these little fellers just came out of the kiln yesterday. the images should get cleaned up a bit in the coming weeks – but we’re informal here:
some of these pots will be available at Baltimore Clayworks Winterfest, some will be in the CCC Holiday Show and the rest will come on the road with me as I visit family, teachers and friends.
Stanley Bell @SAW
I’m a bit short on words these days. The studio scene has been really active recently and i’ve been having some great time with my SAW colleagues.
I’ve got a bisque in – mixed some fresh glaze – and transitioned the studio into glaze mode. Big day manana.
I hope everyone likes pictures…
i wish i made this…
i gave my gallery talk this evening – and – as usual – made great mention of this pot.
dated to about 1600 b.c.e. – this pot is doing what i wish to do.
i pull the rhetorical – ’tilt your head and squint your eyes’ bit and ask my audience to imagine not a painted octopus on the surface of this pot – but a living, breathing octopus contained within this pot – begging to be let loose.
‘desperate’ is the word an astute observer applied to this octopus. not dissimilar from the ’stuff’ i’m putting in my jars these days.
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i also talked a bit about ‘honesty’ and ’sincerity’ while addressing my body of work – on pedastals – under lights.
so
i spoke a good deal about my experience as an ex-husband…
here’s the music of my mind…
tilt your head and squint your eyes.
So my internet connection was down and the gallery has been taking up a bunch of time.
Now that I’m settled back in Carbondale I get to gear up for my solo show at SAW. I’ve decided not to go nuts trying to push a fresh kiln load out for the show and instead have a good look at the body of work that I’ve produced over the last couple months.
I’d sure like to see all my local readers come out to the show a week from tomorrow.
and
as I’m just getting my mailing list together please let me know if you’d like to be added. send me an e-mail thru the contact page on this blog with your info and i’ll pop a card in the mail to you.
details on the show as follows:
and a big thanks to Elizabeth Robinson for getting this card together while i was on the road. She is a great potter and great to work with thru her side business - Postcards for Artists - check her out for your postcard needs.
Spending the nite in Lincoln, NE with some dear friends. I’ll be making my way home to Carbondale tomorrow. I need a bumpersticker that says ‘Ziggy Stardust is my co-pilot’.
I’m looking forward to filling you in on the trip – lots of things to share.
And the image galleries will be updated soon as well – god willing.
i’ve found my way to the Northern Clay Center and all systems -GO- for tonights opening of the American Pottery Festival.
It’s an impressive room of pots and i’m sure to return home with my bins as full as they came – one way or another. I’ve picked out more pots than I should have and I can only hope that other folks snap some of them up before i get to them. I’ve shot lots of images and will share when I get home – no use spending vacation on the computer.
Big thanks to all the folks at the Northern Clay Center and especially to my hosts – Dominique and David for sharing their lovely home.
I’m off to walk to the Walker.
A funny Kenzan-
it’s always nice to find that the direction i’m heading in was so far anticipated by a hero.
odd little form – curious pallet – right up my alley -
i wish i made it…
The pot’s are packed and ready to head off to Minneapolis. I’ll gather my personals in a windstorm as i try to blow out of here bright and early – which is just ’round the bend.
I took the time to shoot the work as it rolled out of kilns , and i’m glad i did.- I had a great session last nite and another this morning. Thanks to the guys at Harvey/Meadows for letting me use their gear – good friends are the best thing to have. I snapped multiple hundreds of images – here are a few that caught my eye from this morning’s shoot:
Perhaps I’ll get the chance to post from the APF and perhaps no. Either way I’ll give you a rundown upon my return.
I’ve just loaded my last glaze kiln for the APF.
Here are some snaps of yesterday’s haul:
…because a mind is a terrible thing to waste.
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