This film made the rounds on facebook but I haven't seen anyone post it on the 'sphere. Enjoy.
Friday, June 15, 2012
Monday, June 11, 2012
New Work at Schaller Gallery
I have a bunch of new work at Schaller Gallery. If you're looking to acquire some nice woodfired pots go over and check it out! It's great to be in such good company.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Burnout.
I've spent some time the last few weeks taking it easy. I've mixed up about 1200 pounds of clay for the summer cycle and it's ready to go. So I think I'll get back in the studio this coming week, get the wheels turning so to speak.
My last cycle/firing consisted of approximately 250 pots made and fired in 3 weeks. This came directly on the heels of the ACC shows and 2 hard weeks of working on the new studio. That was hands down the hardest cycle I've ever had, not just because I was cramming 6-8 weeks of work into 3, but I was already on the cusp of burnout and having to do that volume of work just pushed me over the edge. Keep in mind that at the time I was teaching 3 courses as well as doing some graduate work. It was a struggle and dare I say a task at times to get my ass in the studio and work. All but 9 pots in the firing were for wholesale, in fact those remaining 9 should have been wholesale pots but the truth is that I know considering the burnout and my disdain for wholesaling(more on that later) I KNEW that I needed to have some pots in the kiln that I was excited about. I think I fired the kiln for those 9 pots. When I opened up the kiln I grabbed the pots that needed to go out immediately and the pieces that I was really excited about. A good portion of the pots stayed in the kiln unpacked for almost a week. That is some scary stuff. Something is very wrong when you are not excited to get that kiln unloaded. So how does one deal with that? I have no answers. I know that this next cycle I have 3 different clay bodies and some new surfaces that I'm excited about so a lot of this work may be different from what I've been doing. But that's as it should be, right? Go back to the start and try something new. Adapt and overcome. I'm sure that once I get going everything will be fine.
A couple weeks ago I was fortunate to go spend some time with my family in Washington DC for my father's 60th birthday. He has wanted to go to DC to visit the museums for as long as I can remember and it finally worked out that my brother's family and I had a schedule that synced so we could all go together. Most of you probably don't know that I have an interest in American history and a downright obsession with the space program. I've been fascinated with it for as long as I can remember and I still spend a lot of time watching documentaries and reading books about it. So my main interest in DC was going out the the Air and Space museum near Dulles where they just delivered the space shuttle Discovery in April. I had a good time. I also got to visit the Freer which has some fantastic old Japanese and Korean pots. I took some photos but they look awful so I won't post them here.
Well. Now it's back to the studio and on to the next cycle of work. I'm teaching a summer course but only have 3 students so I wouldn't call that too rough.
Cheers!
My last cycle/firing consisted of approximately 250 pots made and fired in 3 weeks. This came directly on the heels of the ACC shows and 2 hard weeks of working on the new studio. That was hands down the hardest cycle I've ever had, not just because I was cramming 6-8 weeks of work into 3, but I was already on the cusp of burnout and having to do that volume of work just pushed me over the edge. Keep in mind that at the time I was teaching 3 courses as well as doing some graduate work. It was a struggle and dare I say a task at times to get my ass in the studio and work. All but 9 pots in the firing were for wholesale, in fact those remaining 9 should have been wholesale pots but the truth is that I know considering the burnout and my disdain for wholesaling(more on that later) I KNEW that I needed to have some pots in the kiln that I was excited about. I think I fired the kiln for those 9 pots. When I opened up the kiln I grabbed the pots that needed to go out immediately and the pieces that I was really excited about. A good portion of the pots stayed in the kiln unpacked for almost a week. That is some scary stuff. Something is very wrong when you are not excited to get that kiln unloaded. So how does one deal with that? I have no answers. I know that this next cycle I have 3 different clay bodies and some new surfaces that I'm excited about so a lot of this work may be different from what I've been doing. But that's as it should be, right? Go back to the start and try something new. Adapt and overcome. I'm sure that once I get going everything will be fine.
A couple weeks ago I was fortunate to go spend some time with my family in Washington DC for my father's 60th birthday. He has wanted to go to DC to visit the museums for as long as I can remember and it finally worked out that my brother's family and I had a schedule that synced so we could all go together. Most of you probably don't know that I have an interest in American history and a downright obsession with the space program. I've been fascinated with it for as long as I can remember and I still spend a lot of time watching documentaries and reading books about it. So my main interest in DC was going out the the Air and Space museum near Dulles where they just delivered the space shuttle Discovery in April. I had a good time. I also got to visit the Freer which has some fantastic old Japanese and Korean pots. I took some photos but they look awful so I won't post them here.
Well. Now it's back to the studio and on to the next cycle of work. I'm teaching a summer course but only have 3 students so I wouldn't call that too rough.
Cheers!
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Photo Column
So the ArtFest was a total bust, I actually packed up and left early. It's the first time I've done that in ten years of doing art festivals. This is just reaffirming my belief that the typical art festivals are not the way to go for me. The larger trade shows, ceramic specific festivals, home sales and studio tours seem to be the most successful. Anyways.
I've had a photographer from the local newspaper out a few times over the last couple months taking some photos of the pottery making process, they just printed the photo column and I think it looks pretty cool. You can check it out here. She took a crap ton of photos so maybe I can con her into letting me some of the rest.
Pretty much the coolest photo ever.
Cheers!
I've had a photographer from the local newspaper out a few times over the last couple months taking some photos of the pottery making process, they just printed the photo column and I think it looks pretty cool. You can check it out here. She took a crap ton of photos so maybe I can con her into letting me some of the rest.
Cheers!
Thursday, May 24, 2012
CityArts ArtFest
If you are in the Dallas area this memorial day weekend I'll be showing at the CityArts ArtFest in Fair Park.
Friday 6-10
Saturday 11-10
Sunday 11-6
Come on down and say hello!
Cheers!
Friday 6-10
Saturday 11-10
Sunday 11-6
Come on down and say hello!
Cheers!
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Slab Pots
Back in December I made up some new molds for some slab dishes, I have a couple different oval shapes but I wanted some square-ish shapes. I have this one which is the smaller one, like 8.5" wide and a larger one that is about 11" wide. I'm pretty pleased with them. I just posted this guy on my etsy page.
Cheers!
Sunday, April 8, 2012
New work on etsy
I've posted some new work in my etsy shop. I've posted 8 yunomi and 6 mugs, I have some plates and dishes that will go up over the next couple days. Hop on over and check it out!
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