Podcast: Play in new window | Download Ian “Ox” McColl | Episode 807 Ian “Ox” McColl “discovered” clay when he was 15 to 16 years old at school and was hooked after his first try at using the wheel. Ox went to university at Bendigo in Victoria, Australia. After graduating […]
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Artist Profile Bryan Mark Taylor Ballaro Fruit Market 14 x 18″ Oil Widely traveled artist Bryan Mark Taylor has a diversity of skills and talents. In addition to winning top awards both nationally and internationally, Taylor lectures and teaches, […]
Imagine a WorldPerspectives from The Artist’s Road (detail) Ramble Through the Bramble Oil J. Hulsey As we think about what a challenging and eventful year 2022 has been, our thoughts converge on two things: how big and full of surprises this world is; and, how varied and sometimes in […]
This is a perfect craft for a cozy day inside. All you need are some plain cupcake liners (here I used white and kraft) and some scissors. Hole punchers optional. That’s it! Fold them a few times, snip here and there, and soon you will have a whole table full […]
Vastrapplek translates from Afrikaans, Igshaan Adams’s native language, to mean “hold fast and stomp in place.” Adams’s exhibition here takes this word as its title, which alludes to a dovetailing of stasis and release, as this relates to a body fixed yet driving energy outward. The Riel dance, traditionally performed […]
Boha Glass’s Recent Asia Expedition As some of you might know, Boha is on tour in Asia at the moment, looking for up-and-coming artists, across a wide array of artistic fields. From local pottery to stone-carved smiling Buddha statues, mosaic-rimmed mirrors to beautifully embroidered traditional clothing, and much more besides. […]
Inspiration Close at Hand Artists’ Gardens George Van Hook Iris 30 x 24″ Oil © George Van Hook In response to our “Inspiration Close at Hand” call for paintings created in artists’ gardens or other personal spaces, we […]
The third edition of the Burns-Halperin Report, a publication inaugurated in 2018 by independent editor Charlotte Burns and Artnet News’s Julia Halperin, arrived today with the disheartening news that collections at US museums are far from representing their publics. According to the report, which investigates the representation of Black American […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Stephen Procter | Episode 804 For Stephen Procter a chance encounter with clay grew into a passion and a mid-life career change. Formerly a classical guitarist, Stephen found that making gestures through sound and time offered many analogies to making gestures in clay […]
My mind is constantly trying to fit in time to weave. I am such a novice, and don’t really have a style, but I love playing around with color and shape. This time I tried a round doodle weaving using an embroidery hoop! I didn’t follow anybody’s instructions, I just […]