Dropped off work for "Supersize"

At the gates of AnnMarie Garden.  The gates where created by Peter King and Marni Jaime, Stonehaus Pottery, Pensacola, Florida.  1995, Ceramic.

Jean Arp

Minoru Nizuma

Antonio Tobias Mendez

Jules Olitski

Gerhard Marcks

Well I've been working in the studio most nights, and had to take a trip to Solomons, Maryland to drop off work for the upcoming show.  I've only been to Maryland once before when I attended NCECA in Baltimore, and truly enjoyed southern Maryland.  I recommend the crab cakes...they are the best!  I took some pictures of some of the art work at AnnMarie Sculpture Garden, hope you enjoy them.

Supersize: Bigger is Better? @ Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center

"Excess", slip-cast porcelain, wood, straw, 2010

I recently found out that a new piece of mine was accepted into a national exhibition at the Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center, In association with the Smithsonian Institution, in Solomons, Maryland.  The exhibition, "Supersize:  Bigger is Better?", is an all media exhibition with works to be displayed both indoors and outdoors this summer.  The Jurors for the exhibition this year were Nancy Davis, Curator, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution and James F. Langley, Curator of Exhibitions, Calvert Marine Museum. Pictured is the piece that was accepted into the show;  "Excess".  The show runs from June 10-August 21, 2011. Posted here is a link to Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center for further information http://www.annmariegarden.org/annmarie2/node/581 , or this link will take you to the main page of the Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center.   http://www.annmariegarden.org/

88th Annual Spring Show at the Erie Art Museum

Travis Winters, graduate student in ceramics, enjoying some conversation during the opening.

Bronze sculpture by Jason Thompson, graduate student in the sculpture department at Edinboro.

This is the piece of mine that sold;  "Genetic Manipulation"

I thought this was a pretty cool piece at the show.  

I really enjoyed the use of mixed media in this piece.

Patron (artist?), Eric Thayer (exhibiting artist), and Mike Angelotti, viewing Mike's installation.

Ceramic work by Gratia Brown, graduate student in ceramics at Edinboro.

One of my pieces in the show, "Lost".

Last weekend was the opening of the 88th Spring Show at the Erie Art Museum.  The Juror this year was Mark Newport, who is the resident artist at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Fibers.  There was a good number of artists representing Edinboro University at the show, in a number of different media.   I entered the show and was fortunate enough to have two pieces chosen for the show.  I ended up selling one of the pieces at the opening and felt the show had a really good variety of work.  If you get a chance to stop by the Erie Art Museum, it will definitely be worth it.  The show runs from April 16-June 26, 2011.  The press release is listed at this site if anyone is interested.  http://www.pr.com/press-release/311949

Slip-casting under way

I've been working on slip-casting the parts and then assembling them together to create the larger forms and have definitely been able to tell a difference between the weight of the two processes.   I've decided to show the thickness of the walls of the forms that I am creating so the viewer may be able to get a perception of what I am talking about.  I also decided to include some photos showing how I set up the different molds needed during this casting.

Investigating surface through similar forms

I know I've been working on molds, but that's not the only thing on the list of many things that still needs to be done.  Here is a picture of a form that I've created, and how I have approached the surface with one of my repetitious designs.  I decided to carve in low-relief using modeling tools by hand.  It's not done yet, but you can see the difference already.

Making molds

I've been busy finishing up some molds I still need, so I thought I would post some pictures of the work. I also checked out my casting slip and made sure the specific gravity is in range.  It is, so I poured some in some of my molds to see if there were any problematic areas I needed to address before I begin slip casting with the molds.  Looks like I'll have to do some sanding tomorrow.  I'll post some pictures of the parts when I cast them and the end result of joining the parts together to make the form I need in the next couple of days.

Opening night for "Freedom through Surface"

 I made it to the opening and dropped off the piece that I had forgotten in time for everything to run smoothly.  The artists involved in the exhibition are:  Anne Mormille, Heath Papa, Gratia Brown, Travis Winters, Garrett Loveless, Kevin Rohde, Jason Stockman, Deric Ence, Michelle Ghisson, and myself.  There was plenty of buzz about the variety of work and the different approaches to the surface that is on display.  One of the pictures shows how one piece brought out the sense of smell to determine if it was really candy sprinkles or not.  I know Gratia and Michelle would have enjoyed the comments.  Also I would like to say thank you to Linda Cordell who is our professor this semester in ceramics;   for giving us this "project".  I think it really helped to open up all the eyes of the artists involved about our forms, and the approach to our surfaces, as seen through the eyes of our peers.  I just would like to say thanks to everyone who helped at Art Continuum Gallery in Fort Wayne , Indiana on setting up the show and doing the P.R. for the event, it looked really good!  Thanks as well to all the graduate students getting me the information needed for this whole process to take place.  I posted some pictures here to show some of the work set up in the show.  If you can check it out, "Freedom through Surface", will run from March 25th until April 21st at Art Continuum Gallery, 125 W. Wayne St. Fort Wayne, IN.