The Next Generation - Seagrove Potters under 40

This exhibition is on display at the North Carolina Pottery Center. The reception is this coming Friday, Feb. 12th at 5:30pm. I will post tomorrow the images of my pieces that are part of the show. The receptions at the Pottery Center are fun and it is great to check out what is new, and what is old. We always like to take a stroll through the North Carolina Pottery Center's Museum. Hope to see you there.

Also of Note there is a STARworks Glass open house the night before on February 11. For only $25 you as an individual or you and a partner can make your own glass heart or flower! If you just want to come and watch and enjoy the fun I know they would love for you to join in. Sounds like a fun Thursday night to me. So if you live near here I hope to see you there too.

Space

Space is the boundless, three-dimensional extent in which objects and events occur and have relative position and direction.

Outer space, inner space, space suit, space shuttle,space ship, space invaders, my-space, space man, space walk, space time, space station, empty space, green space, parking space, spacial distortion, space balls, blank space, common space, positive and negative space..........

Our new space

Note: These pictures were taken in September 2009.

Art on A Cup / The Decorated Yunomi

These images are details of Samantha's Yunomis.

Searching around for different ways to decorate my pottery is still a fascinating focus that I have enjoyed since I started in clay. These glazes that Bruce and I have been working with recently have kept our attention, interest, and enthusiasm. They are fluid, rich, sparkly, and can vary from series to series. They have a lot of action jackson to keep us on our toes and our minds occupied. After taking these detailed images of the two Horse Yunomis, they sparked my memory of the Expressionist group called Der Blauer Reiter (The Blue Rider), and the artist Franz Marc. Bruce and I had a conversation about this artist, and when I described the famous Blue Horse painting that Franz Marc created back in the early 1900's he remembered who I was referring too. That afternoon we ran into a Expressionism book at Barnes and Noble that had the Franz Marc's painting on the cover. I like it when a serendipitous occurrence happen like this. We had just come out of the movie theater where we had treated ourselves to the movie Avatar, which we highly recommend seeing while you can on the big screen.

When designing and glazing these Yunomis I was not thinking about the Blue Horse painting, but when I look at the glaze detail they do remind me of his work, though if you were to put them side by side they may look nothing alike. Maybe the only reason that they remind me of the Blue Horse painting is simply because the details are bluish and the image is a horse. Even if that is the only reason, I feel an excitement about pursuing these images and glaze effects.

Too see the images of the Yunomis I sent to AKAR you can visit our Flickr set here.

Marketing Art : Two Workshops at STARworks

I thought I would pass this on to the artists that live nearby here. See you there!

There are two marketing workshops scheduled to take place at STARworks in Star, NC.

Jan. 21: 6:00 pm Jan Lukens will talk about "Art as Business"

Jan. 28: 6:00 pm A panel of artists : Samantha Henneke, Debby Thompson, and Mac Metz will talk about their art businesses. The open forum will explore needs of local artists and strategies to create a brighter future for all.

To register call 910-428-9001 or e-mail marla@centralparknc.org

Art on A Cup / The Decorated Yunomi

This past week we shipped our Yunomis to AKAR's Yunmoi Invitational, which opens online on March 26 and continues through April 16, 2010. Around 200 potters have been selected to send 5 Yunomi's each. We find this show always fun to participate in, and we look forward to seeing the other potter's Yunomis. If you have not purchased from AKAR yet, it is a wise idea to sign up on their website before the show opens, and be ready-because this is a very popular exhibition.
On one of Bruce's cups, he played around with collaging skulls with the bodies of seahorses. This method in the clay world is called sprigging, and has been done throughout clay history. One ceramic artist that comes to mind that worked this method wonderfully is Palissy. He is from France, and made some really wild and cool stuff back in the 1500's which spawned a whole bunch of emulators. We found a website about him that explains some history and links to various museums that have his work in their collections. There are also a couple of good books about Palissy and the Palissy "School" of work.
We have added images of Bruce's Yunomis to our Flicker page. I had fun taking detailed images of the Yunomis this year. There are some characteristics of our glazes I think really benefit from closeups, such as the iridescence that you see on the fossil fish detail.

We will post Samantha's Yunomis later this week.

Happy New Year! Take ride on the ZOOM QUILT.....

Happy New Year from us to you. This is always such an exciting time of the year. Here is a fun art trip for you and your friends to check out. Very Cool, and an exciting colloborative project that we bumped into while surfing the magic cyberspace ride.

This may take a tiny bit of time to load down.

You can slow it down, go forwards and backwards when sliding the stick line left to right. Also if you put your mouse on the image the words go away so you can see the pictures on your full screen

Here is the link to ZoomQuilt II - 2007

Tis the Season for Extra Scooby Snacks

Seasons Greetings from all of us at Bulldog to everyone out there in cyber space and beyond. We convinced Maxwell that he looks absolutely handsome in his Santa's hat. His Great Aunt Judy supplied him with the red and white hat for the holidays. He is not sure if he was very happy about this addition to his wardrobe, but felt that joining in the festivities is fun to do and worth the extra scooby snacks.