DINNER PARTY ONE POTATO TWO

DINNER PARTY TWO- 
This Inspiration came from Jessye's favorite Dutch food, called, "Stamppot", made from boiled potatoes and uncooked endives mashed together. My "Stamppot Potato Bowl", with lid, was created thinking about an unconventional way of serving food. I chose to make my potato bowl with "eyes", so that when the lid has pressure applied to it, the mashed potatoes will seep out the eyes into small potato bowls. I also made actual potatoe eyes also, to be used to block the holes if you so choose.

Recipe 

2-lbs potatoes (slightly mealy)

1 pound endives cut in strips
1 stock cube (meat or vegetable)black pepper1 onion3.5 oz streaky baconOr, for vegetarians, no bacon but 3.5 oz. Gouda cheese, freshly grated or cut into small cubes
7 Tbsp. milk

RESEARCH-

GLEN WILD- "I work intuitively and from the gut. Feelings, instincts and unconscious impulses are an important part of the vocabulary I draw on."

It is interesting that he grew up - and has traveled widely - in Africa. He has absorbed something of the African soul, and this is evident in the spirit and vitality of his work without being superimposed, consciously applied or derivative. In fact, he continually rejects thoughts, plans and prescriptions and accepts only a feeling of innate rightness, when it spontaneously emerges. This anti-intellectual approach is aided by his focus on the process of working with clay.

The work I make highlights the process and the handmade. Blemishes, imperfections and the reality of the making process are integral to my approach. I work intuitively.

As such, each piece stands on its own as a creative engagement – with the working process laid bare. And ultimately it is not an African or European soul which shines through – it is his soul. The best of his work has an intensity of personal vision which is ruggedly symbolic and almost terrifyingly iconic.

Doug Herren- creates over-sized vessel forms....teapots, vases, platters, etc....that are infused with an industrial sensibility. These are sectional forms that must be pieced together because of their scale. "While the sources I use are utilitarian pottery forms, I have recast them to resemble industrial detritus." Rather than the use of traditional pottery glazes for finishing, he strives to replicate the surfaces of abandoned machinery.

DINNER PARTY-JESSYE

Dinner Party

                                         

                                           JESSYE

Artist Statement- 

"Jessye", a Flagler College International student was teamed up with me to create a sculpture. After an interview, and some thought, I created this piece I named, "Jessye" This sculpture will be used as a centerpiece at the Inaugural Dinner for Flagler College's newest President, Dr. James Joiner.My inspiration for the sculpture zeroed in on Jessye's dream to own her own Fashion Magazine in New York City, NY, one day.

Research-

Matt Kelleher

"Aware of the tendency to put parameters around my work, of what is “good or bad”, I do my best to give the ideas room. It is important to pursue the clues that linger on the periphery of my pottery, which are often sculptural and beyond the scale of tableware. The process each new idea reveals drives me forward."
Matt Kelleher has recently joined the ceramic faculty at Alfred University after a decade of working as a studio potter in the mountains of western North Carolina. Matt has participated in residencies at Penland School of Crafts, Archie Bray Foundation, and Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park in Shigaraki, Japan. As Matt continues to investigate soda-fired tableware, his studio practice now includes larger sculptural ideas. Kelleher received a MFA in ceramics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a MA in printmaking from the University of Northern Iowa, and a BFA in ceramics from the Kansas City Art Institute.

Inna Olshansky

I was Born in Russia and explored many different mediums and techniques prior to choosing to specialize in clay and oil paint. After obtaining a degree in Tashkent , I developed my own way of expression , while at the same time , continuing to demonstrate a broad free style . In 1993 I moved to Israel and opened " Inna Ol'shansky Art" , a gallery-boutique in Tel Aviv . 2013 was the first year, when I started using bronze for sculptural work, which I really enjoy to work in . For more than 20 years I have been an independent full-time Artist, during which I have had many exhibitions across Israel. I want to say a few words about my creative process)): I work very intuitively. Starting with a raw idea or concept, I usually have only a vague, nebulous collection of ideas to begin. As I set up the structure of the sculpture, the vision becomes more real and solid in my mind... the elements I want to use, the overall look of the form... the attitude of the head, the expression and shape of the face all start to become more solid in my imagination. One part of the design is confirmed, leading to the next and the next element. Until I get my hands on the clay, I am never sure exactly what the end result will be. My way of working is to be guided by my instincts and to let the flow of ideas take me where they will.

Philippe Faraut

Sculptor and author Philippe Faraut is best known for his large body of portraiture created over the last twenty-five years in clay, wax, stone porcelain and bronze. His book and DVD series in additional to his instructional materials focusing on the fine art of modeling classical busts and figures in clay are used throughout the world.

TOUCH PROJECT 2017

Touch Project-

A collaboration between Flagler College Ceramic Sculpture students and The Florida School for the Deaf and Blind. 

Other Pieces that I created from this context

"Shut your Pie-Hole"

 Researched Images of Inspiration...

 

Individual Concept- Endangered Totem

 Artist Statement- 

The concept behind these clay sculptures is awareness for the particular animal or insect whose survival is being threatened today. The Horseshoe crab is being harvested for medicinal purposes with its blue blood selling for $15,000.00/ounce. The rhinoceros beetle, the gopher turtle, many species of starfish, and the list goes on...I like creating art with a message or some collaboration with the science world. My endangered totems can send a message of hope and help.

RESEARCH

Ursula Commandeur

Ursula Commandeur's urge to create is based on a certain need to catch up. Only at the age of 40 did she graduate as a certified product designer specializing in ceramics. Since then she has been making everyday objects - bowls, bottles, vases grown out of the need to surround oneself in everyday life with beautiful things - as well as free works, quite enigmatic forms without any use value.

In the free works, the game manifests itself with her own, seemingly inexhaustible seeming repertoire of forms, which brought her within a short time international recognition and awards.

From biscuit porcelain and wire arise reliefs and free sculptures. Corresponding to her interest in things constructed according to system, she adds individual, repetitive forms that complement each other to a new volume. In black and white, bizarre objects and fantasy turrets emerge, so idiosyncratic that they leave plenty of room for the viewer's imagination and association space. There are many things that make one think of rare animals of the deep sea, microorganisms from the ecology, others again things that one believes to know from technology. However, every object is completely fictitious; despite labels such as the heart valve, fur, or catalyst, they are understood as attempts to give a thought the appropriate form, to make the thinking and feeling visible and tangible.

Other Inspirational Images