Covered jar in national Shino show

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A tall covered jar of mine is currently on display in a show called Inspired by Malcolm: A Passion for Shino, at the Sandy Spring Museum,  15 miles north of Washington, DC. The exhibition is dedicated to the Japanese glaze Shino in general, a specific type of Shino glazing and firing technique, and the potter who discovered it.

The exhibition honors the memory of Malcolm Davis, a Washington, DC-based minister-turned-potter who developed and perfected a type of Shino glaze (and glaze firing) called carbon-trap Shino. It’s known for dramatic interplays between cream, orange/red and black colors on mainly porcelain ware, with the black color produced when carbon is “trapped” in certain areas of the glaze.

My entry in the show, glazed with Gold Shino, was thrown and fired during a month-long workshop at Alfred University, in Alfred, New York, in 2015. Given that the workshop presented me with new surroundings, new wheel, new clay, a new glaze, and gas kilns fired in rushed circumstances by graduate assistants, I felt really good about getting this pot out of the workshop. Thanks to Sandy Spring Museum, and show curator Matt Hylek, for including my pot in the show.

The exhibition is scheduled to run until September 5, 2021.

 

 

Five mugs accepted for Cup: The Intimate Object XVI show

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Five of my mugs have been accepted for the Cup: The Intimate Object XVI exhibition at Charlie Cummings Gallery, October 2-30, 2020. Five of my mugs were accepted for the same annual show in 2015. The five 2020 mugs are stacked below.

Jar accepted for regional Shino show

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A tall covered jar of mine has been accepted for inclusion in the Inspired by Malcolm: A Passion for Shino exhibition, scheduled for June 10 – September 5, 2021, at the Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, MD.

The exhibition honors the memory of Malcolm Davis, a Washington, DC-based minister-turned-potter who developed and perfected a type of Shino glaze (and glaze firing) that is known for dramatic interplays between cream, orange/red and black effects on mainly porcelain ware.

My entry in the show was thrown and fired during a month-long workshop at Alfred University, in Alfred, New York, in 2015. Given that the workshop presented me with new surroundings, a different wheel, different clay, new glazes, and gas kilns fired in rushed circumstances by graduate assistants, I felt really good about getting this pot out of the workshop.

The show was originally scheduled for this summer, but fell victim to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mugs accepted for 2015, Cup: The Intimate Object XI

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Five of my recently fired mugs will be in the 2015 edition of the Charlie Cummings Gallery’s annual Cup: The Intimate Object show. The show, which includes on-line sales of all entries, will include over 1000 cups and mugs from over 200 artists. A reception will be held on Friday, October 2nd, 6-9 pm. The gallery is at 2040 NW 6th St, in Gainesville.