Scott Parady

Another great piece by Scott.  Similar feel to the "burst pouch" piece. 

Karl McDade - DVC - 6.jpg

Karl McDade - DVC - 6.jpg
Originally uploaded by clayglazepots

This is a very cool piece. Rustic industrial.

For more work: Karl McDade

Kin-tsugi

Kin-tsugi :

'Kin-tsugi' (gold joint) is one of traditional methods for restoring cracked ceramics. Instead of concealing damages, it adds a new look to broken treasures.

Karatsu Sake Cup
<4.0cm>
Momoyama Period (1573-1615)

Black Oribe Tea Bowl
Momoyama Period (1573-1615)

Hagi Tea Bowl
<15.9cm>
Early Edo Period (17th century)

From Gas Kimishima web site

More about Gas Kimishima

Daum Muesum: Peter Callas/Sparks

On October 6, 2007, the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art will open a solo exhibition by Peter Callas entitled, Sparks.

Charlemagne
2003, woodfired stoneware, 48″ x 24″ x 24″

From the Daum Museum website:
Peter Callas is a ceramic sculptor working in the tradition of abstract expressionism who has produced a repertoire of sculpted images grounded in the Zen aesthetic. He is one of the foremost sculptors working in clay utilizing the anagama kiln to produce large scale expressionist forms. For many years he fired the works of the preeminent American clay artist Peter Voulkos in his New Jersey kiln and traveled extensively worldwide with Voulkos as his assistant. Today he is considered to be one of America’s foremost authorities on the wood fire anagama kiln tradition. He has found his own voice influenced by Voukos but uniquely original. He has exhibited extensively in Korea, Japan and Norway and his works are in museum collections in those countries as well as in Hungary, Brazil and numerous American museums including the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art.

The exhibit runs through January 27, 2008. In conjunction with the opening there is a free two-day workshop with Peter that is open to the public: Friday, October 5th, 9:00 am-3:00pm and Saturday, October 6th, 9:00 am-12:00 pm.

A lecture by the artist is scheduled for Saturday, October 6th at 2:00 pm.

A 48-page full-color catalog is availablewith an Introduction by Curator Douglass Freed and an essay “Romancing the Mud” by Ronald Kuchta. To order a catalog, contact the museum.

Warren MacKenzie

Ceramic Bowls 

Minnesota-based Warren MacKenzie is a living legend. Not only has he been a very active potter for nearly 60 years, his perspective and teaching has touched and inspired many generations of contemporary potters. MacKenzie's early career was influenced by time spent working in England for British potter Bernard Leach. There he developed a high regard for folk pottery traditions, particularly those of Japan and Korea. Influenced by the ideals of the Arts and Crafts Movement, MacKenzie then began to create simple utilitarian pots. As decades passed, MacKenzie's dedication has been unwavering. He makes pots with integrity; understated and comforting. He tries to keep his prices within reach with the belief that having access too, and making use of handmade objects truly does add something to one's life. Mackenzie is still making work steadily in his Stillwater, MN studio, and is Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota.

For more work: Trax Gallery

Upcoming Show - Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA
June 11, 2009 – September 13, 2009

For More Info see:Rochester Art Center

New Show Trax Gallery

16 STOKERS

Feb 23 - Mar 30
Trax Gallery

Opening Reception:
Saturday, February 23rd
5:00 - 7:00pm

Scott Parady, Trent Burkett, Owen Nelsen,
Tri Tran, Chris Sarley, Jules Stout,
Megan Mitchell, Andy Ruble, Eiko Toyooka, Jason Dunn, Darren Cockrell,
Michiko Kinoshita, Jeremy Nelson,
Paulius Rekasius, Stephen Eakin,
and Gabriel Gundling

Jiri Minarik

Shino work by Jiri Minarik

Born and raised in Czechoslovakia, I left to escape the 1968 Soviet invasion. This move started a journey, lasting several years, that took me from France to Germany and finally landing me in California, where I found a new home in the Bay Area.
Having received a graduate degree from UC Berkeley, I joined the corporate world and worked in a high tech company.
A few years later, however, my life took an unexpected twist when I accidentally set foot into a pottery studio and discovered clay. It was a love at first touch. Soon I immersed myself in the world of clay, taking art and pottery classes in the area. Shortly after that, in 1981, I quit my job and joined a ceramics coop studio, thus launching my second career as a potter.
The passion continues unabated, periodically renewed by the artistic and technical challenges and complexities of the field..Even though I spend a great deal of time experimenting , the field of ceramics is so vast that I know the best I will ever do, is just very gently scratch the surface. My most recent source of delight has been the discovery of Japanese Shino pottery.
I am constantly fascinated by the wonders of Shino glazes. While I had done quite a lot of decorative work prior to this, now I trust entirely the magic of fire to produce the final result. The outcome is always surprising and largely unpredictable, making you want to come back for more.

Styles of Japanese Pottery

Bizen-yaki – Produced in Okayama. Also called Inbe-yaki. A reddish-brown pottery, which is believed to have originated in the 6th century.

Hagi-yaki – Produced in Yamaguchi. Since it is burned at a relatively low temperature, it is fragile and transmits the warmth of its contents quickly.

Mino-yaki – Produced in Gifu. Includes Shino-yaki, Oribe-yaki, Setoguro, and Ki-Seto.

Raku-yaki – Produced in Kyoto. There is a proverb of the hierarchy of ceramic styles used for tea ceremony: 'First, Raku(-yaki). Second, Hagi. Third, Karatsu.'

Seto-yaki – Produced in Aichi. The most produced Japanese pottery in Japan. Sometimes, the term Seto-yaki (or Seto-mono) stands for all Japanese pottery.

Shigaraki-yaki – Produced in Shiga. One of the oldest styles in Japan. Famous for tanuki pottery pieces.

Tokoname-yaki – Produced in Aichi. Most are flower vases, rice bowls, teacup.

Japanese Pottery

Gotoh Museum

Water jar, named Yaburebukuro (Burst Pouch), Momoyama period (1573-1615),
Gotoh Museum Japan

Furuta Oribe and Oribe Ceramics
Born in 1543 or 1544, about the same time as the first arrival of Portuguese merchants in Japan, Furuta Oribe worked closely with the principal characters who shaped the political and artistic climate of sixteenth-century Japan. Like many other warlords of the time, he cultivated a keen interest in the tea ceremony, and in the vacuum created by his mentor Rikyu's death, Oribe's name became increasingly associated with tea. Rikyu had already begun to move away from dependence on Chinese and Korean tea utensils, preferring Japan's indigenous products. Oribe went a step further, intentionally cultivating the beauty of the imperfect. With its enormous cracks resulting from several weeks of firing at a high temperature, the famous water jar from the Iga kiln nicknamed "Burst Pouch," an Important Cultural Property in the Gotoh Museum, Tokyo, was considered by Oribe as a vessel endowed with a unique beauty.

Peter Callas

Peter Callas, born in Jersey City, N.J. in 1951, is an American potter who has been influenced by the Japanese woodfiring tradition, as well as the work of his friend and collaborator Peter Voulkos († 2002).

While these influences are apparent, Callas has developed his own unique style and made his mark on the woodfiring scene with pots as well as sculpture.

During his travels in Japan, Callas became particularly enamored with Anagama kilns, which he continues to use to this day. Pieces that are fired in this way have an ancient look about them, as if they had been sitting on the bottom of the sea for thousands of years.

Callas has exhibited extensively in the US as well as Japan and can be regarded as an established figure in Anagama woodfiring as well as a proponent of Abstract Expressionist ceramics, in league with Voulkos, Soldner and others.


Further reading: Peter Callas Gallery