Ceramic Sculpture: Fire and Ash
Until January 6, 2008
This exhibition at the Fuller Craft Museum features the work of seven dynamic ceramic sculptors using the process of wood fire to bring to life unglazed sculptural forms. Curated by Lucy Lacoste of Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA, Ceramic Sculpture: Fire and Ash includes work by renowned ceramic artists Karen Karnes, Don Reitz, Joy Brown, Chris Gustin, Jeff Shapiro, Malcolm Wright and Tim Rowan.
Above: Malcolm Wright, Wrapped Cube, brick clay
Posted by Steve on November 21, 2007 @ 12:18 pm
Willi has just finished a new firing of work and is offering the pieces for sale on November 24th and 25th (Saturday and Sunday), 2007. The time is from 12 noon to 6 pm. He is also available by appointment.
I’ve been to several of his kiln openings and this is a wonderful opportunity to visit with a very talented ceramic artist. Besides his gallery level work (exhibited often in Japan), Willi also has many pieces for everyday use that can elevate even a humble meal into something special.
This takes place at his Pine Creek Pottery, 845 Hawk Mountain Road, Kempton PA 19529. For more information contact Willi at 610-756-6387 or info@willisingleton.com
Posted by Steve on November 16, 2007 @ 10:59 am
From the website announcement:
Karl Beamer’s exhibition, entitled “Shaping Life: Tradition and Influence,” features his wood-fired ceramic pottery, most of which is heavily influenced by an ancient Japanese technique. Shortly after completing his master of fine arts degree at Penn State in 1972, Beamer began teaching sculpture and ceramics at Bloomsburg University. Like many contemporary ceramicists, he used a gas kiln to fire his pottery. His approach changed, however, after a visit to Japan in 1991. He met Shiho Kanzaki, a ceramic artist and Buddhist priest who is internationally known for reviving an ancient, natural firing technique once practiced in the Japanese ceramic center of Shigaraki.
In this approach, pottery is fired in a wood-burning or anagama kiln, which produces surface effects, such as color, through natural ash deposits rather than through the application of glaze directly to the clay. Without Kanzaki’s revival of the technique, Beamer noted, the no-glaze tradition could have been lost. Beamer and Kanzaki ultimately developed a working friendship that led to the construction of an anagama kiln at Beamer’s home near Bloomsburg. Beamer is one of only a handful of contemporary artists working in the Shigaraki manner.
For more information on Karl Beamer, including Dick Lehman’s article in the November 2000 issue of Ceramics Monthly and additional images, click here.
Posted by Steve on @ 10:45 am
