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Under 50 at the Schaller Gallery
Sue TirrellGuillemo CuellarKent McLaughlinMarty FieldingS.C. RolfCheck out the Schaller Gallery's new show Under 50. Its a good looking collection of work all priced under $50. These are a few of my...
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Can you teach creativity? Thoughts on a Chris Staley video
Click here to watch Chris Staley's video on creativity.Chris Staley's short video got me thinking about creativity and the brain again. The central question "Can you teach creativity?" is one that I...
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Fresh from the kiln: Dinner plates and Platters
Lots of plates from last week's glaze kiln. These are all Yixing clay covered in porcelain slip and underglaze. The top five images are 9 inch plate sets and the bottom two are 14-16 inch platters....
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Week wrap up: Vases, bricks and Xi'an
I'm about to head out the door to take a tour group to Xi'an. This Chinese city is home to the Terra Cotta warriors and one of my favorite Chinese museums, the Shaanxi History Museum. Click here for a...
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Pete Pinnell on Cup: The Intimate Object
I spent the morning packing up my cups for this year's Cup: The Intimate Object exhibition. This yearly show at the Charlie Cummings Gallery is now in its eighth year. A few years back juror Pete...
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Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: Ep. 8 Jazz Saxophonist Willow Neilson
This week on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Jazz Saxophonist Willow Neilson. Nielson studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music before embarking on a music career...
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Thoughts on the Hand
This week I've been thinking about hands, fingers and the sense of touch. -Every ceramic artist comes to a crossroads in their studio where they must ask themselves, "How much evidence of the hand do I...
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In the Studio: Flower Bricks
I've had a blast revisiting the flower brick form. I took a break from it for a couple of years, over which time I changed my approach to surface decoration. I'm coming back to it with fresh eyes but...
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Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: Ep. 9 Ceramic artist and educator Shoji...
This week on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with ceramic artist and educator Shoji Satake. His mixed media sculpture combines cast ceramic forms with found objects that are...
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New work fresh from Photoshop
I keep promising myself I'll blog about my recent travels but those posts are getting pushed farther down the to-do list. This week has been dedicated to glazing, packing and photographing. I shipped...
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Shanghai University International Artist Residency
These images where taken during a week long workshop/symposium at Shanghai University. Nine artists from China, Japan and the U.S. got together to work in the studio and eat alot of good Chinese food....
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Takeshi Yasuda on Episode 10 of the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast
This week on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Japanese ceramic artist Takeshi Yasuda. Over his fifty year ceramic career he has received world wide recognition for his...
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Highlights from Cup: The Intimate Object 8
Donna FlanneryAmy HalkoCheyenne Chapman RudolphSimon Levin and Amy SmithWe have officially reached what I heard another potter call "the cup season". In recent years November has become the official...
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A week in France: Notre Dame Cathedral
I am a long time fan of religious spaces. The act of prayer seems to leave a residue on the structures that house those in worship. While this could be seen as supernatural I believe the "specialness"...
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A week in France: The palace at Versailles
It is hard to believe that one of the crowning achievements of French architecture started as a hunting lodge. From its some what humble beginning the palace at Versailles evolved into a symbol of...
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Wrappable at the Lux Center
Happy to be included in the Lux Center's winter show Wrappable. It opened last week and runs until Christmas eve. If you are within driving distance of Lincoln, NE this would be a great place to buy...
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A week in France: Ceramic museum at Sevres
Peacock Platter Iznik TurkeyFrench platter from Saintonge 1600-1630Conversion of Sergio Paulus by Nicola de Urbino Italy 1525-1530Cuerda Seca Rabbit Bowl from Seville 1500-1525Lustreware Platter Spain...
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American Wood Fired Potter Shawn O'Connor on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler...
This week on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with American ceramic artist Shawn O'Connor. Specializing in wood firing O'Connor uses flame and ash patterns to produce rich...
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Paint.Pattern.Print. - Online now at the Schaller Gallery
Michael CorneyMeredith HostRon MeyersDaniel Ricardo TeranDavid W. BoltonSebastian MohJust in time for Black Friday the Schaller Gallery opens Paint.Pattern.Print. Head over to www.schallergallery.com...
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Songs for the Danish Fall
Tallest Man on Earth- To just grow awaySwedish song writer Kristian Matsson's early Tallest Man on Earth albums are a convincing mimicry of early Bob Dylan mimicking Wood Guthrie. I don't mean this as...
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