On December 3-4^th, Jonathan Kaplan will instruct a two-day workshop on mold-making, in the Plinth Gallery Studio.  Please see the attached flyer.   Cost is $150/person for both days which includes all materials, and lunch.   Please contact the Gallery if you are interested in attending this workshop, and feel free to forward to anyone you  know who may be interested.  This will be our last workshop for 2011, and coincides with our exhibition of Jonathan’s own work in the Gallery.

Jim Kraft’s work is compelling yet deceptive. Kraft builds large container forms by using small pieces of cut or torn clay which is constructed in such a way as to appear as a completely different material.  This manipulation of the clay creates a visual deception, of baskets constructed of wood, fiber or cork pieces when in reality, they are ceramic.   Seattle-based Kraft has worked in ceramics for over 30 years, and likes the idea of being a part of the long history of people making things with their hands. He has described his own work as an evolution of ideas, often influenced by the natural world and native cultures. Kraft often works with the idea of smaller parts making up the whole, and this can be seen clearly in pieces such as “White Keep” or “Kala”.  These large vessels are made using coil and brick-like pieces, or cut and torn clay parts assembled to create a vessel which appears basket-like.  Kraft’s use of texture in the clay is exciting, and this exploitation of texture, combined with his use of natural colors for surface treatment, further trick the eye into seeing a different material. - Jonathan Kaplan, Plinth Gallery Ceramic Constructions” opens at Plinth Gallery on First Friday, November 4^th, from 6-9pm. This exhibition will be on display during Denver Art Week and through November 26th. For infromation please go to Jim's website and to see the upcoming exhibitions at Plinth make the jump to their website.  HOW DID YOU BECOME AN ARTIST? I think I became a creative person first, it wasn't until later that I thought of myself as an artist. As a child I loved to draw and I had a strong connection w nature. I was inquisitive. As time went on and I took art classes in school I realized I liked to work with my hands, to make things. Plus I had an innate desire to express myself. I would say it was when I was an adult and I had a career in ceramics that I started to think of myself as an artist. Perhaps I could see that others thought me an artist and that made me an artist. I think of myself as a creative person and a maker of things. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR STYLE? My style is what bubbles up from my interest in the vessel form, my interest in texture, my interest in nature and my interest in how previous cultures have distilled or combined these same elements. I want clay to look like clay. I meet it halfway, I don't wish to over power it. WHAT IS YOUR INSPIRATION FOR YOUR PIECES? The vessel form in general and the things I mentioned in the previous answer; nature and other cultures. I'm generally inspired to be creative and to follow in the path of a long line of people who made objects with their hands... for ceremony or every day use. WHAT KEEPS YOU MOTIVATED? The need to be creative. To evolve ideas. I see the ideas in my head and go from there. I also take successful aspects of a series and build on those aspects in the next series. ARE YOU A FULL TIME ARTIST? Yes. WHAT OR WHO INSPIRES YOU? That's a difficult question to answer as I don't think I am directly inspired by anything. It's a filtering and distilling of many things like travel, other visual art, nature, music, beauty, decay. If I had to say though I'd mention the cave painters, van Gogh, basket weavers, Joni Mitchell, Cary Grant, Gandhi, John Merrick, Steve. HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN A HEALTHY LIFE AND WORK BALANCE? I'm a spin addict and I get enough sleep and I can sit around and do nothing for hours on end. And I travel. ART BUSINESS? Make peace w the fact that the Art World is a necessary evil. There is art and then there is the art world. Do your best to have integrity and don't be seduced by the art world to become famous. WHAT ADVICE CAN YOU GIVE ASPIRING ARTISTS STRUGGLING TO FIND THEIR OWN VOICE AND LOOK?  Make what you want to make not what you think you should make. Let it come out, don't think about it too much.  Art is another language, not one of words and ideas.

If you are in the Denver area please come by and see my work in Hand Lettered at Abecedarian Gallery. 

November 4 – December 17, 2011

Opening Reception November 4, 6-8pm

910 Santa Fe, #101, Denver, CO  80204

 Abecedarian Gallery is a contemporary book arts gallery in Denver, Colorado. Alicia Bailey the owner asked me to participate in the Hand Lettered show after she saw my work at Plinth Gallery, Jonathan Kaplan being the amazing guy that he is said “No Problem.” So for the month of November my work is in two galleries in Denver. I’m thrilled to be in the show; I’ve always love book arts and have dabbled here and there in making books. But I’ve never felt they have been successful. I can’t wait to see the show!!

Here is the press release for the show and some links to some of the artists in Hand Lettered! In this final show of the year, Abecedarian Gallery presents Hand Lettered, a group exhibition featuring artists whose works include hand lettered elements as either primary content or concept. The exhibition was curated by gallery director Alicia Bailey and features work by Heidi Zednik, Jan Owen, Justin Quinn and Mamiko Ikeda alongside books and sculptures by seventeen other artists from throughout the United States, Germany and Argentina. Heidi Zednik is represented by Abecedarian Gallery and has been included in several previous exhibits. Here exhibited are several works created particularly for this exhibition. A dual citizen Austrian/American Zednik uses both painting and original texts in her works on paper, her studio work a recognition that art can be a catalyst for beauty, for peace and for being still.  Maine artist Jan Owen has also been included in previous exhibitions at Abecedarian. Captivated by the gestures found in handwritten letters, she often works with texts written by others. More than marks made on specific surfaces, Owen’s work integrates surface with mark, which she does by working on translucent materials that are layered, or by weaving materials back into the original surface. New to Abecedarian is Justin Quinn, a printmaker currently living in St. Cloud, MN, displaying both books and prints from his Moby Dick series. Quinn has altered Melville’s epic novel by changing all letters to the letter E, thus abstracting the text away from something that is read into something that is seen. Both a bound copy of the original graphite drawings, and a photocopy version installed on the wall will be on view, alongside an intaglio print. Also new to the gallery is Mamiko Ikeda. Born in Tokyo, Mamiko has lived in Colorado since 1995. She learned Japanese calligraphy from her mother, master calligrapher Shotei Miura. Here are exhibited several monotypes with calligraphy, works created as a form of meditation, the brush movements reflecting her moods, feelings and thoughts and hand painted boxes, each containing hand-lettered and printed manga scrolls. Hand Lettered also includes artists’ books by the following artists: Carol Erickson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) - Emily’s Trunk, a piece inspired by the writings of Emily Dickinson, Carol Es - All Done But None, an edition book with each copy hand written with original watercolors and prints. Cheryl Bailey/Deborah Henson (Denver/Longmont, Colorado) – A Manual for Future Departures, a collaborative multiple page scroll designed to hang on the wall mimicking a check list. Danielle Feliciano (St Louis Park, Minnesota) Luminous a digitally printed abecedary of illuminated letters Elizabeth McKee (Pasadena, Maryland) let it go a book work based on an e. e. cummings text of the same name Ellen Wiener (Southold, New York) Even the Rain, a poem by Agha Shahid Ali in a lavishly painted and printed accordion book Friedrich Kerksieck (Memphis, Tennessee) Abandoned Tales a letterpress book of text and illustrations reproduced via photopolymer plates and utilizing both hand drawn and digitally typeset text. Jennifer Hines (Chicago, Illinois) Kneel, a mixed media accordion with a body relief print and handwriting Kristen Catlett - Booneville, Arkansas, Alphabook: A Celebration of Letters, a book letterpress printed from hand drawn linocuts. Marí Emily Bohley (Dresden, Germany) Hoar Frost, Hanging in Time, accordion books an elegant use of natural materials along with The Book of Silence a codex incorporating hand-written translations of various words. Marina Soria (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Winter and Autumn, two puzzle books that allow viewer re-arrangement of the pages Stephen Sidelinger  - (Venice, Florida) Baudelaire Prose Poems Book 1&2 - two lavishly illustrated books with hand calligraphy and illuminations, each with 26 poems. Sun Young Kang - (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) The Way To Be Empty 2 is composed of 108 small boxes set within 5 larger boxes. Each small box has a character hand burned into the cover with incense. Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord (Newburyport, Massachusetts) Words for the Journey, a fan book with one one line quotations from various well known authors. Turner Hilliker (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Velvet Vacuums and Epic Moments of Personal Failure are both digital reprints of hand lettered works. As well as works by by E. Brooke Lanier (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Veiled Threat, Sincerely and Caveat modestly scaled wall works with troubling messages Connie Norman (Cheyenne, Wyoming) a selection of ceramic vessels incorporating repeating messages alongside stenciled glazed designs.

 

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Kristen will also instruct a two-day workshop October 8-9 in the Plinth Gallery studio.  The workshop will focus on altering forms, and decoration techniques such as stamping, slip-trailing, sponging and resists. Modalert (Brand) from mexico, Cost is $250/person which includes lunch, and interested persons should email the Gallery for more information.  

Kristen’s website and blog KiefferCeramics.com 

 Tell us a little about yourself!

I am a full-time studio potter working from my home in north central Massachusetts, Modalert (Brand) 250mg. Modalert (Brand) from canadian pharmacy, I teach 5-8 hands-on and demonstration workshops  around the U.S. each year, acheter en ligne Modalert (Brand), acheter Modalert (Brand) bon marché, Australia, uk, us, usa, as well as adult community classes part-time at the Worcester Center for Crafts. I work alone in my studio, canada, mexico, india, Austin, Texas, Memphis, Tennessee, so do every aspect of the making and finishing of my pots solo, in addition to the marketing, purchase Modalert (Brand) online, Modalert (Brand) online cod, networking, shipping and photography, Modalert (Brand) without a prescription. I primarily sell my work directly from my studio in my online stores on Etsy (http://kiefferceramics.com/workshops) and Big Cartel (http://kristenkieffer.bigcartel.com/), at my spring and holiday studio sales, and during workshops, Modalert (Brand) FOR SALE. Modalert (Brand) pharmacy, I also consign at a handful of select ceramic galleries and participate in juried and invitational exhibitions.



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(My full statement can be read here.) (http://kiefferceramics.com/bio/artist-statement/)

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What is the inspiration for your pieces. Modalert (Brand) FOR SALE, Most of the blogging I do on my website is about my influences. The blog is obviously a marketing tool, but it’s also a place for me to communicate to my collectors, gather my thoughts by having to write them down, and catalog my inspiration. My influences are rarely ceramic and vary wildly (architecture to candy, industrial design to furniture, etc.), as I mention in my artist statement above. I’m now keeping track of influence images for future blog posts on Pinterest (http://pinterest.com/kiefferceramics/). And, starting with my post about the title for my exhibition (http://kiefferceramics.com/2011/09/12/lovely-intangibles/) at Plinth this month, there are dozens of blog posts on my site about my influences (http://kiefferceramics.com/category/influences/) and favorites (http://kiefferceramics.com/category/favorites// ): separate and sometimes overlapping categories for things that impact my work vs. things I admire. 

 How does your DVD on surface decoration relate to your workshops?

The DVD (http://kiefferceramics.com/dvd/ ) was a neat, independent project that is a great compliment to my teaching, Modalert (Brand) FOR SALE. The response has been tremendous and supportive. Since it came out last year, many folks who purchased it have been enticed to take a full workshop. And many more who took a workshop have purchased it as reminder of what they learned. The DVD has sold all over the world, and while I’d certainly be happy flying anywhere and everywhere to teach, this instructional video has allowed folks who can’t come for a workshop the opportunity to see some of the techniques I enjoy in a personal format.

What keeps you motivated?


I think being a self-employed anything requires a certain kind of personality, an inner drive. I strive to continue to be a studio potter, so how to do that (and pay the bills) is on-going motivation.

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 - Jonathan Kaplan

Here is a sampling of artwork in the exhibition! 

Jonah Skurky-Thomas

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Since everyone was extremely generous, I decided to add two more pots into the drawing.  So, there was a first, second and third place winner.  Again, many thanks to those that want to make a difference in the world, I can’t express my gratitude. 

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I’m posting my interview a little differently, Fort Worth, Texas. Denver, Colorado, Jonathan Kaplan was so kind to play guest interviewer and gave me some questions to answer.  His questions will be designated by –JK at the end of the question.  And just to be fair I answered my own questions that I have been asking artists for a year.  They are the second part of the interview.  I tried not to overlap answers, so if you read the entire interview you will have learned more than you would EVER want to know about me. 

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The big thing I do now to re-charge my creative energies is write my blog.  I started the artist interviews, instead of running around the country taking workshops.  I still get to interact and learn from other artists.

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Tell us a little about yourself!

I was born in Japan, and have been lucky enough study pottery in Tokoname for a summer.  My Mom is Japanese and has nine brothers and sisters.  I have a bigger family in Japan than I do here in the US!    Two and half years ago my husband and I adopted our son from Ethiopia.  Now I am so lucky to have two amazing kings of my heart.  I have a very international family.  My husband’s sisters are married to Brit and Australian. I teach junior high school students in a very large school, I am one of 5 art teachers. 

How did you become an artist? 

When I was in high school, purchase Xanax (Brand) online, my love with clay started.  It was my senior of high school and I was happy in my Home Ec. class, I asked the ceramics teacher if I could switch into her class.  From that point I have been on the same path, ceramics, art, clay.  My parents wanted me to go to college but they told me that I wouldn’t be one of those kids that switched majors every semester.  So I had to declare a major and stick to it.  I told them I wanted to be an art major and 20 plus years later, I still am. 

Both my parents have always worked with their hands; my Dad was a gun smith always maintained a shop in very house we lived in.  My Mom always sewed our clothes, knitted, crocheted, made bread, and she was an avid Tole painter.  Although my parents weren’t what you would call artists, making things was a way of life for us.  I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t making something. 

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It took me a long time to find a “style” and I feel like I am still learning and figuring out what is my artist voice.  But I guess I would describe my style as decorative.  When text first jumped onto my work, I was only making very large vessels.  (I still like to make them; I make a lot work now that masquerades as functional.)  As I made these vessels I thought about aesthetics and the act of decorating. As I moved into making objects that seem to have a function the idea of decorating was still the main focus of my work.  When I was in college I was a mixed media sculptor, kjøpe Xanax (Brand) online, bestill Xanax (Brand) online, and narrative was very important to me.  One as I was thinking of making some pots, the idea of narrative came to mind.  I have always love texture; the narrative became texture, Xanax (Brand) for sale, with a glimpse of my private thoughts.

What keeps you motivated? Xanax (Brand) FOR SALE, I’ve always love the quote from Tim Rollins, “It’s not passion, it’s a deadline.” I definitely work well under pressure.  Although I love my time in the studio, I have so many distractions that I can easily be pulled away.  So I make sure I always have something to work towards, to make sure I am in the studio at all hours of the night.  I try to make sure I am in my studio every day, some days I work for hours without even noticing how much time has passed, and sometimes I just go to my studio to look around, clean up, and gather my thoughts. 

Are you a full-time artist. How do you come up with your creations. Can you walk us through your creative process when dreaming up new pieces?

No I am not a full-time studio artist to make my living.  But I do consider myself a full time artist, since I teach, generic Xanax (Brand), breathe, dream, Xanax (Brand) 150mg, art. 

All my work is slab construction.  Often times my process starts with an idea, but I have to dream up a way to make it.  So I will sketch out my idea, and then make patterns in paper to see how the form works.  Sometimes I think, I have this down, Baltimore, Maryland. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and I go to make a new shape without all the preplanning, then I usually have a really bad night in my studio. 

What or who inspires you?

Thomas Hart Benton and Gustav Klimt.

How do you maintain a healthy work and life balance?

I definitely don’t have a balance. I am a full time art teacher at a public school, a three year old, and I’m trying to be a professional artist, I am definitely pulled from all directions. 

 I go full blast for months then I stop.  Then go back to full blast again.  But definitely I would not be able to what I do without my wonderful husband, Todd.  He supports me totally and completely. 

You, like most people enjoy the process of making and didn't get into it for the sake of "business". But eventually you found yourself having to make the transition from artist to a businessperson. What have you learned so far and what advice can you give others in the same situation?

I have learned the business of art through trial and error.  And I still don’t really do the” business” part yet.  But I do keep my resume and portfolios updated and have a website, blog and Facebook page.  I’m not fond of doing the business end of being an artist.  I generally take time off from the studio, when I apply for solo shows, juried shows and fellowships; I try to get a bunch of applications and then do them all at once. 

What advice can you give aspiring artists struggling to find their own voice and look?

Go to you studio and work and work and work!  Try 10 or 20 variations to an idea, keep pushing an idea.  Don’t just stop at making one, work in a series.  So often I hear people say, “This summer I’ll make art.”  When I retire, I’m make art.”  When my kids get older I’ll make art.”  If you want to make art, just do it.  I do miss TV, socializing, and shopping.  (and many other activities)  I have whittled down my life to what is important to me, (family, art, work.)  But unfortunately I still don’t have it down or balanced.  And I feel like I miss out on a lot, but I am doing what I love.  Thank you Todd for all that you do for me! You are the love of my life!  We have the most incredible family.

 

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