I have a blog?

We only have about 4 or five months of nice weather here in Edinboro, PA: June, July, and August being the best which is why I haven't posted to the blog since May. Here is a shot of this piece in its compleet state which I am titling An Interruption.

These are some shots of the piece I am currently working on in the studio. I've got a couple other pieces in progress but I am finding it more an more difficult to switch back and fourth between pieces. I think this is due in part to the difficulties of keeping multiple pieces at the right state of hydration especially when I have such an inconsistent studio schedule.

Caught in the Act!

So, I caught Derek throwing on the wheel for the first time since hes been here and I thought you'd all like to see this sublime spectacle! Who Said they would never throw on the wheel?

I dont have a Title

I finished this guy and loaded him in a bisque kiln. I slip trailed this piece with some of my drawn layers. This piece is the first of a deeper investigation of fragmenting the surface and possibly the actual figure in the future.

Natural Appearences

I have recently decided to add stalking to the list of my many hobbies! Here are some photos of my first target that I took as he was standing in the loveland ceramic studio. There's something really creepy about posting them all on a board, but hey, I take my hobbies seriously! ....In reality I have decided to start working from photo reference, and thought I'd let you all know.

Surface exchange

Here are some photos of the Pieces that I finished for the surface exchange project. I never thought something that seemed so ominous could be so much fun!....

Materieal or Craft?

I've been thinking allot about the choice of materieal when making work and how that influences an artists course of study. I look at the sculpture grads and I see them dooing all of these materieal studies, experimenting with the nature of each medium. In ceramics I dont think we do that so much because clay is such a direct and integral part of how we define ourselves. If I had to place a lable on my art practices I would consider myself a sculptor, but I chose a material ie. Clay, and decided to use it to communicate my ideas, based on its properties. I am questioning the logic of the decision to find a material and develop your content through it, vs. experimenting with materials and letting the content come from them. Should one aim to establish content first and then find the appropriate material, or experiment with materials until they find content?