Circular Hand Saw in progress-2013

O.K. so you know I haven't just been working on one piece since I've been teaching.  I know that my time in the studio has been cut back but I still like to work on multiple pieces as one time.  Here are some pictures of another piece I have been working on as well.  This piece is hand built using earthenware slabs and press molded additions as well.  I have some images showing how I lay out copies of warning labels and symbols associated with the industrial forms I am creating.  I do this to give me an idea of how the labels might work with each other before I decide for sure.  This helps to act as a visual, when putting in the time necessary for the end result.  The particular piece is commenting on the loss of the hand in the work place today, as well as the start of portable electric power tools in society. 

New work under construction-February 2013

I finally have transferred some pictures from my phone that I took of some new work that I have been working on.  The images show a piece I am currently working on.  The piece is created using earthenware and slabs.  It is hand built with press molded additions.  I want this piece to incorporate a light from within the piece to illuminate an image I have yet to choose.  I haven't thought of a title yet, but I'll start to  think about it as it starts to come together.

I know I said I would post some pictures of some of the new work I have been working on, but I just haven't had time to photograph the work properly.  I recently have an exhibition of my work along with Patricia Wiess, who is an adjunct faculty at IPFW in Painting and Drawing.  We recently had an interview conducted about our work on "Arts Weekly", which is a televised show here in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  Below is a link to view the entire segment, hope you enjoy it.


Arts Weekly

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What's Happening in the Arts!

Arts Weekly, a television program showcasing the arts in northeast Indiana, will highlight artists and performers throughout the region. Filled with stories and interviews focused on art, music and theatre, you’ll want to tune in each week to find out what’s going on in the arts!
Melinda Haines, director of the IPFW Community Arts Academy, is the host of Arts Weekly, a local television show produced by IPFW that airs on PBS39 and CATV.


This is the link below for the segment that Patricia and I were interviewed on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izpdjj1Vnl8

 

Two Person Exhibit at IPFW-Patricia Weiss and Derek Decker

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 Decker and Weiss Exhibit Their Work at Alma Mater

There is a stunning new exhibition at the IPFW Visual Arts Gallery featuring Department of Fine Arts adjunct faculty Patricia Weiss and Derek Decker. Derek Decker and Patricia Weiss: Ceramics and Painting continues through February 10, 2013. Read More.

College of Visual and Performing Arts: Expressions Newletter - IPFW

https://​ipfw.edu/departments/cvpa/news/​expressions.html

Derek Decker and Patricia Weiss: Ceramics and Paintings

I know it has been awhile since I have posted a blog.  I have been busy teaching at IPFW and have found my time in the studio has been rearranged according to these engagements.  I still have been working on new work and I have five new pieces in the process of being bisque fired at this time.  I still have to make the glazes for the pieces, but that shouldn't take too long.  I will post images of the new pieces after the bisque firing.  

On another note, I will be exhibiting my work along with a few new pieces in an upcoming exhibition at IPFW, along with Patricia Weiss, who is also an adjunct faculty member at IPFW.  The image above is the show card for the show.  The exhibit will run from January 14-February 10, 2013, in the IPFW Visual Arts Gallery, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. 

The IV International Festival of Post-Modern Ceramics, Ceramica Multiplex 2012, opens today at the City Museum of Varazdin, Croatia.  This International Juried Exhibition had more than 400 artists from around the world enter.  The artists selected from their respected countries are listed below.  I was honored to have a piece selected in the show and wish I could have attended the opening, but I'm busy teaching and have other commitments at this time.  If you are in Europe, specifically Croatia, stop by and check out the show, it should really be a great show. The link to their website is:  Keramiekon

Australia/AustralijaCarol Forster -  Miro’s Journey Tatiana Gvozdetskaya -  OKNAJohn Tuckwell -  In place
Austria/AustrijaEdeltrude ARLEITNER -  BON VOYAGE TO VARASDIN Gabriele Gruber Gisler -  Nothing to say            Peter Weihs -   Variete 1 and 2   
Belgium/BelgijaTjok Dessauvage  - 1. Sahara Landscape
                                   - 2. OrbitFrancoise Joris -  No name (2)Bernadette Lefevere  - Silent MoveVladica Sivcev  - They Might Roll Off
Czech Republic/ CeskaSarka Radova  - 1. Red House
                             - 2. PassageEva Slobodova  - Fun House
Chile/CilePaulina Basta Rivas  - Infinity Evolution
Croatia/HrvatskaMelani  Balaz - CoralVesna Barbieri - Cats
Lidia Bosevski -  SeedsZeljka  Bracko -  My Town of Memories   Kornelija Dretar -  Cuts of life         Ana Eres - Planet Earth and Birds  Mate Franin Pecarica -  No nameDurdica Horvat -  Wakening Zeljka Korbar -  Total EclypseVida Meic i Snjezana Spanic -  Good vibrationVisnja Naerlovic -   No titleVesna Osojnicki -   Astral movingDanijela Piculjan -  Ramified Whiteness Snjezana Pokos Vujec -   Imagination townDijana Rajkovic -  PossibilitySanja Stani  - Flow of thoughtsKarmen Sarman  - Portals and  i silhuets of Varazdina
Iva Viskovic  - Cubic cloudIvancica Voncina -  Lacerated underpants

Denmark/DanskaJytte Moeller  - Trunk II and II
Estonia/EstonijaAnnika Teder -  HAIKU
Germany/ Njemacka
Eren Aysegül - DissymmetryClaudia Biehne - “dance for three”  Heidi Degenhardt -  Corpi 1      Elena Krafft -   Station /BridgeGerhard Lutz -  MonstranceHeide Nonnenmacher -  Baroque rose I and IIChrista Steinmetz -  1. My town in your town
                                   -  2. ConnectedDora Varkonyi -  1. Individuum
                             -  2. Crack in biography Dora VarkonyiBarbara Wieland -  Up in the Air
Iran
Abbas Akbari -  Sky and the City
Irland/ IrskaKira O Brien -  Surrounded
Italija/ItalyAntonella  Cimatti  - Butterflies light and shadows  Marie-Josee Comello  - Il bordo

Israel/Izrael
Ester Beck  - Turbulence series (2011)   
Simcha Even Chen  - WeavesShamai Gibsh Stelae - 2012 Zahara Harel  - Little Poems Michal Ityel  - 4 o’clock tea Dori Schechtel Zanger -  Between memories and realityShulamit Teiblum Millar -  Memory
JapanEriko Inazaki  - 1. The world five seconds later 
                           - 2. Theremin Brian Ryosuke Sakashita -  AbsenceKano Takao -  We’re in This TogetherTetsuya Tanaka  - Thinking on the wall №31 Sound kept secretAki Toshiro  - Empty
Republic of South Africa/ Juznoafricka Republika
Rika Herbst  -  1. Green Odyssey   
                        -  2. A space Odyssey
Latvia / LetonijaEugenia Loginova -  Winter in overLiga Skarina -  Planets of Dreams
Lithuania/ LitvaAgne Kondrataite -  Town in town
Hungary/ MađarskaErika Rejka -  KJUBSándor Somogyi  -  1. Box of secrets
                                 -  2. ConnectTerez Szemereki  - SMART CLOUDS’
MaltaValerio Schembri  - Opening of the shell
The Netherlands/ NizozemskaJanneke Bruines  - 1. My House is Your House
                                 -  2. Viva Europa!                 Tineke van Gils  -Tulip   Window series 2011Heike Rabe  - Skyline of RotterdamEllen Rijsdorp  - 1. Sphere
                            - 2. ClartMariette van der Ven  -  1. Burn mother fucker, burn
                                         -  2. Cross-eyed Mary
Norway/ NorveškaCecilie Lind - Very Famous Artist
Poljska/PolandJan Drzewiecki -  A+B Joanna Teper -  Joanna Version 2.0
Romania/ RumunjskaArina Ailincai - Reflection porcelain
Slovenia/SlovenijaSapana Gandharb -  Ashok TreeIvana Petan -  Heart in headLucka Sicarov -  The last  typewriter in your townDani Zbontar -  Abandoned
Serbia/ SrbijaRadenko Adnadj -   Landscape 1Ljubica Jocic Knezevic -  CODEKatarina Lazic Vasiljevic -  Catch as catch canJelena Miletic -  Dinamicni rast Dynamic growthIvana Rackov -  No titleIvana Spoljaric -  Moj grad My TownNataša Vasilic -  Ant World I and II
Sweden/ SvedskaJaroslaw Lyko -  AbstractEdita Rydhag -  GETTING WINGS
Switzerland/ SvicarskaJens Balkert -  Pale Moon 1 Suzy Balkert -  Twilight 2Angela Burkhardt Gualini - 1. BOWLS
                                                 - 2. BAMBOODaniela Carrara -  Cell 2 Michael Marx -  Ice Tube DoubleSibylle Meier -  Where are the bed thingsMaude Schneider - Garbage
Taiwan/ TajvanNa Ling Huang -  Flower Swirling
Turkey/ TurskaŞirin Koçak - White Black BrownDeniz Onur Erman  - Owls on the Mountain of Owls
United Kingdom/ Velika BritanijaJo Davies - Pieces of Kennet   Carolyn Genders -  Abstract vessel 2 Rachel Grimshow -  Black BoxAdele Howitt  - Crystallised
USA/ SADIvan Albreht -   Encapsulated StackJake Allee -  HEX JAR
Stuart Asprey -  One Side Effect of Over-Eating
Susan Beiner  - Yellow Mountain IISharon Brill  - Conch 16  Barbara Broadwell -  Abbadon Andrew Casto  - Dirge 
Michael James Cimino  - Machinery #1: CycleChristopher Davis-Benavides  - Pouring FactoryDerek Decker  - Air QualityMatthew Dercole  -  1. Many will help you when you forget about
                                          physics
                                   - 2. Opposing forces and truthsNoriko Kuresumi - Sea of MemoryAnthony Kukich - Blue CollarJessica L.Smith -  Full Circle Marc Leuthold -  PagodaBrandon Lutterman -  Serenity JarKaren M. Gunderman -  Winter TangleKatherine Radomsky -  ElementTodd Shanafelt -  Not Merely EscapedRobert W Laware III -  Strobilius ImpostusAlyssa Wood  - Untitled ( 2 wall pieces)
GUESTS/ GOSTI

Austria/ AustrijaRosemarie Benedikt - Two ram
Croatia/ Hrvatska
Ivancica Cvitic Znidarcic -  BirdsJosip Grgevcic  - CourtshipMargareta Persic -  People are not rocksDora Pezic Mijatovic -  Association to the BaroqueZdenka Pozaic -  Wall of memories 21Visnja Markovinovic - Inhibited
Ljerka Njers -  Black-red plateBozena Stih Balen -  No titleRobert Wrana -  Little volute
Serbia/ SrbijaVelimir Vukicevic – No title
United Kingdom/ Velika BritanijaLorraine Robson

Across the Divide Ceramic Exhibition 2012

Here is another show that I will be in this summer out in Flagstaff, Arizona.  I will be sending the two pieces out this week.  I would post the images of the work, but I think I will wait until the show is up and running.  I don't want to give away any sneak peaks just yet.  I'm working on trying to get down there for the opening, but with the end of graduate school approaching this week I'm not sure just yet.
For more information about Coconino Center For The Arts use this link: http://www.culturalpartners.org/acrossthedivide.htm

Opening Reception: June 2, 6-8pm

Across the Divide will encompass the vast array of contemporary ceramics in the sculptural and installation genres. This exhibit uses the Continental Divide as a metaphor for the artist working in clay that has separated them from traditional techniques and stereotypes within the medium. Participating artists were encouraged to submit work that pushes traditional boundaries of the ceramic medium in its treatment of material and subject.

This exhibition features artists from across the country. All forms of ceramic sculpture, installation and new media work will be included. All works will have some ceramic component and range in scale from hand held to monumental.
Across the Divide opens with a reception on Saturday, June 2, 2012, from 6-8pm. Many of the participating artists will be in attendance, and there will be live music and some treats. The exhibition will be open Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11am-5pm, from June 5, through July 28, 2012, at the Coconino Center for the Arts. Admission to the reception and gallery is free and open to the public.

Juror

Steven Schaeffer is a ceramic sculptor whose work has been shown nationally as well as internationally including the Florence Biennale and the Ceramic Biennial International Competition in Korea. Steve teaches Ceramics at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona.


Photos: top Christine Golden, bottom Steven Schaeffer