Work from the first days of throwing. Perfect weather for drying!
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- bryan mcgrath
- I am a Professor of Art at PrattMWP, Utica,NY, the upstate campus of Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York. Our ceramics department serves the central NY region and beyond as a center for teaching all levels and processes in the ceramic arts. We have had such noted visiting artists as Val Cushing, Seth Cardew, Ian Currie, to name a few. I have been a potter and teacher for over 35 years. My work includes functional porcelain and stoneware. I also make work for exhibition that explores the more sculptural aspects of the vessel. My work has been influenced by Eastern pottery traditions of Iga, Bizen, Sung, Koryo and American potters such as Robert Turner, Marie Woo and John Jessiman. I have exhibited extensively in the US and abroad. My work is in collections in the US, Japan, Europe and Australia. I have a passionate interest in atmospheric firings. I am most interested the effects of wood ash and sodium vapor on the surface and shape of pots. I have lead numerous workshops in throwing, porcelain, wood and salt firings, and kiln building.
Bryan -
ReplyDeleteThank you for an outstanding and very memorable workshop. I had been feeling a bit stagnant in my work and when I signed up for the workshop I said I wanted "to be inspired". You, Janelle and Vincent provided inspiration in abundance - along with great practical info and learning opportunities from demos, slides, and the library, to making and experimenting with vitreous engobes and loading and firing kilns. I'm still amazed that we did both wood and salt firings in a single workshop.
My head is now happily full of new directions to pursue in my pottery and I appreciate that!
Thank you all.
Mary Yoder