Ernest Batchelder moved to Pasadena, California in 1901, just as the City of Angels began its meteoric rise at the turn of the 20th century. He taught manual arts (metalwork, pottery, tile-making) at Pasadena’s Throop Polytechnic Institute (now known as the California Institute of Technology, or Caltech) for about a decade. Around 1910, Batchelder beganContinue reading “Batchelder Tiles”
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Michelle Erickson – Artist Profile
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco recently held an exhibition of the work of Michelle Erickson, a Virginia-based ceramic artist & scholar whose work “combines colonial-era American ceramic techniques with contemporary social, political and environmental themes.” (Note: the Museum acquired Michelle’s piece called “Transangel” from the show, adding to the important museums around theContinue reading “Michelle Erickson – Artist Profile”
Creativity Interview with Helen Walthier
I recently completed an interview with my sister, Helen, about my creative life, sources that sustain my creative activities, and plans for creativity in my future. Helen conducts similar interviews with people from around the country, spanning a wide array of human endeavor, from artists, designers, healthcare professionals and software developers. These interviews are greatContinue reading “Creativity Interview with Helen Walthier”
Tullio Mazzotti’s Futurist Ceramics
Futurism was born in 1909 with the publication of the first “Futurist Manifesto” in the French newspaper Le Figaro. This 1909 Manifesto promoted ideas of motion, speed and mechanization in art, born out of rapid advances in technology, communications, transportation and mass-production at onset of the 20th Century. Sparked by this Manifesto, the Futurist movementContinue reading “Tullio Mazzotti’s Futurist Ceramics”
Beth Cavener – Artist Profile
“Primitive animal instincts lurk in our own depths, waiting for the chance to slide past a conscious moment. The sculptures I create focus on human psychology, stripped of context and rationalization, and articulated through animal and human forms.” Thus begins Beth Cavenar’s own description of inspirations underlying her work. Beth’s trained at the Charles H.Continue reading “Beth Cavener – Artist Profile”
Better Lovers – Artist Profile
Better Lovers is an artistic partnership between Layla Marcelle and Jacob Raeder, two artists who describe their work as “applying contemporary dance methodologies to object making. Choreographers designing ceramics and ceramists making films, [we] are committed to the entanglement of material processes with things, and assemblages of humans and non-humans in complex topographies of beingContinue reading “Better Lovers – Artist Profile”
Timea Tihanyi – Artist Profile
Timea Tihanyi is an interdisciplinary artist working with ceramics and educator at the University of Washington in Seattle. She was an early adopter of 3D ceramic printing technology, and we discuss how and why she ventured into that area as a sculptor. Once she purchased her first 3D ceramic printer, she converted her personal studioContinue reading “Timea Tihanyi – Artist Profile”
Alissa Coe – Artist Profile
Alissa Coe is a ceramic artist with a strong design background. After training in industrial design and launching a design studio in Canada, Alissa set out on her own from a new base in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. Sounds nice, doesn’t it? Well, Alissa reports that it is nice – great in fact.Continue reading “Alissa Coe – Artist Profile”
Sunbin Lim – Artist Profile
I recently came across Sunbin Lim’s work online, and reached out to him to learn more about his evolution as an artist. Sunbin is originally from South Korea but now works in Germany. Sunbin has had a number of very interesting experiences around the world, and through those experiences has worked with various media. I’veContinue reading “Sunbin Lim – Artist Profile”
Carol Long – Artist Profile
Carol Long is an extremely talented artist working in St. John, Kansas. Her work is lyrical, playful and stunningly well-executed. Carol’s elaborate forms and surface details reflect her childhood experiences growing up around plants and animals on a family farm. Her technical proficiency reflects years as a working potter as well as countless hours sheContinue reading “Carol Long – Artist Profile”
JTW Ceramics 