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mary obodzinski
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- Crystal Lake, IL
- United States
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Square Black raku lamp
base is hand-built, textured, raku-fired with copper matte glaze. Shade is black silk with gold foil interior. Finial is an ammonite. This lamp is 23" tall.
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- Where do you live ? City, State and Country
- Crystal Lake, Illinois
- Place of Work ? Example: Studio, College, Gallery, Museum, ...)
- home studio
- I am a .... Example: Student, Maker, Educator, etc.
- I work at home in my studio full-time. Most of my work is handbuilt and will be raku-fired. I make tiles and some functional pieces, but I really love to raku. I have been doing ceramics for 30 years: I got my start at Brookhaven College in Dallas, Texas. The wonderful instructor, Sweety Bowman (a clay legend), is still my dearest friend. I also like to paint & draw and have dabbled in glass. Right now I am making tiles and also making lamps with a raku base. A few months ago I signed up for a jewelry/metals class at our local college & am having so much fun with this. We learned cold connections first, then how to solder & bezel set stones. Next, we will learn to cast. I am having so much fun & love my new craft. I am an Illinois Artisan and you can find my work at all of the Illinois Artisan Shops thru-out Illinois, also, Cinema Gallery, Urbana, IL, Iowa Artisans, Iowa City, IA, and The Old Court House Arts Center in Woodstock, IL.
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- http://www.maryobodzinski.com
- Describe your media/materials you work with
- jewelry, metals, raku pottery, handmade tile
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Post NCECA...
Posted on April 7, 2010 at 10:07am 4 Comments 0 Likes
Sorry- I caught an exhaustion/respiratory/family Easter festivities/research paper for class cootie... so I'd like to try to sum up NCECA, and maybe what it all meant for me. The theme of this conference was "Independence", celebrating the "independent spirit in all of us" all the while celebrating the traditions associated with the ceramic medium. The daytime program is jammed, sometimes something you want to see is at the same time as another you didn't want to miss & you find yourself…
Continue NCECA...day 3
Posted on April 3, 2010 at 12:00am 0 Comments 0 Likes
too tired to write, I will tell more tomorrow...did "First Friday" with Robin Hopper that included dinner in a Turkish Restaurant complete with belly dancing (not us or Robin). Big dance tonite, but the day was filled with greatness. Our heads are about to officially explode.
NCECA DAY 2...
Posted on April 1, 2010 at 11:15pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
We started out well, seeing Isaiah Zagar speak about his mosaics at 8 am, manage to squeeze in a little shopping at the commercial exhibits because we can't live without a new tool, brush, etc, hoping for some free samples...I see my teapots, bowl, etc at the Amaco booth - I've helped them introduce a fab new ^5/6 glaze called Palladium. We eat lunch while watching simultaneous demonstrations by Judy Fox and Matt Metzler. Judy is an extraordinary figurative sculptor & Matt has been a studio… Continue
Greetings from NCECA - Day 1
Posted on March 31, 2010 at 11:32pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
Arrived just in time to dump my bags & head over to the conference headquarters for a quick check-in, where I received my official NCECA badge & bag of conference materials. We grabbed our shuttle bus & we were off on the Route 2 tour - Center City, University City & South Philly. There are an amazing amount of ceramic shows here for NCECA. There were 4 different routes to choose from. Highlights from this route (for us) were: Sub Octo Gallery (largest East Coast showing of… Continue
Packed...
Posted on March 30, 2010 at 10:41pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
I am almost packed. My flight leaves ORD at 8:45am; I arrive in Philadelphia at 11:45am. I plan to dash to my hotel, dump my luggage, then go immediately to the conference headquarters so I can try to jump on a "continuous shuttle bus tour #2" to catch as many galleries & exhibits as I can. I want to see the student show & Magic Gardens (that was an amazing doc - mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar) There is a show co-hosted by the Tile Heritage Foundation (they are fantastically good people)… Continue
Treasures from Taiwan - a crafthaus online exhibition...
Treasures from Taiwan - a crafthaus online exhibition shows contemporary metal art and jewelry from 11 Taiwanese contemporary emerging artists. Treasures from Taiwan will be highlighted on Crafthaus as an online exhibition from May 8 to June 7, 2013.
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Vickie Hallmark commented on Peggy Potts's photo
No Place Like Home Brooch
"Interesting conference - I learned a lot. My favorite presentations were historical - one on innovations in tool capabilities since antiquity and the resulting impacts on jewelry, another on the development of manufacturing equipment for the jewelry…"
Sarah Truett posted a photo
Sticks and Stones are Golden Thrones
Copper, Brass, Silver, 24K Gold, Vitreous Enamel, Reclaimed Costume Jewelry, Paint, Patina, Gem Stones
John Lunn added a discussion to the group Tapestry of Talents: Bringing Your Whole Voice to Your Craft
SNAG Toronto part 4
I'll leave my Toronto report with a few notes about the conference lectures and presentations. I'd have to say that there certainly was a mosaic of diversity in the 3+ days at the Royal York Hotel. From Damian Skinner's stoic keynote series on the jewelry making/marketing universe in his musical New Zealand accent, through a series of very short "rapid-fire" presentations by a wide variety of artists, to the Professional Development Seminar that lashed the artists and their works to the…See More
John Lunn left a comment for Jennifer Dewey"How great is that! See you there.
And....yeah, don't forget those chasing tools - I'm sure I'll want them."
Billie Jean Theide left a comment for Louise Perrone"Hi Louise,
I am so excited to have met you in Toronto.
Your work is fabulous!
Billie"
Harriete Estel Berman posted a status"The momentum of the lecture grows to 9,500 views. Are you part of the GOOD, the BAD, or the UGLY? You decide? http://ning.it/Z3KpCv"
Jennifer Dewey left a comment for John Lunn"Just got tickets for myself and another friend for the concert... we'll be on the dance floor, too! Can't wait to see Santana live... more excited for the extra-curriculars, than the jewelry show itself... YAY! The roller…"
Showing Publicly and Building a Legacy Privately
For the next 13 months we'll discuss the trials, triumphs, and tribulations of exhibiting in art shows as emerging artists and established artists. Exhibition coverage will be balanced with tips on how to strategically build a legacy over a length of time, in a way that makes sense to your individual goals as an artist. Join us each month! There will be surprises around every corner, with photos, videos, SNAG conference coverage, and occasional interviews by rising artists!See More
Jennifer Dewey left a comment for John Lunn"Regardless of concert, we could meet Saturday morning and walk into show together... I do want to show you the extra chasing tools at some point (hope I remember to pack them - note to self), in case you want any of them :) Here's my cell…"
John Lunn left a comment for Jennifer Dewey"Im doing the standing room only on the dance floor at Santana. I stand all day at my work bench so standing through a concert is no biggie for me.
Otherwise, after the show or the next morning we could have breakfast and head into the jewelry…"
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Showing Publicly and Building a Legacy Privately
- by Rebecca Rose. 2013, SNAG/crafthaus Scholarship Recipient
For the next 13 months we'll discuss the trials, triumphs, and tribulations of exhibiting in art shows as emerging artists and established artists. Exhibition coverage will be balanced with tips on how to strategically build a legacy over a length of time, in a way that makes sense to your individual goals as an artist and maker.
Join us each month! There will be surprises around every corner, with photos, videos, SNAG conference coverage, and occasional interviews by rising artists!
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It's a small world! I lived in Coppell! Thanks for looking. I went to UNT for my MFA- graduated 2007.
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Earthly Pleasures http://crafthaus.ning.com/group/crafthausexhibition/forum/topics/open-call-earthly-pleasures
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Sitting Pretty Part 2 is how the show will look http://crafthaus.ning.com/group/sittingprettytheartsittingpretty
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