Today, I received the wonderful notice that my “RED TEAPOT” is accepted in the International Contemporary Teapot Exhibition with the title: “Beyond the Function”. The description of this show is to be an exhibition interested in the exploration of new dev ... Continue Reading
The Saturday and Sunday, March 1+2, of the NOLA Fired Up Conference were filled with demonstrations, gallery viewing in downtown New Orleans, slide shows, discussions and of course eating the good food and enjoying the wonderful music of the Saturday night dance. Margaret Bohls& ... Continue Reading
The Fire on the Mississippi banks of New Orleans, Louisiana, NOLA Fired-Up! It was a great success! Beautiful sculptural kilns and great fires all around! Filling up the paper clay “VASE KILN”. Closing of the kiln. Starting the fire. Fire from within. Continue Reading
Next day, I put the clay slurry with magazine paper on the in- and outside of the kiln. Thicker paper and with colors (the chemicals in the ink) on it make it more refractory. Around 3pm a group of high school kids from an NOCCA art center came to have a look and they helped me ... Continue Reading
On Wednesday, February 27, I arrived in New Orleans to participate in the NOLA Fired-Up Conference. I arrived at midnight. It is an easy city to drive in, so, I found my hotel alright in the French Quarter. It is an old city and where I’m building the kiln, the devastation ... Continue Reading
Well awakened by a Starbuck’s coffee I started my day with a lecture about “New York City Subway Ceramics”. Always already I am interested in tiles and they did a wonderful job in New York. After another panel discussion , about raw materials, minerals and clay ... Continue Reading
This morning I had a wake-up breakfast at Starbucks across the street from the hotel. Then one block futher is the Convention Center and a panel discussion/lecture “Up in smoke” about wood firing started at 8:30am. So, with everything close by, I was on time and thre ... Continue Reading
Today, I had my gallery hopping day. I joined a wonderful group and we were in 2 cars: Bob and Sandy Kinzie, Barbara Brown, Robin Hopper, Lee Middleman, Bob Nichlos, Edith Franklin and Rick Andersen. We saw the most interesting shows at the Lewis & Clark College, the Clackam ... Continue Reading
