2013 to provide an annual opportunity to an emerging visual artist 25 years and older who needs time and space to explore ideas and start new projects. Artist Fellows will receive a one-month residency at the Santa Fe Art Institute, which includes a handsomely appointed room with private bath, a beautiful, well-lit studio space, and a $500 travel stipend.
- blog by Melissa Cameron
On the 12th of February I spent the day flying to Cleveland, Ohio. My first trip to what was, at the time, a very snow-bound state. There I met up with Kathleen Browne, the Jewelry/Metals professor at Kent State University’s School of Art who took me out to Kent, about an hour out from Cleveland.
The last word...
From chamber pots to urinals, exquisitely decorated Victorian toilet bowls to microwave toilets (don’t ask), the world’s finest array of waste disposal systems is on display in the International Museum of Toilets in New Delhi.
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