“i am one of the lucky ones when i wake up in the morning i can harldy wait to get to work”, Harding Black Baylor University has set up a Harding Black Collection and Archive site http://www.baylor.edu/hardingblack/ semester is in the mid way point full swing. started in on some forms this weekend and am looking … [Read more…]
been waxing and glazing and prepping for the salt. if all goes according to plan the first one should be friday. but inbetween that and work i’ve managed to get a few pieces sandblasted. these are new ones that go directly on the wall as opposed to work on a shelf then wall. i … [Read more…]
got an email from our chair this morning about a recent show with my work but the name was wrong. i did a few searches trying to figure out the skinny but was unable to find the link. however i did fine an on line article done for America’s Clay Fest that spoke a bit … [Read more…]
i fired my first kiln load of summer work last friday and am pretty happy with the results. ball milling the black seemed to help reduce the iron spotting and i’m pleased with the new direction of the flat ones. although i’ve been thinking about how to push the envelope on those a little farther … [Read more…]
a couple of random questions that have been floating in the cloud “i just don’t understand what this is or suppose to be about” how do you answer this sort of question: do you size up the person and figure out if they are truly trying to understand or if they just want a quick … [Read more…]
last year i decided to take up the task of reading and rereading books on art criticism and theory. finishing this was lyotard’s discourse, figure; which i found interesting up to a point. that point was the end (in my opinion) when it seemed like he just wanted to stick it to freud and the … [Read more…]
returned home from vacation a few days ago and got back to the studio tuesday to do a little editing and return to the new work. mailed my work to vision in clay 2013 and today i shall be sanding the whole lot and hopefully putting in a bisque. i had taken my sketchbook but … [Read more…]
http://erennie.wix.com/tynkerhelp Local burlesque starlet, Tabitha (TYNKERHELL), is faced with oppressive and mounting medical bills for a very serious illness. Join us on this amazing night of music, burlesque and variety acts and silent auction to show a whole lotta love and support for one of the most phenomenal women we know. somewhere in this kiln … [Read more…]
about a month into vacation and i have managed to make a bit of work in the studio. i actually am pleased with the amount of work, less pleased with my lack of sketching but i figure during the trip portion of vacation i will be inspired (eye candy) and have time to sketch. i … [Read more…]