tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32238133348227623232024-03-13T09:40:58.637-07:00k8ceramicspottery. sculpture. installation art.k8ceramicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09630249187941167325noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223813334822762323.post-22062464070974690722009-10-25T17:14:00.000-07:002009-10-25T17:34:33.465-07:00First Pottery Fired at HarvardI am excited to have the first round of pottery that I have fired at the Harvard Ceramics studio in the gas reduction kiln. I was a part of Shawn's teapots class firing to cone 10, or about 2,345 degrees Fahrenheit.<div><br /></div><div>I tried out some red and black combinations:</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/SuTsCZu2L8I/AAAAAAAAACQ/_uXC8ENSWXQ/s320/potteryoctober+2009+004.JPG" /> <img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/SuTsYIQDD-I/AAAAAAAAACY/6UJwwQAjbwE/s320/potteryoctober+2009+016.JPG" /> </div><div><br /></div><div>I was trying to evoke a feeling of water:</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/SuTssqeq_iI/AAAAAAAAACg/R_dwdsU8Wbg/s1600-h/potteryoctober+2009+024.JPG"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/SuTssqeq_iI/AAAAAAAAACg/R_dwdsU8Wbg/s320/potteryoctober+2009+024.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396698505558031906" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Another test combination:</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/SuTtUSW0kpI/AAAAAAAAACw/TETZgOL5cPE/s1600-h/potteryoctober+2009+029.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/SuTtUSW0kpI/AAAAAAAAACw/TETZgOL5cPE/s320/potteryoctober+2009+029.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396699186277421714" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Testing a glaze combination on textured goblets:</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/SuTtDGB-juI/AAAAAAAAACo/HmezR6hysZ0/s1600-h/potteryoctober+2009+018.JPG"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/SuTtDGB-juI/AAAAAAAAACo/HmezR6hysZ0/s320/potteryoctober+2009+018.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396698890910994146" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>A teapot I could have never made without being in Shawn's class:</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/SuTtkScSUpI/AAAAAAAAAC4/mJvd-pg8O54/s1600-h/potteryoctober+2009+015.JPG"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/SuTtkScSUpI/AAAAAAAAAC4/mJvd-pg8O54/s320/potteryoctober+2009+015.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396699461178249874" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>A sake set:</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/SuTufBOoqiI/AAAAAAAAADI/VjKEEOJk4ow/s1600-h/potteryoctober+2009+035.JPG"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/SuTufBOoqiI/AAAAAAAAADI/VjKEEOJk4ow/s320/potteryoctober+2009+035.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396700470169872930" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Outside my sunroom the trees are yellow, it is autumn in New England:</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/SuTuPamERDI/AAAAAAAAADA/Tzn9dN8w9DQ/s1600-h/potteryoctober+2009+003.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/SuTuPamERDI/AAAAAAAAADA/Tzn9dN8w9DQ/s320/potteryoctober+2009+003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396700202101130290" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div>k8ceramicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09630249187941167325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223813334822762323.post-7608490668508577402009-10-14T05:13:00.000-07:002009-10-14T05:44:23.026-07:00Upcoming Firings: 3 Wood Firings in the First 2 Weeks of November<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/StXEnlliWOI/AAAAAAAAACA/4Lddhf79hH4/s1600-h/IMGP5019.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: center;">Meet the wood kiln to which I am the liaison between Harvard Ceramics Department and Nobles and Greenough School, a private middle and high school campus where the kiln is located.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/StXAsitnIrI/AAAAAAAAAB4/ZnHZyO-GdBI/s1600-h/IMGP5020.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/StXAsitnIrI/AAAAAAAAAB4/ZnHZyO-GdBI/s320/IMGP5020.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392428000310928050" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The symbol on top means "fire" and it is painted green, symbolizing green fire. This kiln is designed to be smokeless, redirecting the smoke back into the firebox to allow for a very efficient and clean-burning firing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/StXEnlliWOI/AAAAAAAAACA/4Lddhf79hH4/s320/IMGP5019.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392432313229531362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This kiln has great craftsmanship and a pizza oven!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/StXFPTFOvjI/AAAAAAAAACI/M3iRnDrwatA/s1600-h/IMGP5024.JPG"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/StXFPTFOvjI/AAAAAAAAACI/M3iRnDrwatA/s320/IMGP5024.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392432995456958002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>k8ceramicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09630249187941167325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223813334822762323.post-14752371707713846432009-09-12T18:53:00.001-07:002009-09-12T19:31:56.988-07:00Pottery for Sale in Cyberspace<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/SqxSZ4CsfpI/AAAAAAAAABw/NQAy6rEpYds/s1600-h/Sept2009pottery+(19).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/SqxSZ4CsfpI/AAAAAAAAABw/NQAy6rEpYds/s320/Sept2009pottery+(19).JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380766259294797458" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; font-family:arial, -webkit-fantasy;"></span></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:arial, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I have begun the process of documenting the stock of pottery I have so that I can make it available for purchase over the internet. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Please visit </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">h</span></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/k8ceramics/sets/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ttp://www.flickr.com/photos/k8ceramics/sets/</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">to browse my pottery.</span></span></div></div>k8ceramicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09630249187941167325noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223813334822762323.post-84230367303771850362009-09-12T12:50:00.000-07:002009-09-12T13:08:03.484-07:00Petals Installation in Chelsea Cafe<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/Sqv9xQZx6II/AAAAAAAAABY/Kd5e83tcKkU/s1600-h/7.Kate_Lewis+(Multiplying+Moments,+Worcester+Public+Library).jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/Sqv9xQZx6II/AAAAAAAAABY/Kd5e83tcKkU/s320/7.Kate_Lewis+(Multiplying+Moments,+Worcester+Public+Library).jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380673202482702466" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Worcester Public Library: Petals Installation on a Display Case, 2008</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Tomorrow I am installing some petals at Chelsea City Cafe, just 20 minutes from my new studio at Harvard.</span><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:'Segoe UI';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.chelseacity.com/">http://www.chelseacity.com/</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This is an interactive installation so if you are in the area and would like to interact, I encourage you to visit the cafe and add to the installation! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">In a collaborative twist, when I suggested to the curator that windows were a great surface to attach my petals to, he asked me if I would bring some or if I wanted him to put some up. So my petals will be installed on some windows that he puts up on the back wall of the cafe, a new and exciting place for the petals to multiply and expand out.</span></div>k8ceramicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09630249187941167325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223813334822762323.post-56144393210850843482009-09-02T15:53:00.000-07:002009-09-07T07:31:00.242-07:00Tea Sets<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/Sp73rQHsk3I/AAAAAAAAABI/ApW_49RoPEQ/s1600-h/11.Kate_Lewis+(pottery2).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/Sp73rQHsk3I/AAAAAAAAABI/ApW_49RoPEQ/s320/11.Kate_Lewis+(pottery2).JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377007327560635250" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This is an image of the first complete tea set I ever made. I made it during a hand-building class with Ginny Gillen in 2008. On Labor Day weekend I fired the set in Louise Harter's wood kiln in Connecticut.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, fantasy;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, fantasy; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/SqUXdZmwB4I/AAAAAAAAABQ/zOOAjDjUrAs/s320/IMGP3689.JPG" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">So far I have exhibited this tea set at <i>The Art of Dining show </i>at the Krikorian Gallery and <i>Change it as you see fit </i>at the Sprinkler Factory Gallery. I have also offered it for sale at my studio sales. Yet, it seems that no one has been interested in creating a permanent relationship with this tea set. Perhaps it is just too small: the cups are like Italian espresso cups, and including the little loop at the top, the teapot is just 5" tall. But this is not a tea set for the thirsty, this tea set presents the opportunity to share, for a short moment, a pause from the bustle of daily life. I like to start small, and this is just the beginning of my journey into tea sets.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Next Wednesday I will start my first class at Harvard, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>The Contemporary Teapot Knows No Bounds: </i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Through slide presentations, surface treatment, hand-building, wheel-throwing, and altering forms, this class will prepare me to take on the challenges of designing and integrating parts: lid, spout, handle and body in an effort to push limits and transform the teapot from functional vessel to sculptural object.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 14px;font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 14px;font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div></div>k8ceramicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09630249187941167325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223813334822762323.post-13168821605043318342009-08-22T08:56:00.000-07:002009-08-22T09:17:22.539-07:00wood-fired pitcher<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/SpAVipEtnlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/E0AC_WSGwfo/s1600-h/14.Kate_Lewis+(pottery5).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TT1xeF1Wq-E/SpAVipEtnlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/E0AC_WSGwfo/s320/14.Kate_Lewis+(pottery5).JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372818040338357842" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I am proud to announce Patti, my coworker at SCPT, bought this pitcher as a birthday present to herself. She plans on using it as a vase and putting black eyed susans in it. Happy Birthday Patti and thank you for supporting my artistic endeavors!</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, fantasy;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, -webkit-fantasy;">I have gotten a lot of comments about this pitcher which I fired in the Worcester Center for Crafts woodkiln in 2007, and exhibited at my solo show at the Sprinkler Factory Gallery this summer. People immediately appreciate the shell texture pattern on the base, and the grip divot for the thumb to sit in as the pitcher is poured. I agree that these features are nice, and I also agree with a lot of people who wished it would be bigger (more functional for sitting on the table and being used every night as a water pitcher).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, -webkit-fantasy;">So, since I found out Wednesday that my new position as wood kiln assistant at Harvard Ceramics will enable me to participate in 3 wood-firings during the first two weeks of November, I figured I should try making around 10 more of this style, just bigger. Harvard has a nice soda kiln I hope to be firing in also, which has similar effects on the clay and glazes.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, -webkit-fantasy;">Visit <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', fantasy; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre; ">http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~ceramics/makotokiln.htm </span>to if you wish to get to know the kiln I will be taking care of. The guy who built it also has a great website: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', fantasy; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre; ">http://www.miharuarts.com/kusakabe/index.php?page=home.</span></span></div>k8ceramicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09630249187941167325noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223813334822762323.post-40820301566260253012009-08-22T08:54:00.000-07:002009-08-22T08:56:03.330-07:00Welcome to k8ceramics!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Welcome to my blog, and the beginning of my effort to bring my art into cyberspace!</span>k8ceramicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09630249187941167325noreply@blogger.com0