tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065458021465859592024-02-20T04:22:31.940-05:00elenor wilsonart. clay. design. teaching.Elenor Wilson 韋愛倫http://www.blogger.com/profile/05701965152716920083noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806545802146585959.post-21227033056001655622014-01-09T18:25:00.000-05:002017-06-25T19:20:34.853-04:00Coming Up<div style="text-align: left;">
I'm focusing more on my new job as Editor of <i>The Studio Potter </i>journal. Posts about my studio practice may appear in between publishing journal issues. </div>
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<b><i>Flow: The 2014 NCECA Ceramic Arts Invitational</i></b></div>
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Elenor Wilson 韋愛倫http://www.blogger.com/profile/05701965152716920083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806545802146585959.post-44134131467619763392013-07-01T12:40:00.000-04:002013-07-01T12:42:37.486-04:00Small Japanese Kiln, The Sequel <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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In February of 2011, I wrote <a href="http://elenorwilson.blogspot.tw/2011/02/small-japanese-style-kiln.html" target="_blank">a blog post</a> about a kind of small Japanese-style kiln built and fired by <a href="http://www.wxad.com.tw/%E6%88%90%E5%93%A1%E4%BB%8B%E7%B4%B9" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">柯有政, Ko Yu-Cheng (a.k.a Ah-Pao) at</span></span> WuXing Creative Design Studio in Taiwan</a>. Fast forward to a couple weeks ago . . . I received and inquiry via e-mail from one of my readers asking for more details about this kind of kiln. It was my hope that sometime during my stay in Taiwan, I'd be able to have some hands-on experience with building one of these little gems. Alas, life got in the way including lots of other ceramics projects, so this little fire monster's realization for me is perpetually TBD. HOWEVER, prompted by this curious fellow ceramist, I got some more details today about the kiln's construction and where interested parties can do even more research!<br />
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1) Clay.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> T</span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">he kiln pictured at left is held together by wire, because this kiln was made from an unsatisfactory clay body that couldn't withstand the heating and cooling of the kiln. Ah-Pao did some research on the clay body settling on a body made with fireclay, at 60% clay, 20% coarse grog, 20% fine grog</span></span><span style="text-align: center;">(pictured right)</span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">. The kiln is cured(fired) at 800 degrees </span>Celsius prior to its first use as an actual kiln. <span style="font-family: inherit;"> 2) Wall thickness: walls of the kiln are 3-4 cm in width when constructed (wet clay). 3) The book: ISBN 4-575-29122-6 (pictured below) has a </span></span><span style="text-align: center;">thoroug</span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">h, step-by-step explanation about how to build this kind of kiln and several other designs of small kilns including a baby noborigama-style kiln! (Sorry, it's all in Japanese.) </span></div>
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Our spirited, familial Spring 2013 Resident Artist group at <a href="http://www.andersonranch.org/" target="_blank">Anderson Ranch Arts Center</a>, Snowmass Village, CO, worked fervently for a week to produce this catalog of our experience and get it published and at the Ranch before the Open House on April 9th. I contributed as Copy Editor and as the author of a poem to give an intimate perspecive the unique and transformational experience that is the ARAC residency program. I was asked to contribute about three-hundred words as a reflection . . . so, here it is, exactly three-hundred words:<br />
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mud, clay, cast, form, shape, line, length-width-depth, time, image, video, avocado,
banana, Montana, MONOTHON, power, animal, Chucho, costume, consume, weight
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sand, finish, fire, glaze, soda, kiln, print press, drip dry, drugs, buzz, high,
thigh, body, figure, pixel, Photoshop, magic lasso, digital, digits, tongue
twister, blister, pain, gain, hurt, heartache, horny, sexy, postcards, announcements!
Glasses, dishes, duty, grants, writing, grantwriting, $, beauty, ugly, sublime,
CAKE, sheepgoatsheavenhell, interviews, rejections, accept[ions], meet, meeting,
coffee . . . did I already say that? Tea, ceremony, gravity, heavy, shipping, shopping,
thrift store, buy more, art . . . I already said that. Wood, burn, fire pit, stump,
hammer, nail, paint, pail, bucket, plexi-, perplexed, tag, like, timeline, tactile,
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press, steam, bend, come, go go go, U-turn, understand(?), retrace, reinvent, community,
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Please contact Anderson Ranch if you'd like to purchase this publication of the Spring 2013 Resident Artist Program - it is a record of an amazing group of great artists and their work! Also, Please visit their websites:</span><br />
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<tr><td>Ceramics</td><td>Caitlin Finley</td><td><a href="http://www.caitlinfinley.com/" target="_blank">www.caitlinfinley.com </a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Ceramics</td><td>Aki Katayama</td><td><a href="http://www.akikatayama.com/">www.akikatayama.com</a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Ceramics</td><td>Michael Lentini</td><td><a href="http://www.michaellentini.com/">www.michaellentini.com</a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Ceramics</td><td>Elenor Wilson</td><td><a href="http://www.elenorwilson.com/" target="_blank">www.elenorwilson.com </a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Painting/Drawing</td><td>Sarah Kurz</td><td><a href="http://www.sarahkurz.com/">www.sarahkurz.com</a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Painting/Drawing</td><td>Eddie Villanueva</td><td><a href="http://www.eddievillanueva.com/">www.eddievillanueva.com</a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Photo/Digital</td><td>Rachelle Beaudoin</td><td><a href="http://www.rachellebeaudoin.com/">www.rachellebeaudoin.com</a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Photo/Digital</td><td>Daniel Fonken</td><td><a href="http://www.danielfonken.com/">www.danielfonken.com</a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Printmaking</td><td>Hae Min Choi</td><td><a href="http://www.choihaemin.com/">www.choihaemin.com</a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Printmaking</td><td>Claire Typaldos</td><td><a href="http://www.cetdesigns.com/">www.cetdesigns.com</a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Sculpture</td><td>Olivia Erlanger</td><td><a href="http://www.oliviaerlanger.com/">www.oliviaerlanger.com</a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Sculpture</td><td>Llewelynn Fletcher</td><td><a href="http://www.llfletcher.com/">www.llfletcher.com</a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Wood/Furniture</td><td>Jennifer Anderson</td><td><a href="http://www.jenniferandersonstudio.com/">www.jenniferandersonstudio.com</a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Wood/Furniture</td><td>Kevin Reiswig</td><td><a href="http://www.kevinreiswig.com/">www.kevinreiswig.com</a> </td></tr>
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Takashi Nakazato is a thirteenth generation Karatsu (Japan, see map) potter. He has been a visiting artist to <a href="http://www.andersonranch.org/" target="_blank">Anderson Ranch</a> many, many times over his career. Last week, THE last week before he returned to Japan, we (the residents) had the privilege of watching him create a variety of pristine forms from the wheel. <a href="http://www.andersonranch.org/blog/tag/doug-casebeer/" target="_blank">Doug Casebeer</a>, long time Anderson Ranch potter and AR resident coordinator, helped us to understand that most of the forms are derived from natural forms such as clam shells, persimmons, or peppercorns. The video above shows a floral form which I'm guessing could be a lotus(?). The Karatsu pottery style came to Japan from Korea in the 1300's; you can see on the map below that its location in Japan is closer to South Korea than any other country.<br />
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Takashi has been known to throw 200 tea bowls before lunchtime. If you'd like to read more about his life and work, visit <a href="http://www.yoyokaku.com/Nakazato.htm">http://www.yoyokaku.com/Nakazato.htm</a>. Watching Takashi's fluid movements and confidence in his manipulation of paper-thin walls of clay was yet another pleasantry added to the serenity and inspiration found here at AR . . . as we approach week 3, there'll be more . . . again, stay tuned.Elenor Wilson 韋愛倫http://www.blogger.com/profile/05701965152716920083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806545802146585959.post-76889124557658465022013-02-09T14:58:00.000-05:002013-02-09T14:58:39.446-05:00Forward and Back & Cumulous Dreams . . . <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The second day of my residency here at Anderson Ranch proves eventful! Christa Assad and Sam Chung have a joint exhibition titled "Forward and Back" and "Cumulous Dreams," respectively, at <a href="http://www.harveymeadows.com/exhibitions.htm" target="_blank">Harvey Meadows Gallery</a> in downtown Aspen, February 7th - March 6th. Coincidentally, these two artists had their first exhibition at the gallery together here some years ago, and are also both Anderson Ranch alumni. </div>
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Christa's work featured hand-painted images derived from old photographs of industrial landscapes that echo the component forms of the pots. I would have liked to see the paintings on a more uninterrupted surface, because the echos of industry are on the verge of being redundant in a way that severs my attention rather than harmonizing it. Some of these rather grayscale surfaces are punctuated with a bright spot of colored glaze that is like a satisfying glimpse of optimism among somber imagery—a subtle delight. </div>
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Christa also showed one collaborative work that was clearly a departure from her norm, and very intriguing. I was first impressed with this tiny projector! Regrettably, the projection fell onto the wall behind the two over-sized bottle forms, which should have been avoided for the work to be contained in the sculpture of the forms. Nevertheless, this was my favorite work of Christa's. Her collaborator is an artist specializing in video with similar content of a kind of industrial-nostalgia. The bottles again echoed the images of buildings, smoke-stacks, and water-towers. But these surfaces were more accepting of the imagery than the teapots. This was an adventurous piece, and a successful one.<br />
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I was introduced to Sam Chung's work in 2004 as an intern at The Henry Ford Museum's living history outdoor museum, Greenfield Village, the host venue for a symposium called "Michigan Mud." The architecture of his forms accentuated his pristine craftsmanship just as well then as they do now; but, these forms seem to be much more contemporary because of their graphic nature. The work I remember from nine years ago had a more humble surface quality. During the artist's talk at the opening of the show, Sam explained that the forms were based on Korean Buncheong Joseon dynasty vases such as the one pictured below. His updated versions accented with hard-edged lines (hand-painted!) in bright china paint colors retained his signature style, but capitalized on the attractiveness of a super-clean, graphic surface.</div>
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When asked about the flat, round surfaces of some works, he admitted that he came to a bit of a stop in how to handle the surface design of that unique protrusion of the form, but decided to again reference historic Korean imagery of the sun setting or rising behind the clouds (see image above, vase with flowers, right). I question the stylistic longevity of such strong lines and bold colors, but it seems that Mr. Chung is not a stranger to pushing boundaries and finding new inspiration for his forms. </div>
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Both Christa and Sam are working with the vessel, and with marrying form with 2-D painted surfaces, but the spectrum of interpretations on those two themes was wide, and so, I appreciate the physical separation of the work in the gallery space. Christa's show is neatly on the left as you enter the gallery, and Sam's is cohesively placed on the right. </div>
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It was quite a treat for my first night in Aspen. The second treat was witnessing these two very successful artists try their hand at a Karaoke duet sometime later that evening along with several staff and resident artists from the Ranch. </div>
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Blue describes a color, a state of mind, and a musical style. Blue is the colour of light between violet and green on the visible spectrum, is commonly used to describe melancholy, is traditionally associated with the sea and the sky, is the most common color of business suits, and is the shade of our favorite jeans. In ceramics, cobalt is one of our most potent colorants, used in glazes to make colors ranging from blues to purples to greys and blacks. <i>Out of the Blue</i>, sponsored by the Clay Studio of Missoula, is a juried exhibition showcasing ceramic work that addresses “blue.”</div>
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Elenor Wilson 韋愛倫http://www.blogger.com/profile/05701965152716920083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806545802146585959.post-54435041225227971922012-10-15T13:56:00.000-04:002012-10-15T13:56:06.648-04:00Write, Erase, Age(or not), Repeat.<div style="text-align: justify;">
Last year, I started fumbling around with a design idea for Wu Xing Design Company as an extension (and requirement) of a three month residency at their studio in Danshui, Taiwan. Please read <a href="http://elenorwilson.blogspot.tw/2011_10_01_archive.html" target="_blank">this post</a>, and then <a href="http://elenorwilson.blogspot.tw/2012_03_01_archive.html" target="_blank">this one</a> to see the development until this point. The "Ears Vase" is based on a historical Chinese design, but I added a special aspect of user interaction with the glaze to bring it into the 21st. After many many many glaze tests - we've found the celadon that does the thing!</div>
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The "thing" is, the more you draw on the vase, the more celadon cracks show up. Eventually it will look like <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj39oXEeBXwwJ4oVwBc-Ot86bULJr2Hwxw0mP71t6-D55pv-YdupMp3iUleW_acawtjVIqTPkbtLsW23pN031AUJVi1xC2x2voYzrLAciTZzSkOMkTFNBjDscuTH2bHuIFpg-xhoXAmIA/s1600/IMG_0400+%25281%2529.JPG" target="_blank">the original historic vase</a>. You can store the dry-erase markers in the "ears" of the vase(it will be packaged with 2 black markers with felt erasers attached to the cap). For those of you who want to preserve a pristine surface and white-board look, there is a version with a bright white, no crackle surface for your doodling pleasure (left). </div>
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<br />Elenor Wilson 韋愛倫http://www.blogger.com/profile/05701965152716920083noreply@blogger.com0No. 65, Wénhuà Rd, Danshuei District, New Taipei City, Taiwan 25125.1728806 121.43785525.171084099999998 121.4353875 25.1746771 121.4403225tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806545802146585959.post-11862327926940798342012-07-15T09:29:00.000-04:002012-07-15T09:29:53.370-04:00This Just In . . .<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elenorwilson/7573900146/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Exhibition Entrance by Elenor Wilson, on Flickr"><img alt="Exhibition Entrance" height="180" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8015/7573900146_02e861778e_m.jpg" width="240" /></a>
The <a href="http://public.ceramics.ntpc.gov.tw/">2012 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale</a> is open through November 4th in Yingge, southwest New Taipei City. It will re-open again at a new location, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art from December 12th to January 27th, 2013. <br />
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This past Wednesday, I attended the first of two Seminar/Workshop/Lecture Series days hosted by the Yingge Museum and found it to be fabulously organized and <span style="background-color: white;">accommodating. Among the speakers were leading curators, professors and artists in the field of ceramic art who presented intellectually stimulating topics that were met with both challenging questions and complimentary comments from the audience comprised of a diverse group of ceramics artists, collectors, curators, professors, students, and fans. Highlights for me were listening to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YmHdWyiNpM">juror Walter McConnell</a>'s presentation of his own artwork, and <a href="http://nz.linkedin.com/pub/moyra-elliott/13/524/117">Moyra Elliot</a>'s presentation in which she thoughtfully reviewed the exhibition, but not without tying in and addressing some of the more daunting problems with contemporary ceramic practice given it's rich, deep and layered history which mirrors mankind's. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Moyra states in her written review published in the Biennale's Seminar program:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>"Art - for that is what we now make in the name of ceramics - has its own discourses and we have adopted may of those terms and lost much of our public in the process. [. . .] One obvious problem here is that without our rich traditions and histories and therefore the expressions and uses that clay has been put to for millennia, how can students begin to comprehend the possibilities and therefore those initiating jumping-off points - even if to challenge them? [. . .] We must reground ceramics within the material cultures from which they come. That is, the objects we make are more than physical forms and cannot be separated from the bodies of knowledge, practices and values through which they are given existence."</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">She ended by opening a discussion about some work's "fascinating hybridity along side some cultural baggage and personal interpretations of universal themes." To exemplify, she introduced works whose origin was complex and even confusing, such as "Duality" by artist Saya McNairn-Yanagi. The family name of Yanagi is of Japanese origin, but the artist is a resident of the United Kingdom. Her work depicts a foreboding tension between (what appears to be) two dog-like creatures. Moyra further sheds light on the work's multi-cultural (or culturally borrowed, perhaps?) roots by explaining that Yanagi's imagery suggests the Native American mythology of the coyote as trickster.</span></div>
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This work among many others in the exhibition had an intriguing effect not only in the story of their origin, but also in terms of their scale. There were many works in the show that caught me a little off-guard when walking through the physical gallery of sculptures. Much of the history of ceramics is based in utilitarian wares or decorative arts, both of which have a scale that is manageable for the human hand. Even architectural ceramics, such as electric insulators, brick, or tile are modular; each piece is one that a person could easily carry on his own. <span style="background-color: white;">Given the exhibition is about 90% sculptural work and the fact that it is a major international biennale, I think my preconception was that the many of the works were, to put it simply, very large. </span><span style="background-color: white;"> It was not until after I had seen "Duality" in person (I had only seen the published catalog of images) that I realized the figures were not life-sized, but </span><span style="background-color: white;">figurine</span><span style="background-color: white;"> sized. However, when asked if this realization changed my feeling about the meaning of the work, I couldn't decide, the life-sized coyotes still exist in my imagination. </span><span style="background-color: white;">On the flip side, t</span><span style="background-color: white;">he works that referenced utility by being vessel-shaped in some fashion gave the impression in the catalog image that they were tea-cup to serving platter sized. In reality, many of these works were far larger than that, obviously not meant for the dinner-table even as a centerpiece. Examples of this are <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elenorwilson/7573905026/">Werner Nowka's "Boatform"</a> and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elenorwilson/7573908802/">Mi-Ju Lee's "Draw Myself"</a>. Some of the sculptural pieces satisfied my expectations of scale such as </span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elenorwilson/7573903180/" style="background-color: white;">Tsung-Ju Li's "Straw Clay Branches"</a>, but one must be sure to note the printed dimensions in the catalog, otherwise the image doesn't give any indication of the massiveness of these Li's works. <span style="background-color: white;"> I was expressing some of these thoughts to my boyfriend, who is not an artist but who is continually surprising me with his attention to details and thoughtful, philosophical approaches to artwork, and he said, "Do you think your assumptions about the scale of the work have anything to do with the fact that you are aiming to work much larger in your own studio?" In a word . . . yes. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Another highlight of Wednesday's Seminar was meeting and conversing with new people, especially artists that also attended. To my new acquaintances, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elenorwilson/7573928528/">Sin-Ying Ho</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elenorwilson/7573909474/">Frances Lee</a>, <a href="http://public.ceramics.ntpc.gov.tw/tcb2012_en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&catid=11&Itemid=30">Bruce Taylor</a>, and <a href="http://public.ceramics.ntpc.gov.tw/tcb2012_en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=37:cynthia-siegel&catid=13:jurors-recommendation-prize&Itemid=32">Cynthia Siegel</a>, I hope you enjoyed your stay in Taiwan and also that we have the chance to meet again, the pleasure was mine! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Go to Yingge and enjoy the satisfying ceramic visual feast! If you are not in Taiwan, I've posted my pictures of the show on Flickr which does not show every work, but rather a selection based on my personal interest in some works. </span><br />
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</tbody></table>So, the "ears" (耳朵) of the vase (花瓶) that I have been commissioned to design (see <a href="http://elenorwilson.blogspot.com/2011_10_01_archive.html">October Post</a>), need to be re-designed . . . again. The original design didn't accommodate the dry erase pens appropriately, and the first alteration would warrant excessive labor on the part of the manufacturer. This being my first design for industrial manufacture, the learning curve is steep.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6QKebr5ACfNfKmrZZLN5tuMgYwUS9YAO5kMFOBTX-2bABcu7j1asw9Y9877hpeVrZFFWgcIZdgmJaTH7m-nTXF0snZPI09aS6P7XYzLZVvH3gr-NcgiZj8PRZH2P2FFKuowyo-adzhQ/s1600/IMG_0310.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6QKebr5ACfNfKmrZZLN5tuMgYwUS9YAO5kMFOBTX-2bABcu7j1asw9Y9877hpeVrZFFWgcIZdgmJaTH7m-nTXF0snZPI09aS6P7XYzLZVvH3gr-NcgiZj8PRZH2P2FFKuowyo-adzhQ/s320/IMG_0310.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What re-design looks like. That's at least the second cup of coffee.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>When standards are high, flat, straight paths don't exist. <br />
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The process has already been quite an education. One consideration that I wasn't aware of is the labor. The first alteration of the ears of the vase created and enclosed space for the pen to fit, more closely resembling the historic vase; however, the time required in cutting out and cleaning the orifice, was simply too burdensome for the 100+ items that is the minimum we aim to produce. We came to a simple solution to this problem, but the simplicity will only be seen in the finished object. The body of the vase needs an alteration to accommodate a new "ear" design. So, we are far from back to square one, but both the vase body and the "ear" need a new mold, and then, tested to check the form of the final product . . . again. <br />
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Slow and steady wins the race, right?<br />
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Regardless of the pace, working with a team of designers to problem-solve and produce is invigorating. Trudging along through my first design commission, has already made me hungry for the next. And, of course I'm also far more keen to the side of production beyond the studio design table.<br />
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Comming soon*: A really cool Interactive "Er-Duo" Vase based on historic Chinese Guan Wares.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*disclaimer: "soon" is a relative term. </span>Elenor Wilson 韋愛倫http://www.blogger.com/profile/05701965152716920083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806545802146585959.post-27934466352128414152012-02-14T07:55:00.000-05:002012-02-17T06:34:10.481-05:00Celadon Study, Taipei<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click the above image to see more Historic Japanese Examples from "Ambient Green Flow" at the New Taipei City Yingge Ceramic Museum online.</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Because I am working on a design project incorporating historic Chinese Guan Ware (in conjucntion with <a href="http://www.wxad.com.tw/">WuXing Studio</a>), in which the crackle effect of certain celadon glazes is a key element, I've tuned into some of the currently available celadon glaze learning experience gracing Taipei. There are two that are fabulous: 1.<a href="http://exhibition.ceramics.ntpc.gov.tw/celadon/"> New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, "Ambient Green Flow"</a> (11/10/2011 - 3/4/2012 hurry - don't miss it!) ; and, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1930041691">National Palace Museum, "</a><span style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.npm.gov.tw/exh100/qianlong/">Obtaining Refined Enjoyment: The Qianlong Emperor's Taste in Ceramics</a>" (11/1/2011 - 9/30/2012) Both exhibit rich and meaningful examples of celadon wares. </span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From "Ambient Green Flow" exhibition at New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan Contemporary Art Section; click the image above to see more.</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">"Ambient Green Flow" is particularly interesting as it shows both historic and contemporary art works. Furthermore, it exhibits the works by country, Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan. The presentation of Taiwan's contemporary ceramic works as separate and distinct from that of China does not go un-noted. One of the richest aspects of this exhibition is </span></span><a href="http://exhibition.ceramics.ntpc.gov.tw/celadon/" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">the accompanying website</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">, which, for many who are unable to attend the actual exhibition, gives a thorough history, technical explanation, and profile of both the works included and their backgrounds. I cannot even begin to explain to you the </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">plethora</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> of information available there, you must click the link above and explore for yourself. Get a snack, a cup of coffee and a comfortable chair first, you'll be entranced. I commend the museum on their ability to present a satisfying and educational exhibition complete in both Mandarin and English. As opposed to other organizations who seem to be unable to proofread their English translations before publishing everything from informational tags to essays that support their </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">exhibitions</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">, the Yingge Museum has this nailed. Bravo for flawless translating. For those lovers of sea-foam hues and jade-like </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">translucency</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">, this is the show for you. Go see it, you will be inspired. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">For those who enjoy great non-fiction, or are hard-core history buffs, go to the Palace Museum (or to <a href="http://www.npm.gov.tw/exh100/qianlong/en/en_01.html">its website</a> if you can't be there in person) and learn about the Emperor's </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">fascination</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> with that blue-green milky hue and the poetics that define its importance. The Palace's website also is not to be missed before or after experiencing the exhibit. It give images of the undersides of the works, among other visual candy, not available to your eyes in "real life." </span></span></div>Elenor Wilson 韋愛倫http://www.blogger.com/profile/05701965152716920083noreply@blogger.com0Taipei City, Taiwan25.091075 121.559834524.976033 121.401906 25.206117 121.71776299999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806545802146585959.post-53573194980101395212011-12-18T20:50:00.001-05:002012-02-17T06:40:36.121-05:002011 WuXing Residency<div style="margin: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0; width: 500px;">
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New Work! Questions? Please contact me at elenorwilson(at)gmail(dot)com.Elenor Wilson 韋愛倫http://www.blogger.com/profile/05701965152716920083noreply@blogger.com0Taipei City, Taiwan25.091075 121.559834524.976033 121.401906 25.206117 121.71776299999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806545802146585959.post-64178348245521625992011-10-22T06:25:00.001-04:002012-02-17T06:38:51.315-05:00Product Design for Wu Xing Design Co.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am currently the resident artist at <a href="http://www.wxad.com.tw/">Wu Xing Design Co.</a> in Danshui, near Taipei. One of my responsibilities is to design a functional ceramic product that will be put into limited production. We are currently in the third stage of production. The first stage is of course the concept, which is the most arduous -- this isn't just for college credit anymore, this is for real, involving design company, two different factories, packaging, etc. And, Wu Xing has two successful products already in circulation, see images below.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Designer </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 21px;">柯有政 Ko Yu-Cheng,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Perfume Leaf" tree incense burner</span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My concept was born out of three things. 1. Teaching in a classroom using a whiteboard and dry erase markers everyday for a year. 2. The desire to occasionally leave a handwritten note; Ariel and Times New Roman just don't say "Don't forget to pick up some milk" the same way. 3. To take something old, make it new, and then experience it age. Taiwan has a very unique history of ceramic art as shares its heritage with many different east and southeast Asian countries, the most influential being China. This Song Dynasty Kuan ware vase provided the perfect basis for the combination of these three things. Go here and read about the artifact: <a href="http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/ceramics/early-chinese-ceramics-kuan.cfm">http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/ceramics/early-chinese-ceramics-kuan.cfm</a>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My design will function as a vase, but as a new product, will not have the darkened lines of the cracked celedon glaze . . . yet. The glaze on the new vase will be one that crazes (pottery term for cracking), however, the "ears" of the vase that were originally meant for a rope for carrying, will be open on the side for a dry erase marker to clip into. The more you use the marker to write a note to your loved one(s), or decorate the vase with doodles of your own, the more ink will seep into the cracks in the glaze. Eventually, your new vase will become a Song Dynasty replica!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Second stage, make a model. The model took about a week to work out the form, brainstorm and project ergonomics, consider how the mold will be constructed. About once every 1/2 hour I wish I had a computer hooked up to a 3-D scanner and printer. However, if that was the case, I would definitely be writing the <a href="http://www.npm.gov.tw/en/home.htm">National Palace Museum</a> to see if they'd loan out the original for scanning. Maybe one day . . . </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The model has been completed as you can see in two parts for the mold factory. One is the body of the vase and the other is one form that will become the two "ears" (Learn Chinese! ěr duo [<b>er- </b><i>dwo</i>] <span class="Apple-style-span">耳朵). </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Third stage, make one mold and a prototype. The mold factory, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">located in the historic ceramics town of Yingge,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is an amazing place no bigger than a typical American two-car garage. But they create molds that could quite possibly be more beautiful than the object that comes out of the mold. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The owner's son is making some "cases" for molds. The case is the mold used to make multiple molds - a mold of a mold! </span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">We took the model to the mold factory on Friday, and by the following Tuesday the first mold was ready to be picked up and taken to the production factory. The factory is <a href="http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/271077_10150375255093957_275654668956_10354258_7717856_n.jpg">Futen Kiln</a> located in Yingge's neighboring town of Sanxia, who will have the first prototype fired, finished and ready for inspection in about a week. The boss (Learn Chinese! l</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">ǎobǎn [<b>laow-</b> <i>bon</i>] = boss </span><span class="Apple-style-span">老闆) said "Time is money!" He puts his money where his mouth is by producing a fully finished ceramic prototype in a week. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The lǎobǎn of Futen Kilns(left) discusses the production terms with <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">鞏文宜 Kung Wen-Yi,</span></span></span> </span></span>Wu Xing's laoban(center), and Wu Xing designer <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">柯有政 Ko Yu-Cheng </span></span></span></span></span>(far right).</span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Elenor Wilson 韋愛倫http://www.blogger.com/profile/05701965152716920083noreply@blogger.com0Danshuei District, New Taipei City, Taiwan 25125.1895736 121.457044725.1320901 121.3780807 25.2470571 121.5360087tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806545802146585959.post-16645156078642482482011-08-22T23:36:00.000-04:002011-08-22T23:36:32.812-04:00Yingge Int'l Ceramics Festival Kid's English Program - "GREEN" FLOWERS!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBXM8D95ZPL2kVOIIGY5BXXmTL8Ey3ROSmP2Ucc66KDnPkLIpjas9ok5GowPLubTQgrbvbTxwcuzQkr4lNbYukRZOQcHqYlhyQEz3FfjJlY1OPMMWcU9durX__iEM4Fv2IOFaNGnxEyo/s1600/IMG_0255.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBXM8D95ZPL2kVOIIGY5BXXmTL8Ey3ROSmP2Ucc66KDnPkLIpjas9ok5GowPLubTQgrbvbTxwcuzQkr4lNbYukRZOQcHqYlhyQEz3FfjJlY1OPMMWcU9durX__iEM4Fv2IOFaNGnxEyo/s200/IMG_0255.jpg" width="200" /></a>Last year, Summer 2010, I taught a clay+English children's class at the <a href="http://www.ceramics.tpc.gov.tw/en-us/Home.ycm">Yingge Ceramics Museum</a> during the International Ceramics Festival. This year, Summer 2011, I was invited back to teach again! It was a lot of fun, but I had to change my plan because some (most of) the tiles from last year's project were still sitting on the studio shelves. A plan was never developed and executed for display of the finished work. Some of the tiles were glazed and fired, some were not. Nevertheless, I felt I needed to provide a project in which this whole issue was obsolete. I took my cue from a well-known British artist, <a href="http://www.claretwomey.com/">Clare Twomey</a>, who I admire. Please follow the link to see the rest of her work. <br />
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Unfortunately, on the last day of the class there was a typhoon, a common occurrence during the rainy season in Taiwan. So, the studio staff and I took to a grass patch in the ceramics park this past (sunny) Sunday to place the flowers. As I explained to the students, the rain and wind will help to put the clay back in the ground. Peace, love, happiness, recycle, hug the earth, make art, etc . . . ;-)<br />
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I am working in Taiwan, so I'm experimenting with some traditional Chinese techniques . . . well, actually, traditional Chinese materials combined with my own object design and painting style . . . see for yourself. I hope you like these new things. Please check out <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/%E4%BA%94%E8%A1%8C%E5%89%B5%E8%97%9D%E8%A8%AD%E8%A8%88%E6%9C%89%E9%99%90%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8/275654668956?sk=info">Wu Xing Creative Design Studio FB page</a> too!</div>
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Elenor Wilson 韋愛倫http://www.blogger.com/profile/05701965152716920083noreply@blogger.com0Taipei City, Taiwan25.091075 121.5598344999999724.9661775 121.45539349999997 25.2159725 121.66427549999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806545802146585959.post-54888116653860535242011-05-24T11:32:00.000-04:002011-05-24T11:32:09.378-04:00"Postcards from Home, XOXO" @ SaltPeanuts Cafe & Showroom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLnGM9lmnqA82vv1ffwLvt2jXqjynBF3-TVZhrs6KJ-UEW6jooj7JBxfEXjByd3zYPXvXMZhvcWqENwCcqIlZWAdt30N3WgfqnhUsCDE5sqwj9d9RlqtL4LDtI4s4KgYYy1QlY6oxVTiU/s1600/Wilson_Front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLnGM9lmnqA82vv1ffwLvt2jXqjynBF3-TVZhrs6KJ-UEW6jooj7JBxfEXjByd3zYPXvXMZhvcWqENwCcqIlZWAdt30N3WgfqnhUsCDE5sqwj9d9RlqtL4LDtI4s4KgYYy1QlY6oxVTiU/s400/Wilson_Front.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">韋愛倫</div><div style="text-align: left;">故鄉的明信片 XOXO</div><div style="text-align: left;">陶藝特展 @ 鹹花生咖啡館/展場</div><div style="text-align: left;">6/1 - 6/29 2011</div><div style="text-align: left;">周日~周四 12p - 12a, 周五~周六12p - 1a</div><div style="text-align: left;">開幕酒會: 6月5號,周日 2p - 5p</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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For those of you interested in casting from body parts, here is the stuff you need:<br />
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This company is based in Pennsylvainia, USA. I'm not sure about shipping or a supplier in Asia - you will need to research it.<br />
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For those of you wondering about how to make 3 or more part molds or large molds, here are some pictures of a large mold that I made. It has a hole in the top for pouring, and one in the bottom for draining(There is a hole in the board underneath). It takes an entire large bucket of slip, like the one you see under the mold to fill it for casting!!! And, it takes 4 extra-large clamps to hold it together while it is being cast. I don't have any images of actually making the mold, but if you would like some ideas/instruction, I'd be glad to help - just <a href="mailto:elenorwilson@gmail.com">e-mail</a> me!<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">The color of the pots is a little on the gray side because of the quick-cooling. The kilns are made by Ah-Pao (potter and partner at WuXing Design), and are a beautiful and finely crafted piece work of art themselves. You can see three different designs here.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">They are made of a high-temperature sculpture body and require wire fasteners around the outside because the drastic temperature change of the quick firings causes the clay to crack over time. The wires are similar to the welded frame of any brick kiln. A blower is set up about 6-8 inches from the stoking chamber to create draft since the kiln doesn't have a flue. Small pieces of wood are put in the front chamber every few minutes just like any wood-firing kiln requires. The blower is switched on and off during the firing to control the temperature climb.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">This style kiln is really fun to fire, and the physics are <i>uber</i> simple. My 2011 Summer project: Make a little kiln and fire some pots in it! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Click on the Link above to see Wu Xing Design's projects, especially their public art projects in and around Taipei. I'll be working here in the studio as an independent artist. It feels great to get back into the studio and start making new stuff! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Random Student Interview</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">A beginning ceramic student at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania contacted me after seeing my work on <a href="http://artaxis.org/index.htm">artaxis.com</a>. Her assignment is to interview and create a presentation on a ceramic artist whose work she likes. Yea! That's my work! And, here is the interview if you'd like to know a little more about me and my career as a ceramic artist:</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">1a)How did you first become interested in art? </span>As a child I was always involved in something creative. I really loved all my art classes in grade school and did summer art camps at the local community college. In high school, my elective classes were always art.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">1b)Were you always interested in art or did you have other careers in mind? </span><br />
Growing up I was also an athlete. I was a very competitive gymnast, so I didn't really think much past that until my third year of college, when I only had one year left of competition as a gymnast, and I needed to graduate from university. Ha! I was a biology major for the first two years of college, then I took a drafting class (architectural drawing), then life drawing, then ceramics, and I loved it because it was very technical, involving a lot of science (physics and chemistry) but in the form of art.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">2) What schooling/training have you had? </span><br />
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) - Ceramics, 2003, Southeast Missouri State University<br />
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) - Ceramics, 2009, State University of New York at New Paltz<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">3) What is your favorite piece that you have made thus far and why?</span><br />
My current work is always the most interesting, because I'm continually investigating new materials, images, and processes. I don't really have a favorite.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">4) Who/what is your inspiration for your art?</span><br />
This is constantly changing as well, and, its always of mish-mash of historical, cultural and intellectual things. Surrealism, Dada, and Collage are influences. Recently, Yves Klein's Blue paintings have been on my mind. The culture shock of living in Asia is pretty apparent in the work I've produced while in Taiwan (the Hello-Kitty/Terra Cotta Soldier pieces are the most direct in that way). I'm always attempting to express something personal as well, usually with a feminine tone.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">5) How long have you been an artist?</span><br />
I'm pretty sure all my life I've been an artist. But, professionally as a ceramic artist, probably since I sold my first pot in undergrad . . . so i'd say roughly ten years.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">6) What has been the highlight of your career so far?</span><br />
Finishing graduate school was a really giant step forward for my career, but I would say the highlight is right now, in Taiwan. I completed an awesome residency at the Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum here and will have a solo show in March. In the mean-time I'm working at the studio of some Taiwanese people who are very successful producing public art around Taipei. I will be able to draw upon the rich experiences and connections with people here for the rest of my career.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">7) What jobs have you had besides what you are doing now? </span><br />
Teacher, coach, waitress, bartender, english tutor, photographer, waitress, cashier, sales clerk, proofreader, . . . . . did I mention waitress? :)<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">8) What made you choose ceramics over other forms of art? </span><br />
The technical demands of ceramics make it an endless challenge with endless possibilities. In other words, it will never ever be boring.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">9) What other interests/hobbies do you had besides art?</span><br />
Photography, traveling, running, biking, swimming, writing, cooking.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">10) Where did you grow up and where else have you lived</span>?<br />
I grew up in a suburb of Chicago, IL - Aurora, lived in Missouri for my undergraduate degree, lived in Michigan for four years for an internship and residency, lived in New York for my graduate degree, and now, I'm living in Taiwan.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">11) What art related plans do you have for the future?</span><br />
My primary aim is to always be making new work and showing it. I love teaching, its extremely rewarding and keeps me from getting too wrapped up in my own work, so I aim to continue teaching, preferably college students. And, as much as I can, I'll keep writing about my experiences as an artist and educator.</span></span></div><br />
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</div>Elenor Wilson 韋愛倫http://www.blogger.com/profile/05701965152716920083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806545802146585959.post-71356711495968315772010-10-07T10:18:00.000-04:002017-06-25T19:13:22.612-04:00Breaking News . . . If I had been asked, say ten years ago, or even five years ago, if I thought I'd ever be part of a story broadcast on the Taipei nightly news, the answer wouldn't be no. It would be "WTF?" with a look like the person who asked me was the most insane I'd ever met. But, here I am. I am talking about a kids' program that I taught while being the resident artist at the Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, and no, I have no idea what they are saying in Chinese. Enjoy.<br />
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Elenor Wilson 韋愛倫http://www.blogger.com/profile/05701965152716920083noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806545802146585959.post-44757344012386078732010-09-12T08:24:00.000-04:002010-09-12T08:24:48.860-04:00New Work<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Futura Condensed';">These images are of the three pedestal-oriented works. I am currently working with a professional photographer to create images of these and the other five works which are composed of multiple tile bases and are wall mounted. I am also in negotiation with the [Yingge] Museum's Education and Exhibition departments about a solo show (yea!!!!) in 2011. </span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Futura Condensed';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: 'Futura Condensed';">The format for my new work is the post-card in three dimensions. A traditional tourist’s token, the post card has meaning depending on the circumstances involved; it can be treasured, dispensable, humorous or wondrous. With this as the foundation, I aim to express the interplay between my American heritage and foreign culture by playfully juxtaposing found imagery in sculptural collage. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Futura Condensed';">My process for this work is unique in that I used molds for slip-casting from three different sources: myself, hand making molds; employing a professional mold-maker; and retired molds from nearby ceramic factories. After casting multiples of each object, the parts are assembled while wet, then put through multiple glaze firings to achieve depth of surface. </span></span></span></div>Elenor Wilson 韋愛倫http://www.blogger.com/profile/05701965152716920083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806545802146585959.post-42019291439463855832010-08-17T05:17:00.000-04:002010-08-17T05:17:34.913-04:002010 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale: Korero<div class="MsoNormal"><i>Korero</i> is the Maori (indigenous people of New Zealand) word for “conversation”, the main theme of this unique exhibition, appropriately titled, as New Zealand is the home country of curator Ms. Moyra Elliot. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
Ok, I could just sit here and re-organize all of the information in the Symposium booklet and the exhibition catalog, which is what that first sentence started to do. Instead, what I’d like to share is my personal experience of the Biennale events. It is one of being simultaneously an outsider and insider. As a resident artist here at <a href="http://www.ceramics.tpc.gov.tw/en-us/Home.ycm">YCM (Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan)</a> from May until August, I was able to witness aspects of the Biennale that are usually reserved for those directly involved in its production.<br />
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</tbody></table></div><div class="MsoNormal">The term “resident artist” was a little confusing during this time, as the museum has three different residency programs, which are evolving with every new event and connection within the field of ceramics. My position is offered as part of the education department for emerging artists to provide a culturally unique space to produce a body of work. There were two other resident artists here in the months leading up to this event as part of a new program within the exhibition department that invites artists participating in the Biennale to create their work in the Museum’s studio. Jim Cooper, NZ, has been in Taiwan since December of 2009, and if you take a look at his installation you will understand why. <a href="http://www.colbyparsonsart.com/">Colby Parsons</a>, Associate Professor of Ceramics at Texas Woman’s University, USA, began his work in the studio about the same time I did. A third artist from Japan, Mr. Satoru Hoshino was also a resident artist, but finished his work before I arrived. Jim was elated to have some English-speaking comrades in the studio, as the robot style English diction required to communicate with the non-native English speakers that surrounded us becomes wearing after a while, to say the least. Not only that, but a seemingly simple request such as, “I need some epoxy resin to bond the parts of my work together. Can you tell me where I can buy this?” turns into a three-day fiasco of translation and scavenger hunting involving at least four more people. Its not that Colby and I could help with the accessibility of tools and materials, but the fact that we could commiserate about the perils of translation in the same mother tongue was paramount, and of great relief to Jim who was probably up to three packs a day by then. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">May and June were energetic, filled with lots of making, talking, laughing, and some fun field trips to nearby factories and artist’s studios graciously arranged by Hung, the museum’s director of education. A constantly high blood-caffeine ratio was maintained by numerous tea and coffee breaks which quickly spawned the formation of “The Club”—a little niche outside the studio, next to the waterfall and pond, near the museum kitchen, adjacent to the parking garage. Over the weeks, this little spot morphed from a couple chairs and table put together from some found studio stuff— in a very <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mickey Mouse </i>way as Jim would say— into a nearly fully equipped kitchen and lounge (toaster oven, deep wooden drawer forming excellent pantry, cutting board, utensils, water boiler, teapot, coffee pot and maybe a few other IKEA products), complete with wifi (because this happened to be the only spot in the basement of the museum where there was a strong signal), a small serenity tadpole pond, and a shade umbrella. The cleaning staff even started to empty and put a plastic liner in the five-gallon bucket appropriated as a rubbish bin. Thankfully, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Club’s</i> founding fathers, Jim and Colby, decided that girls were allowed, even if they were commuters from Taipei City. Yours truly was pleased, and in July, when Moyra arrived, there was gender equilibrium, and even <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">more</i> interesting conversation and comic relief, which are defining qualities of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Club</i>. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The end of June was expectedly hectic for Jim and Colby as they were not only trying to complete the final firing of their work, but also had to juggle some of the strains of celebrity status here in Yingge. Interviews, press conferences, photography sessions, dinners, and all this while trying to finish and install quite complex works of ceramic art for an international exhibition. Oh, and did I mention that every single part of all of these events and interactions required translation from English to Chinese or vice versa? Did you know that there are no tenses to verbs in the Chinese language? Go is go. No went, no going, no has gone, no will be going. So, its not that Chinese is a complex language, its that the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">translation</i> is never straightforward. <br />
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</tbody></table></div><div class="MsoNormal">I visited the third floor of the Museum periodically to see the progress of the complete reconstruction of the space for this show. New walls were constructed, skylights were blocked out, huge platforms were built, and wooden crates were stacked around each room. Inside the crates were hibernating works of ceramic art from all corners of the globe. As the fresh white paint dried on new walls and pedestals, the artwork began to emerge, shedding its thick layers of Styrofoam and bubble wrap. I had to watch my step as I moved through the delicate chaos, and felt a little like there should have been a sign somewhere reading “Hard Hat Area”. There actually might have been one in Chinese that literally translated into something like “place of impenetrable head topping”. Ha ha. Here and there invited artists and an overworked museum staff were milling about the mess. Occasionally, I would find Moyra furrowing her brow with one hand on hip watching the workers perform some task in a manner consistent with Cirque-de-Soleil. Daringly, I asked her once how it all was going, knowing full well that this was no small question. One of the things I enjoyed about the little time that I got to spend in conversation with Moyra is that she rarely has a small answer. She is always thoughtful and articulate, even in the most stressful of situations. In this instance, I was a benign person to talk to because my presence had no direct bearing on the event; I had no responsibility, and therefore, she didn’t have to edit, translate, or tip toe around words with me. I liked getting the real answer to my question.<br />
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal">Colby may have had the most challenging installation of the entire exhibition—hanging a number of porcelain clouds from the ceiling and then projecting a meticulously edited video of actual weather patterns onto the clouds, and ONLY the clouds. It sounds simple, but the technical and physical requirements (especially when translating needs from English to Chinese) included days, long days, of minute adjustments, changes and improvisations. One of which was un-hanging all the work and reinforcing the false ceiling that was beginning to bow, these were the not-so-light-and-fluffy kind of clouds. Equally tedious was Jim’s installation of 500 psychedelic-ly colored ceramic figures. Most of them were about 3 feet tall and although each had its own fashion sense, personality, or iconic status, their physical structure reflected that of its maker. As this army grooved from the basement studio to the third floor they spread out through the hallways, up the elevator and into the first exhibition room, then condensed again onto a stage-like platform as if enslaved to the laws of thermodynamics. <br />
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</tbody></table>Up until this point, Jim was worried that he hadn’t made enough work to fill the stage he had ordered up. In the end, you couldn’t fit even one more florescent ceramic pebble on there. We were still giggling about this on the night of the official opening celebration as we toured the exhibition far behind Moira and her curatorial tour. The attitude of many that evening was something like that of a gaggle of over-tired children. Everyone had just experienced a full day of intense lecture and conversation during the Symposium, a lot of the speakers and artists were probably still jet-lagged, Colby and Jim had been working for months, Moyra for over a year, and the museum staff probably should have just set up some cots in the museum because I think they were working almost 20 hours a day for the entire week prior. Rising above this, however was the sense that something amazing had been accomplished because of all of these people and many long hours of work, from the creation in each artist’s studio all the way to the third floor of the Yingge museum, where each work was placed neatly on a pedestal, hung elegantly on painted wall, crammed onto giant stage or suspended from the ceiling, with, of course, an English-Chinese translation.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal">The opening ceremonies of the Biennale and the Ceramics Festival, “Happy Clay Party,” pulled out all the stops. Mascot-like traditional Chinese drama characters preformed to techno-music as the opening entertainment on a stage under a huge white tent. Cocktails, coffee and tea were served, western-catering-company-style while important government officials, Moyra, and other special guests made short, eloquent and celebratory speeches. A very handsome couple with game-show-host personalities acted as the announcers for the evening, speaking every word into the microphone with a rising tone of elation accompanied by Ken-and-Barbie smiles. The YCM is also celebrating its ten year birthday, so to officially open the events and celebrate this milestone, all the special guests and executive staff of the museum climbed on stage together in front of a huge, layered, clay cake and placed colorful ceramic figurines with candles onto the slip-covered confection. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Some version of this happened at every important opening at YCM. Two other small shows, a crystalline glaze exhibition and a retrospective of Taiwanese ceramics are also currently on display in the museum, and at one of their openings, all the important guests in attendance poured slip into a mold as the act of commencement. During a press conference held in Taipei about two weeks before this opening festival, even I was invited on stage to participate in the ceremonial commencement act: signing and drawing a picture on a huge bisque-fired clay vase with kids’ coloring chalk. I was floored by the energy, enthusiasm, and spectacle that are these opening events of the Biennale and Clay Festival. The YCM is a very important organization because it is a major source of cultural education for Taipei County, thus deserving of national and international attention and participation during the opening events and for the duration of the exhibition and festival. I am amazed that so much hype about clay can exist, but at the same time, I am thinking, “Well, duh, of course its that awesome!” Although I was not one of the artists whose work was part of the Biennale exhibition, being invited to participate in all the events surrounding it, gave me an opportunity to be on part of the “in” crowd with an outside, objective eye. More importantly, it gave me a stronger sense of place and community within my chosen field, reinforcing the idea that working in clay as an artistic endeavor is part of a global tradition that has had an immeasurable bearing on understanding humanity, socially, historically, and culturally. The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Korero-</i>s<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, </i>or conversations that ebbed and flowed during this opening weekend did not start here, nor will they end here or elsewhere. Clay is a medium that allows an infinite conversation spanning any topic or consideration. Exemplifying this is the goal of Moyra’s curatorial effort for the 2010 Biennale and she puts it best by quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson, “In conversation, the game is to say something new with old words.” The best part about this being an exhibition of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ceramic </i>art, which I can say with full conviction now that I have lived in Asia, is that with clay we can say something new with old earths, and there's no translation required when it comes to the actual, visual dynamic of the artwork. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elenorwilson/4792877741/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSC_1613 by Elenor Wilson, on Flickr"><img alt="DSC_1613" height="332" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4792877741_0301994413.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Left to Right: Colby, Jim(shying from the camera), and Tony Bond, artist from New Zealand.</i></td></tr>
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I’ve only begun to tell you about my experience during this event. My experience during the Biennale Symposium, that asks, “Is international competition dead, but not yet lying down?” is probably another 2,000 words. So, this will have to be named Part I, and I’ll end with a bold-faced<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TO BE CONTINUED</b> . . . </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Check out more photos on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elenorwilson/">my Flickr page</a>!</div></div>Elenor Wilson 韋愛倫http://www.blogger.com/profile/05701965152716920083noreply@blogger.com0