Bonnie Mitchell
For ten years I sculpted dogs, cats and other animals out of clay. In addition, I made functional ware on the wheel. Then I combined my interest in animal sculpture with functional ceramics by carving images onto plates, cups, bowls, and other vessels. This is called sgraffito. Incising pottery decoratively is one of the oldest art forms. To begin, the drawing is placed on the leather hard clay. The image is traced and then carved out, much like a woodcut or linocut. The vessel is then low fired, retouched, glazed and high fired at 2200 degrees in an electric kiln. Domestic dogs and cats are our companions and they have to adapt as best they can to a changing human environment. They’ve had to give up some of their independence and shift their alliances. But we see them as sharing our humanity and treat them accordingly. Creatures we don’t domesticate compete with us for limited resources. They have our interest and compassion as their habitats and food supply chains disappear. |
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Biography: Bonnie’s works have been show in a number of group exhibitions and juried shows including: Clay Alliance Spring Pottery Fair 2005-2013; Civic Garden Center 2007-2012; Carnegie Art Center 2007; Clay Alliance Holiday Fair 2008-2012; Middletown Art Center 2008; Kennedy Heights Art Center 2009 & 2013; and Milford Art Affair 2012 .
Gwen Briscoe
I’m attracted to ceramics by the challenge that each new creation presents. Particularly, with hand built or sculpted pieces, there is a constant need to problem solve with each step in construction. This allows me to be so absorbed in the building process as to forget everything else that may be going on in my life. For me, ceramics is the ultimate relaxation technique. Then, there is that whole other aspect of the art – the suspense of waiting to the end of the final firing to see how the form, surface characteristics, and glazes have worked together on the piece. I can’t imagine that any art form could be more exciting! |
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| Vessels to Celebrate Life |
Biography: Gwen Briscoe is a retired Psychology professor, wife, mother of two, and grandmother of three. Gwen discovered ceramics late in life – about one-year before retiring! Now she can’t imagine life without this wonderful creative outlet. Gwen is primarily a hobbyist, making pottery for the sheer joy of it. Her work is most often hand-built, functional stoneware, but on occasion, she has been known to use the wheel, and has sometimes created purely decorative or sculptural pieces.
Tim Gold
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Tim resides and works in Independence, Ky. He has a B.A.
in Art Education from Edgecliff College and an M.A. in Art Education from
Northern Kentucky University.
His artistic style has been described as minimalist, as
well as colorist. He paints with acrylics using a hardedge style. The colors
used are all complementary: red, green, yellow, purple, blue, orange and their
combinations. His inspiration often comes from old black and white family
photos.
Since November 2001, his work has been exhibited in
galleries and competitions throughout Kentucky and southern Ohio.
He is a 2004 grant recipient of Summerfair, Inc. In
2007, he was accepted in the “Visual Arts at the Market Program,” a statewide
juried competition sponsored by the Kentucky Arts Council.
His teaching credits include after school art programs
for Art Machine, substitute teacher for Kenton County School District and Art
Work Manager at Reality Tuesday Café.
Tim is a member of the Kennedy Guild of the Kennedy
Heights Arts Center.
If you want to enjoy more, re-visit these blogs: Ordinary Vessels As Art 3/6/13 and
Picasso's Plates and Bowls 11/12
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