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visionary handling in the construction of both ceramic and glass, the
artists in this invitational were selected for their creativity,
originality and buoyancy of imagination. Using various glazing
techniques, as well as low to high fire clay or integrity in glass
blowing, each artist handles color and form with ingenuity and
inventiveness.
The resilience and
malleability in the use of glass blowing is evident in the four selected
artists: Rik Allen, Stephan J. Cox, Mariko Takada,
and Jonathan Tepperman. The luminosity of glass and visual
outcome is truly stunning. Each performs the task of glass blowing with
a range of artistic skills. They employ different means, presenting a
variety results. The lucidity in achievement is evident.
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The brilliant clay work
of “Lifetime Achievement Award” winner Sylvia Hyman from
Nashville TN is so real that one can’t help to touch what might appear
to be a roll of paper, napkin or scroll, often placed in her cherry or
bark boxes.
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Jim Keville
presents a new series of what might appear to be brightly glazed
fungi sprouting from “muckity-muck” resembling moss. |
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Fred
Gordon, known for his life-like fish wall sculptures,
re-examines the form, incorporating dimensional design
elements, as
well as found objects.
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Nina Else’s,
delightfully glazed toys in boxes (the new
boxes are hand constructed
of wood for serious play)
return after some absence with vitality. |
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Eric Dahlin
continues to amuse us with the humorous antics of both figure and
animal in unlikely circumstances, providing the exhibition with
high-fire work designed to withstand the elements of outdoors.
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Tom Orr’s
unique clay is rich in form, color and
surface that seemingly age with
deft skill. |
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Jeff Nebeker
explodes with large and brilliantly glazed large-scale faces. |
| Magdalene Crivelli explores
the female figure, that she imparts in a state somewhere between dream
and human reality. |
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James Budde, presents
clever work depicting monkeys, which can be felt as light-hearted,
while containing dark references.
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Maija Peeples
bold colored, distinctive, and humorous clay
beasties and flowers
continue to radiate with energy and joy. |
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Paul Stein
presents his high fire elegant glass-like porcelain vessels, often
geometrically carved and incised, reflecting a timeless and classic
aesthetic sense.
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Eric Wyss
abstracts the human torso with
unlikely colors and surface texture. |
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Mic Stowell
returns with his wonderfully dreamy and surreal landscape plates,
emphasizing the formal qualities of shape, surface and color.
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| Camille VandenBerge
surprises us again with her organic and intricately scored and carved
surfaces, subtly glazed with earth-tones suggesting communion with the
natural world. |
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Melinda S. Johnson
presents sheer innovative
and thought provoking ceramic narratives.
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