You make my heart sing…

Where The Wild Things Are opened at Red Star Studios Friday night!

And so many of my friends came!

What makes this group of artists unique, beyond the subject matter, are their incredible surfaces. Lovely labored over objects in an array of color. All of the artists working in different temperature ranges and clays. Kansas City had summer evening this November First Friday. It was a great show at Red Star and there was lots of interest in the work.

It was profound to see my animals in the gallery. In six months I have completed my first body of work since graduation. I have new questions I want to ask and I’m seeking stories.

Come visit Oedipus Rex and Me at Red Star on 821 West 17th St.

November First Friday at Red Star

Where the Wild Things Are

Opening tonight at Red Star Studios

Featuring Bernadette Curran, Shanna Fliegel, Martha Grover, Calder Kamin, Brooke Noble and Shoko Teruyama

This group exhibition captures a collection of six ceramic artists that incorporate flora and fauna themes in their work. Where The Wild Things Are opens First Friday November 6th from 6-9pm at Red Star Studios located at 821 W 17th Kansas City, MO 64108. The exhibition runs until November 28th.

Come see my new work!

Wild Thing

Oedipus enters the vault of fire this week. He will be a part of Red Star Studios exhibition Where the Wild Things Are opening November 6th.

 

T-MONEY

If anybody asks, our friend Timo Fahler is doing beautifully at UCLA Grad school. He’s gained enough charisma over the last year to take over the LA scene. Timo just completed an installation for the Wende Museum’s Wall Project at the LACMA/La Brae Tar Pits. Timo was asked to create a piece for an event at the museum that marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Visit his site for more updates, he’s good for it! He’s got that gangster lean.

Color me California

Carol Sauvion, Executive Producer and Creator of Craft in America, welcomed all of the KCAI alum in town to her home on Sunday. It was the most dreamy and unexpected surprise of my trip. She has a beautiful little home in Beverly Hills. Timo, Mega, Ryan, and I couldn’t help but milk the experience spending the early afternoon sipping on wine under a persimmon tree.

The afternoon also included checking out Carol’s collection of pots from 30 years of owning a ceramics galley.

I finally met KCAI alum and ULCA alum Nikki Lewis. She has been working and raising a family in LA. She and I had been in correspondence since May after she participated in Red Star Studios exhibition Then and Now. She reached out to me during my first curatorial experience at Red Star. I’m glad to match a smiling face to her kind words and actions.

Later in the afternoon we made it up to the Getty Museum for a stunning view, perfect place to be when you feel on top!

Visions of lime green everywhere, much different than the cold and rainy KC I came back too.

Object Lesson

I want to be a jet set artist! Opening night for Object Lesson : Recent Student and Teacher work from The Kansas City Art Institute at the Craft in America Study Center in Los Angeles.

Friend, Ryan Fletcher, 2nd semester junior at KCAI, Freehand gallery director and Craft in America Producer Carol Sauvion, and moi inside Freehand gallery in Hollywood. Carol has been an incredibly generous patron to the Art Institute; featuring the students and professors in both the TV special and exhibition.

Featuring Paul Smith’s bust.

The coolest part was that we could be there, including Cary Esser. The gallery was super tiny, but there was all of our work together in Los Angeles. I’m so proud of everyone! I spoke with one of Craft in America crew, Rose, at the opening. She had been by my blog and was so excited by the connectivity I was generating by posting all of the Craft in America YouTube clips and show cards. I’m a fan of the information age.

Visit the Craft in America Study Center
8415 W. Third Street
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Open Thursday – Saturday 12 – 6pm and by appointment
310-659-9022

Opening at the Craft In America Study Center

The opening is Saturday October 24th, I’m LA bound Friday night, see you there!

Cutting Room Floor

The video below is the Preview for the second season of Craft in America, episodes Origins and Process, that aired on Wednesday last week. The Kansas City Art Institute ceramic’s department and my professor Cary Esser are featured in Process. I’m so proud of everyone!

I also have some cutting room floor material. Julie and I were asked, ‘why clay?’ A common question in the craft world, because when you love clay, you really freaking love clay and some just don’t get it.

Panda Puppy vs Real Dog

My new roommate’s dog, Peyton Manning, discovered Panda Puppy the other night up on a shelf. Peyton had a fit over the small sculpture for about an hour. I’m so surprised, amused and excited that I convinced a dog with a clay replica.

Foxyfoxy

The first little baby completed after undergrad! I can hardly keep up with all the things I want to make at this moment. There are always several projects happening simultaneously in the studio, so, the finale for this guy has been long over due.

I’m using  the Kansas City Art Institute’s shop stoneware; a very ornery material to handle during construction. Trying to stand something on four legs is a nightmare. What makes this clay special is I’ve never seen a crack on the sculpture after it’s green state. There seems to be structural issue with the clay body and I’m still not able to sculpt to my potential. I need to move on. The surface is composed of underglazes and cone 04 glazes. His partner is waiting for a luster firing next week.