Weekend Rewind

... or a couple weekends. I've been super dooper busy. God, I can't even believe I've managed as many posts as I have. I'm almost finished with the semester- only one more paper to write... and then it's finito!

Anyway... onto the posts I think you should give a double take:

Loren Kaplan: Gorgeous porcelain objets de lumiere. Take a peek, then tell me how you feel about the use of porcelain in industrial design.

Open 4 Discussion: DIY Tools: Mix buckets of glaze with a toilet brush, plus more. Also, I was hoping we'd get more of a round up of useful tool ideas. Pauline offered up a side gig for silly putty.

Studio Contest: I'm reminding you again. Make a video. Enter the contest.

Maria Kristofersson: I've never seen a cooler set of clocks. I'm dreaming about one of these grand-puppies. What do you think about the intersection between art and product?

Mineo Mizuno: It's like a giant ceramic terrarium egg. I'm totally trying this.

Julie Moon: Awesome color, great texture, totally abstract and funky. Very well executed as well, I might add.

Alrighty, McMighties... I'll see ya Monday. I hope you are all having a brilliant December weekend!

Weekend Rewind

Good Morning!

I'm heading off to the studio for an early meeting today.  Afterwards I get to set up my space and then work on some things I need to finish up for school, like the 'diamond' pictured above. Remember those 'Sims' geodes that I posted about at the beginning of the semester? Some of you found them interesting and others were like, WTF, for example my mom. Well here's what. All the geodes are being hand painted with underglaze in bright colors and amusing patterns.  Then they'll get shuffled around into an appropriate sculpture.  I'm thinking a lot about Frank Stella here but mostly it's just an experiment in shape and color and pattern.  Hopefully I'll be inspired to make something more intelligent after I've seen what happens.

Well... I leave you with no links today in particular, since things have been slower and I don't really know if folks are into the weekend recap.  You can take a gander through this weeks posts if you want to, there aren't that many. If you do anything though, go check out Heather's blog and enter her giveaway for some DaulHaus ornaments... They are sweet little wintery trinkets that would be pretty strung up on a holiday tree or just around the house to celebrate this time of year. 

Have a great weekend!

P.S. The colors are purple, red, and yellow.

Weekend Rewind

I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend. Today I was completely free which meant a visit with a very good friend accompanied by a fresh brunch and delicious tea. My friend, Crys, is a wizard in the kitchen and always inspires me to cook better and more. Sort of like Jamie Oliver, who I adore. Sometimes when I feel stressed about time and getting things done in my life, I forget the importance of cooking. It slows you down, relaxes you, nourishes and inspires you. And it's totally fun and sooo rewarding. I've purchased Cook with Jamie for friends before but never for myself. Today I bit the bullet and grabbed a used copy so my honey and I can enjoy it, too.

I feel like potters, and perhaps ceramic artists in general, have a reputation of being wonderful cooks... I can't argue. I think we are fantastic in the kitchen. Maybe it's because working with clay teaches us the rewards of patience and good technique, but really I don't know.

So, it's Open 4 Discussion: Why do you think potters are so great in the kitchen?

And on another note, what are your favorite recipes, cookbooks, or celeb chefs?

Oh yes, and art. Here's a brief recap of the MVPs (most valuable posts) of last week...

On Etsy: Hue Yang: Again... I can't afford one of Hue's darling pieces yet, but if anyone else can and wants to buy one for a friend, I think that's a great idea. ::wink, wink::

Noelle Nakama and Jason Dunn Workshop: Got a couple sweet tips in this one.

Stillwell 2009: I didn't enter this year. (Mental note: make sure to next year.) But Our 2nd year grad student, Miss Shenny Cruces, is showing this year and her work is killer rad.

Off Subject: Frank Stella: I'm drawing a boat load of inspiration from Stella right now. So I'm pushing him on all of you, too.

Enjoy!

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Chad Curtis: See, my fellow ceramic artists, we can do mixed media sculpture.

Esther Shimazu Workshop: Learned a little, made some fun things, took notes to share.

Off Subject: Eno Henze: Gigantic mathematical drawings. Incredible.

Brendan Lee Satish Tang: So fresh and so clean, clean. I wish I had thought of something like this.

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Okay folks, enjoy your weekend. Don't forget to comment if you have something to say. There's no comment too small nor any too big. I'm going to be continuing on my non-ceramic studies and enjoying a couple parties this weekend. Woo hoo!

Weekend Rewind

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Whew! It's been a crazy week. Finishing up all my work for class, visiting galleries and open studios, and freaking out about my own potential new studio space which is no longer potential but actual. Jeaze Louise... just a heads up, please give me a break if I start going nuts posting studio decor pictures. I'm a domestic freak at heart and this is going to be like creating a new little nest for me. My honey is stoked for me to finally have a place to 'decorate' away from our 'home'. Lol, let's him off the hook a bit I guess. Anyway, onto the week in review!

On Etsy: Take Me Home Ware: Charmingly sweet dishes I'm adding to my wish list. Darling colors and whimsical blue and white prints.

Tammie Rubin: Wall pieces that remind me of AJ Fosik's kick-ass wood sculptures. Plus Rubin cold finishes- hell yes.

Erin Furminsky: My new fave. Period.

Kuraoka Says to Know: Esther Shimazu: Workshop with Shimazu next Tuesday, I will take pictures I promise. She seems like a pretty amusing lady, I'm so stoked to meet her.

(image of jack-o-lanterns my honey and I carved on Thursday night)

Weekend Rewind

Here we go again with a little weekend recap. Hope you're enjoying the October chill!

New Ceramics Mag?: A must. If you don't get enough inspiration from Ceramics Monthly and all the pottery blogs you subscribe to, start reading this. I guarantee it will satiate.

Gitte Jungersen: Totally rockin' wall sculptures that inspire me greatly. And so precious... in a weird way.

Studio Dreams Dilema- Ugh!: A must read if you care to be informed at all in the sagas of my life. At the moment I have committed to space in this 'new' studio but it is still in jeopardy as we have yet to fill the space with enough artists to cover the rent. Oh the agony! I will continue to update you.

On Etsy: Gleena: Just the sweetest pottery. Sometimes it calms me to see such gentle pieces. And Gleena has a wonderful blog about all sorts of things pottery related.

(image via Flickr user PFunkUltra)

Weekend Rewind

Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend. Here's a glimpse back at some posts from the past week.

My 100th Post--> Pretty momentous. Well in my eyes. I usually only get a blog up to about 68 posts before I lose interest. So hey, 3rd time's charm, right? (My two previous attemps: Everyday Object and Lobster Cakes.)

Kuraoka Says to Know: Ron Nagle--> I say to know him, too. Not only is he an influential artist, he's a totally kick ass dude, and he's a Bay Area native- Mission District, SF to be exact. If you haven't already, you should totally watch the video I linked to. It's pretty good.

Nobuhito Nishigawara: I kinda would love him just for his name alone, but it doesn't hurt that his sculptures and pots are so rockin'. Is that Greek, no Japanese, wait- Mesopotamia, right? Answer: All of the above.

Kim Simonsson: Let me know what you think. Kick-ass? Weird? Adolescent? Inspiring? I still don't know. There are some good press articles on his website but they haven't really helped me understand his work all that well.

'Till Monday!

(Jesse Lu)

(image of work by Lucie Berben via Flickr)