ok, so I didn’t start working with clay today until about 1:30… but it was 9:30 when I stopped for the day… so I’m not far from a full day of working with clay. I started the day with the intention of practicing bowls with rolled rims, and I threw several of them. A friend […]
Many times people have asked me how to load a kiln. Many times I have failed to have the right words to describe it… tonight, Jared asked a simple question that summarized the process…"is it like playin Tetris?"… YES it is very much like playing tetris.. fill in as tightly as you can, leaving no […]
Last night I ran the first bisque kiln that I have run in about six months. I felt so strange programming the kiln and loading and everything. Luckily it all came back to me and the 8 pieces I fired made it through with no problems. I am starting to believe I need to find […]
It seems like every artist has a primary specialization. They are sculptors, painters, graphic artists, ceramists or a variety of other titles…anyone simply called "artist" is usually a painter, or is a lazy person who smokes too much pot. I don’t know what my specialization would be. I have been in ceramics the longest, but […]
DSCF6379 Originally uploaded by Curtis M. Kularski I’m playing with texture on some of my new ceramics. It gives a different dimension to the simplest of forms, allowing me to stay with my simple forms, while being more expressive in the clay medium.
Most semesters I know what studios I want to take, it is just so obvious to me. For Fall 2008 it is a little more challenging. I was originally presented with a very slim assortment of studio courses to take…primarily I was left with Sculpture 1. Now, through courses being added and instructors agreeing to […]
This morning I was running over Google News, looking at things that appeal to me, and I came across an article about a 94 year old potter in California. It is inspiring to think that it is possible to go into a career that one loves so much and still be able to do it […]
Earlier this evening I was reviewing the contents of my “Inspiration” folder. It is a little folder that resides on my personal share on my server. The folder contains images I have collected for a while, most of which are very personal to me. The images represent my artistic and aesthetic interests. The folder contains […]
Today I woke up fairly late in the day and have been having the weirdest mood shifts and changes in objectives. I have a chapter to finish for my novel, I have put in several random attempts at effort on it, for the same course I also have to “explicate a poem”, which I can […]