FINAL CALENDAR. PLEASE READ!

Thursday the 4th: Advanced final critiques and Research Projects due.
Beginning Sketchbooks collected. Start 2 or more heads critique.

Tuesday the 9th: Final Critique/Potluck Beginning/intermediate 2 or more heads and Final Project. Sketchbooks returned. Pick up work from Student show. (Can also pick up Monday the 8th)

Inspiration for Makenna and all!

Emily Schroeder

Kristen Kieffer

 

A. Blair Clemo

More of the exhibition Breakfast can be found at the Clay Studio

Candle Sticks!

Bertie Smith

Anthony Sonnenberg

Pinterest inspiration: http://www.pinterest.com/villaplus/candleholders/

cake and flowers oh my!

Check out my research for you on Pinterest and look at this amazing multi-use flower brick! Images courtesy of last semester's visiting artist Louise Rosenfield!

Lowfire terracotta in 3 parts

The bottom flips over to become a serving tray as well as a flower brick stand.

For Larry Paul and everyone else too!

Craft in America on PBS
Click here for full episode of Episode XIII: Service
Documenting craft and the military and the power of the handmade to inspire and heal. Featuring papermaker Pam DeLuco, saddler Eugene Burks Jr., and ceramic artists Ehren Tool, Judas Recendez and Peter Voulkos.

Thanks Adrianna for this laugh!

Remember if you want glaze for after the bisque firing of your 2 or more Heads Bust head to Trinity. They have a great selection of lowfire cone 04 clear and satin glazes. As well as different colors and textures. Just make sure they are lowfire o4!

Handbuilt Functional Bowls: Emily Schroeder Willis!

Both bowls made from porcelain and fired to cone 6 in an oxidation electric kiln. Look at those detail. Love the subtle  cutout on the foot. See more of her work here.

Project 2: Coil built two or more heads inspiration

Sergei Isupov

Akio Takamori- Self Portrait guard dogs

I lost the name of this artist... let me know if you know who she is.

Project 1 and Slip UPDATE- IMPORTANT!

So Nathan mixed all the slips and they are the correct consistency. Do not add water at any time. If you think the slips or glazes are the wrong consistency tell myself or Nathan.

Also Longhorn red is terracotta. If you have longhorn red then you have the clay you need.

The slips are there and ready to be used. Your shoes should be slipped and dry by Thursday. I'll give you an extension but there will be no more class time to work and they will be put in the kiln room finished or not next Thursday at the start of class.

Alicia's student work! Self portrait as a knight.

Remember your ideas, sketches, and research are also due Thursday at the start of class. We will discuss as a class.

You guys are amazing and talented and I can't wait to see your shoes and the ideas you've come up with! Have a great weekend,

Call for Entries

The University of Dallas invites you to participate in a juried ceramic competition featuring artists living in the central south region of the United States.

Eva Kwong,  known for abstracted work that are colorful and sensuous forms inspired by natural objects.

Internationally recognized ceramic artist Eva Kwong will be selecting artists for the 2015 University of Dallas Regional Juried Ceramic Competition. From a selected field of artists, Eva will issue distinctions of "Awards of Merit" and present two deserving artists with "Best of Show" awards. Solo exhibitions will be scheduled in the following academic year for the "Best of Show" award winners.

This show is open to ceramic artists over the age of 18 who currently reside in the states of Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Submitted functional or sculptural works must use clay as the dominant material and must have been created within the past two years.

The postmark deadline for entering this show is November 20, 2015.

To access this year's prospectus, view the show history, and apply online, please use the following link:

http://udallas.edu/constantin/programs/art/undergradprograms/ceramics/competition.html  

Former student: Intermediate "Why Unfired Clay" Project: Tracy

Intermediates at work: Trickle Down Inspiration

Read about the what, when and why of this project on Glasstire.com.