Produce Week!

In the spirit of fall we are having PRODUCE week!
You have all week to work on integrating your research with what you produce.  You must also be focusing on developing your own VOICE. 

Critique on FRIDAY!  Be sure you are taking process images.  Also, you must be documenting how your research has INSPIRED, and INFORMED  your work? 

You must have your Investigative workbook with you for critique.  We will need it in order to document your research/integration with what you are producing.    Remember to document process, and take notes along the way!  (Document your journey!) 

Remember the things that you notice, are often where influence and voice come from!  Listen, look, record.
Ask yourself- WHAT IF? 

Kristen Kieffer's page-  Great example of integrating influences, and noticing into your work, in order to develop your own voice!
http://networkedblogs.com/mUtTE

Be ready to share!

Surface Artist Research /Books due Friday

http://www.juliejohnsonpottery.com/gallery.php
http://www.elizabethrobinson.com/
http://stevencolby.wordpress.com/plates/
http://jennymendes.blogspot.com/
http://www.suetirrell.com/?section=pottery
http://www.mariakristofersson.se/
http://www.kathykingart.com/
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=499237208364
http://shokoteruyama.com/Shoko/Shoko_Teruyama.html
http://ronphilbeckpottery.com/
http://www.flmceramics.com/FLM_ceramics/Welcome.html
http://traxgallery.com/artists/
http://kariradasch.com/
http://www.theclaystudio.org/shop/index.php?id=2705
http://www.printandclay.net/printandclay/artistprofiles.htm
http://www.ayumihorie.com/gallery.html
http://www.juliagalloway.com/
http://www.jenniferkincaid.net/biography.htm
http://accessceramics.org/
http://www.dianafayt.com/
http://www.mollyhatch.com/home/
http://www.julieguyot.com/gallery/
http://kiefferceramics.com/
http://ritavali.com/home.html
http://lyndaladwigceramics.com/home.html
http://feffakookan.blogspot.com/
http://connienorman.com/blog/
http://jasonbigeburnett.com/home.html
http://www.rothshank.com/
http://www.yosoh.com/

Qtr 1 Ending Investigative Workbooks (WI's) Due Monday

Please check out the dry-erase board!  Don't just check it out, read it!  All the information that needs to be included in your book is up there.  No excuses!  Books are due on Monday!  Document where you have been, where you are, and where you are heading!  What have you learned this semester?  What were some aha moments you had, or are having?  We will be firing the gas kiln next week!  Get everything glazed!  Enjoy homecoming!  No open studio this Saturday! 

Critique Postponed! Oregon School of Art and Craft Visits!

We are going to postpone critique until Tuesday!  Colleges are in town for portfolio days!  Monday Oregon School of Art and Craft/6h hour.  Tuesday New York School of Visual Arts/2nd hour.  Wednesday is Kansas City Arti Institute.  (All day)

Critique will be on Tuesday/6th hour. 

Wednesday: Arvada Center Show

Don't forget to get field trip permission forms to me ASAP!  We will be going to see the shows at the Arvada Center.  I have had a link at the right (image with face) with a review and images from the show.  Check it out.  Don't foget to bring your Investigative Workbooks, and Cameras!  Should be fun!

Bringing it all together!

Great work so far!  First major deadline is Thursday.  Everyone has been working hard, and producing great work.  I look forward to seeing everything on the table for critique.  Make sure you are looking at the world around you.  What do you notice, and remember?  This is what influences and inspires your work!  Start thinking about finishing your surface since there are a lot of options!  ( What cone are you firing to?  What surface do you want?  Matte, Shiny, etc...  Why have chosen this finish?  What is the function of your form?)
I appreciate all you do!

Lisa

Friday Deadline!

Just got done reading all of your Workbooks, otherwise known as the WI's!  Great job this week of documenting processes, and reflecting on what inspires and informs your work.  I think everyone is starting to understand how we are influenced and inspired by what is around us. (contextual) 
I appreciated that the books this week were honest and everyone seemed connected to what they were working on, and that this was well documented in writing, photographs, and sketches. 
Don't forget to stop and notice what gets your attention, or what you stop to look at twice, or what you remember, or something that you just can't get off your mind- these are the things that influence and inspire us, if we just take the time to notice and reflect.
Great start to a new year everyone!

First group critique or Celebration of Learning is next Monday!  Be ready to present what is going on with your work.  You should have finished pieces!  (Ready for the kiln, that is!)