Cam spent a good chunk of time at the school with Robin, met all the other grad students and faculty and even had a chance to show some of his slides to the group. We hosted a potluck on Friday night at our place and Saturday the guys unloaded the kiln in time for Cam to head north again early this morning. They got some pretty good results out of the kiln and Robin is raring to turn around and do another one as soon as he can get some more work made.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Man's best friend
Cam spent a good chunk of time at the school with Robin, met all the other grad students and faculty and even had a chance to show some of his slides to the group. We hosted a potluck on Friday night at our place and Saturday the guys unloaded the kiln in time for Cam to head north again early this morning. They got some pretty good results out of the kiln and Robin is raring to turn around and do another one as soon as he can get some more work made.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Get er' done
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Wildlife viewing
Sunday, February 21, 2010
For a great cause
One of Robin's teapots recently went up for auction on a website honoring our very dear friend Tom Rohr who passed away suddenly last summer. Check it out. The website is an online exhibition and auction to raise money for the Tom Rohr Memorial Scholarship fund. It'll be up and running from now until March 11th, and one of several fundraising events planned for this year.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Basil Brulee
Friday, February 19, 2010
All eyes on Canada
Sunday, February 14, 2010
And mom came tumbling after....
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Mug your Valentine
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Get outta jail free card
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Some Like it Hot!
Half a bag of flour, several cups of cocoa and sugar, a litre of buttermilk and a whole carton of eggs LATER....... I finally figured out the art of high elevation baking! Here we are in February again, and a whole year has passed since I gleefully won third prize at the Logan Valentine's Chocolate Festival. I wasn't about to enter the same cake recipe as I did last year, which meant I had to put in a few hours in the kitchen coming up with a new recipe, the only thing I didn't realize was how MANY hours.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Brew it up
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Bread and Botanicals
Why USU?
"When I was applying to graduate programs my work was hand built wood fired utilitarian work. I wanted a program where I could continue working with function if I wanted to. Shortly after arriving and working with my peers, I realized I don’t think like a potter and I switched to sculpture. When applying I knew there was a chance I would make this switch, USU was still my first choice because I knew with the technical knowledge I would be building at USU I would be able to make anything. And with all the amazing opportunities to participate in study abroad programs I knew I could balance the technical base education from USU with the conceptual based education from a university in Australia."
Why Clay?
"When I was working on my undergraduate degree I was under the impression I was going to study Art History right up until I took that ceramics elective. I was bit by the clay bug and have been doing it ever since. I have worked in all the other 3D mediums but I always come back to clay."
What inspires you?
"Nature! I have always been a nature person. Even when I was making functional pots they were covered in these organic textures. People hate hiking with me cause I’m always stopping to check things out. It use to be textures, rocks and liken but now it’s the vegetation. I love plants. My recent study abroad trip to Australia with all the tropical plants has fed my new series of work."
What are you making now?
"I have changed everything I do since arriving at USU. I now work at cone 6 with Porcelain both slip casting and hand building. I work with a variety of glazes from cone 6 down to 06 as well as room temp glazes ie. Shoe polish, paint, flocking, and scent… what ever it takes. All of this culminates into a series based on botanical forms using the sexuality of the plants as a metaphor for human sexuality."
What's next?
"Good Question… I hope to be teaching workshops, doing residencies and working in the studio. Travel is very important to me. So I will be trying to wrap up all this together. But I guess first I should create a thesis show!"