Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist

hey! i'm pleased to announce i'm one of the Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists this year! there will be an emerging artist spread in the upcoming issue of CM. but now...Ceramics Arts Daily is having a contest! you can vote for your favorite...and i say pretty please vote for me... mama needs a new test kiln!
CLICK HERE TO VOTE!

click the link, and scroll down to the bottom of the page and you'll find the "click here to vote" button.
from there you'll be redirected to a list of names: meredith host!

i'm in good company in this issue of emergence! my good friends katie parker & mike davis are featured as well...super exciting!

NCECA 2011 : Tampa, FL

dot dot tumblers at the NCECA NEXPO

NCECA time is here! here's where my work & i will be this year:

"Emerging Artist Presentation": Saturday April 2nd, 9-10:30am. i'll be presenting for 10 minutes 30 seconds about my work - i'm #4 in a lineup of 6 presenters.
be there or be square.

dot dot pinwheel dinner setting at NCECA NEXPO

NCECA NEXPO. Convention Center, Central Hall
Tues March 29th 6-8:30pm, Wed & Thurs 9am-6pm, Friday April 1st 9am-5pm
Dot Dot Floral Vase at NCECA NEXPO

Kansas City Clay. Red Star Studios, NCECA Gallery Expo,
Convention Center, Central Hall
Tues March 29th 6-8:30pm, Wed & Thurs 9am-6pm, Friday April 1st 9am-5pm
Dot Dot Doily Serving Platter at NCECA NEXPO

Greens & Grogs. Watershed Showcase, Hyatt Regency, Buccaneer Room D
Wednesday March 30th: 12-5pm, Thursday & Friday: 9am - 5pm
Dot Dot Floral Salad Plate at Greens & Grogs

you know me

the yunomi show is up at AKAR!
Yunomi: A form of tea bowl, usually being taller than wide, with a trimmed or turned foot unlike the formal chawan tea bowl; which is used during the Japanese tea ceremony, the yunomi tea bowl is made for daily (or informal) tea drinking.

here are my 5 yunomi for the show.

lookie lookie - one of my yunomi in a preview shot!

some of the proceeds are donated to The Studio Potter as well, so what are you waiting for....check them out! there's only a little over 900 to see!

photo credit: AKAR gallery

MAYCO interview

lisa culp from Mayco interviewed me after we met at the Potters Council Surface + Form conference.

lisa's foreword in "The Mud Room" Mayco march newsletter:
I met this energetic and extremely fun lady in January. She is one of those artists who I knew I was going to like as soon as I saw her work. She likes Mayco Underglaze and French Bulldogs. My kinda girl......

Meredith was kind enough to share some of her thoughts about surface, process and place with me. Enjoy the interview!

dot dot doily salad plate decorated with Mayco underglaze during the Potters Council Surface + Form Conference.

lisa also wrote a recap of the Surface + Form event.

thanks so much lisa & Mayco!
psst: lisa's pug dog emmit & my little olive will meet one day and be bf/gf.
just sayin'...

The Dining Room Project

i am pleased to be a part of The Dining Room Project: A Potluck Smorgasbord which opens here in kansas city on friday march 18th through both the Charlotte Street Foundation's Paragraph Gallery and the Epsten Gallery at The Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art. i have a dinner setting in The Table portion of the project at Paragraph Gallery. the show runs from March 18th - May 7th.

Dot Dot Doily Dinner Setting

a description of the exibition:
The Dining Room Project considers our multifaceted relationship with food and intersections of food and art. With this expansive project, the dining room serves as a platform for the exploration of such issues as hunger, sustenance, consumption, taste, public health, sustainability, cultural symbolism and rituals within various traditions, and food and the meal’s usefulness as vehicle for communication, creative expression, and activism.


Dot Dot Doily Dinner Setting with view of the Dinner Plate

For The Table at The Clay Studio

i'm pleased to be a part of the current exhibition at the clay studio:

For the Table: Dinnerware
March 4- April 10th
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia

an installation shot of For the Table

here are my two settings for the show - there aren't any stacked set images, so here are the individual pieces of each setting.
bowl - salad plate - dinner plate - tumblerphotos by The Clay Studio

Potters Council: Surface & Form RECAP!

holy moly! where did the month of february go?

when i got back from the Potters Council Surface + Form Conference, i hit the ground running....and it's been nonstop! FINALLY, i present a couple of pics from the workshop.

i demo'd using paper stenciling and thermofax screen printing with underglazes, as well as using iron oxide decals.the last part of the workshop was hand's on where the attendees were able to play around with applying vintage decals and versa color china paints.
all in all it was a fabulous weekend and i met some rad people. a big thanks to everyone at the Potters Council and Funke Fired Arts!