Please check out the following link to the Oregon Potters Association. It has many links to the OPA members’ websites. Take some time to look at their work and comment on two different artist works. Describe what you like about the work you see and consider how you could incorporate similar ideas into your artwork. Also, see if you can get a sense of continuity among each artist body of work.
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Michael Metz does a really neat job of exploring the crystalline, and metallic abilities of glazes on very elegant forms.
ReplyDeleteI also enjoyed the styles of Gail Pendergrass, it looks like she gets her inspiration from the playful nature of the things around her. Sticking to an aesthetic that seems warm and soft yet very lively.. using vintage colors like butter yellow, and coral pink that seem to have the ability to warm you up, and put your eyes to ease.
I really enjoyed Chris Baskin's work. His handles on some of the small mugs that he makes are incredible. We have some like it in the classroom. Also his glazing techniques that he uses particularly in soda fired pieces is absolutely astonishing. Steve Kelly uses incredible celedons that really enhance the forms of his bowls and make them look like a more simplistic version of a steve and elaine Colman piece. I really liked the contrast that these two artists provide. Baskin with the deep and layered glazes and atmospheric affects and Kelly with the simple elegance of a celedon tea bowl.
ReplyDeleteI'm very drawn to Mindy Chaffin's style. the texture on her pieces is not only consistent among her artwork, but it also allows movement throughout the pieces. she also utilizes circles and perpetual patterns into her art, which really inspires me to do the same as i also have some sort of draw to circles and lines in my pieces. Ted Ernst on the other hand, while utilizing a consistency in glazing technique (like wood fire), he doesn't maintain similar pattern in his pieces as Mindy does. This is different, but i like this a lot as well, especially how he incorporates a variety of color and depth into his pieces.
ReplyDeleteI thought that the artist Amy Fields was amazing, especially her lamps. The way she carves out designs on the inside of her pieces really make it unique. I love how the dug out portion of her piece is illuminated by the light on the inside while the outside is completely plain and you would never expect a pattern by looking at it while it was unlit. I also really enjoyed Paula Hodge and her work with texture on dragons that she sculpts. I especially enjoyed her work with black stoneware and gold leaf that she incorporated into a lot of her pieces. It really makes it stand out because of the contrast between the black and gold.
ReplyDeleteI really like sue Raymond's artist take on birds. I enjoyed the cartoon feel that they give. part of what makes her pieces look so good is here glaze. I would like to call it an under-glaze because it looks painted on but i do not know. Either way though I like the effect that it gives. The second artist I looked at was Pat Berman. His art looked very light hearted mostly due to the smiling faces that were in most of his pieces. Both of these artists were very good at what they did and I enjoyed looking at them.
ReplyDeleteI thought that the way Karen Mahoney uses the coordinated contrast in her pieces is gorgeous, the contrast between for example blue and white is beautiful, and the way she throws texture on top of the contrast creates a certain depth to the piece that is very unique.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I loved the texture that Chris Baskin used in his teapots and other lidded vessels. It looks like he would be using a spiked metal rib, but then the texture would end in smooth edges, which is very unique especially being that it is very difficult to make a smooth edge with an uneven texture.
DeleteI also really like what soda firing can do to a porcelain piece. It is unlike anything I have seen before in a ceramic piece and is truly beautiful.
I enjoyed looking at Ted Ernst's pottery. The main theme throughout all his work is the natural drip look from wood firing and salt glazes. My favorite of his is a platter where he put the wads in the middle creating a neat look, it leads your eyes all around the platter. Charles Gluskoter has a different style than Ernst. He makes more old looking pottery that can appear to be rustic iron. The detail he puts into his art work is also exquisite. I liked looking at Ernst's work better because we have access to a wood fire giving me more ideas.
ReplyDeleteThe two artist that I looked at were Ted Ernst and Beverly Curtis. There were a few things that I saw in Curtis's work that I liked. I really enjoyed the fact that the pieces were of fairly simple form yet were accented so well by their glazes and choice of textures that it really made the pieces great. I can see myself trying to incorporate several of the textures that I saw into future designs. In Ernst's pieces I saw an overarching theme of natural process and throwing rings. This I thought was appealing because to have the natural look of throwing rings accented by wood firing and simple forms really make the pieces. Some thing that I found that appealed to me the most was the photos of simple forms that stood out because of the textures, or glazing, or even just their professional look. I want to try and work with the idea that pieces can be made great by their textures or glazes and that the piece itself does not need to portray entire feel of the piece.
ReplyDeleteThe two artists that I found most interesting were Thom Caccamo and Michelle Ghallegher. Thom has many slab built pieces that are very simple but still ascetic. Michelle Ghallegher has many sculptures of human faces and animals. She has whole sets of pieces that are orbs with animal or human faces sculpted into them. Her body of work is very abstract and is giving me more ideas for my concentration.
ReplyDeleteTwo of the artists that i found the most interesting were Ha Austin and Brad Mclemore. Ha had two pieces at the top of her page that caught my eye. One was a pitcher that was very utilitarian. I thought that the most interesting thing about the pitcher was the glaze. The glaze had crystals forming a circle throughout the piece. i can also clearly see how each part of the piece was put together. In Brads pieces they were more sculptural and a decoration instead of a utilitarian piece. The amount of work and serious effort that i could see he put into the work was embarrassing. I would like to say that i put that much effort and work into my pieces but the truth is that i don't.
ReplyDeleteThe two artist that I found the most interesting were Donna Cole and Amy Fields.Donna Cole is influenced by the rhythms of water hitting sand, so I can really relate to her pieces. She is able to make complex forms that turn out surprisingly realistic. In her "ecocentric" part of the gallery she has an amazing sculpture that looks just like coral and inspires me to make something very similar. Amy Fields has a lot of variety none of her pieces are alike, and i really admire that range. My favorite piece is a wood-fired squid vase. The squid adds movement and flow to the simple vase. I have been trying to come up with ideas for a wood-fired piece and this completely inspired me.
ReplyDeleteI like Jamie Anderson's use of Raku on her pots. I love how there appears to be a line running up a crackled pot, and how it gives the piece balance and esthetic appeal. I also like her use of texture on her teapot. Her use of swirls in her pieces, whether it be carved or raku is very inspiring and I know that I will be putting these ideas into some of my pieces. I'm also in love with Sharon Greenwood's work. I saw it at the OPA showcase last year and ever since I have wanted to recreate and use her technique on a pot. I love the leafy/spiral effect given from her pots and its esthetic appeal as a pot that shows movement. I think the fact that she uses different kinds of clay/material just adds to the overall visual appeal and craftsmenship. I'm very excited to try to put together a piece modeled after her work.
ReplyDeleteI like the natural feel that Charles Gluskoters work has to it. I especially like how he makes his work appear as if it was aged. In addition to that one of his pieces really stands out to me; it is a slab built bowl with three lizards on the rim and cracking throughout the glaze causing it to almost seem like a desert landscape. Sam Hoffman was the other artist in particular who caught my eye. His salt and soda fired work is so cool, it has this crazy, curvy aspect to it that, along with the color scheme creates some of my favorite artwork.
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