Usually when pots hang around and hang around I sell em off cheap. I'm not known much as a vase maker but here are a couple I made and they have grown on me. At first they were glazed in a shino firing that is what was what I call " walrus snot shino". It is when the shino gets this green look to the carbon trapping. I surmised it was from too early reduction. I really liked the pots in spite of the snot surface. I visited Bruce Cochrane and he put me on to buying a sand blaster from Princess Auto. I sandblasted the pots to take the shine off them. What I learned from that exercise is that shine doesn't do the form any justice. You want to show off form do matte.
These two pots have been in galleries and exhibitions and always get returned unsold. It makes me scratch my bald head but I am never disappointed to see them return to papa.
People like pretty. I don't do pretty. I really try to do beautiful. Rocks,bark, ploughed fields, nature at it's wildest is my thing. I would however put a pretty flower in one of these beautiful strong quiet vases. The vase should support the pretty flower and not compete with it.
Looking at pots is like the acquired taste of good bourbon/whiskey. When we are young we don't venture into the hard stuff. We start with beer, maybe move to wine but the taste of a good top shelf whiskey is far off in our life's journey.
Today I am seeing so many what I call "first time buyers" pots. They haven't looked at, collected enough work to be sommeliers of clay.
These two pots will probably end up in my estate auction. Some lucky bugger will have scored a couple of my best and maybe not know they were my best.
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DC
I hope not "Untitled 1 & 2".
Give them a name that they won't ever come back unsold.
Chaser.
will provide insight into your inspiration for the artwork
may help the artwork tell its story.
leaves room for the viewer to bring his or her own meaning and interpretation of the artwork.
will be memorable and catchy
will be original
will not be too cheesy
Clara N.
A buyer wants to feel like that artwork they are about to purchase from you is one of your best ever – that it truly is one of your masterworks. They’re going to have a hard time believing that if you’ve called the piece “Untitled No. 427”.
Jason H.
This can be a real deal stopper and a complete turn off to a potential customer. Viewers and potential buyers will have a hard time believing your work has value if your piece is simply called “Untitled”. Titles do matter to an art buyer!
Lisa:)
Use these helpful tips to name your art:
Find Idioms
Common Expressions
Phrases and Sayings
Metaphors and Similes
Proverbs and Adages
Short quotes
Alliteration and Rhythm
Does a Work of Art Need a Title?
YES, YES, YES! A good title will sell a piece of art and it should never be a casual afterthought.
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download the exhibition catalogue of Gareth Mason: A Decade in Cahoots.
https://www.jasonjacques.com/publications/gareth-mason-a-decade-in-cahoots
To download the 2020 book, 'A Decade In Cahoots', visit:
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: a set of decorative objects (such as vases, urns, or clocks)
: a set of decorative accessories, in particular vases:
"the mantlepiece garniture was a dominant focal point"
A garniture is a number or collection of any matching, but usually not identical, decorative objects intended to be displayed together.
Garnitures may contain pieces made together with a view to being used as a set, or may be "assembled" by the decorator from pieces of different origin.
Most commonly a garniture is a collection of three or five matching pieces. Often a large central piece is flanked by pairs of smaller ones.
These two vases are just lonely, they need some friends.
Make them some display friends.
A.Ah
we don't need kiln gods, next time we can just wiggle our asses all over the kiln for good luck.
Ends on February 11, 2023
All ceramic artists, both US and international, who have been actively pursuing a career in ceramics for 10 years or less are invited to apply to the Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist competition.
Selected artists will have their work published in the May 2023 issue of the magazine.
https://ceramics.submittable.com/submit/239218/ceramics-monthly-2023-emerging-artist-contest
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In the ongoing series Dust Furries, satisfying color gradients complement the supple textures of the works.
Kurokawa transforms amorphous hunks of clay into organic sculptures that bow and bend. The malleable material stretches to reveal pockets of negative space or to generate undulating edges, and once fired, the works appear to freeze those movements.
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Fart Seems To Erupt On 'The View' And The Question Is, Who Or What Dealt It?
The flatulent sound punctuated a chat about the classified documents found at Mike Pence's home.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-view-fart_n_63d251b5e4b01e928868db3a
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And yes, posting under anonymous, but I'll sign off as Naomi - and only I need a name, not my pieces.
Agnes