Final Post

so, this should be the final post for the mendo blog, as i am now back in cincy. if you are following, please check out www.seeparsley.blogspot.com to see what i'm up to with the collective!

thought i should boil down the lessons i've learned with my work at the residency.
1. underglazes are ok.
2. low firing is for me
3. stop using shitty clay from reclaim
4. get that artist's statement realed in asap
5. i still want to work on the surface/form problem without giving in to obvious gestalt solutions.

guess that's it. thanks if any of you read this business!

CCACA Highlights

the work i had at the conference. this school bus yellow pedestal i built was meant to hold three heads, but, being the occasional master of disaster, i rushed and exploded it instead. all in all, felt ok with what i had.

couple of examples of lovely tumblers from students. unfortunately cannot remember what schools, as i lost my notes in travel... oops. especially love the detail on the bottom of the cityscape tumblers, and the mirrored shelf. so nice.

this is the work of a student named jonathan huang. his skill with facial expressions and musculature is inspiring. he recommended the videos of forensic artist phillipe farout for reference. will be a future investment. great stuff!

i had never heard of clayton thiel before ccaca, but, frankly, i lost my shit when i walked onto the roof of the natsoulas gallery to find about 10 of these enormous narrative heads. there's a great video on his website that shows his process for these. this remains the highlight of the conference for me. 100% pure love.

altough i forget artist's names chronically, i have babbled to anyone who will listen about the "teeth woman" for over a year now. in fact, esther shimazu is the reason i decided to carve teeth and implant them for my moche vessels. her work is smaller than i expected, maybe @9"-a foot. no less amazing for that. it was inspiring and exciting to finally see these beautiful figures in person!