Category: Ceramic Art

Still shutdown - more creative projects by our members - part 9

6/3/2020

Sally Andersen shares some of her lovely watercolors, and says "I've been busy painting.. Sure do miss the ceramic studio, though! "

From Fred Chen: "I thought it might be interesting to share some funky teapots I made in the past. These are in fact functional. I classify them as tease-pots."

Aren't they great?

Lucia Tsang made a marvelous mobile celebrating her granddaughter, who is now 13 years old. Here's what she says about it: "The squares are watercolor pencil on watercolor paper. I did the pencil drawings when my granddaughter was only one month old. The pieces of the mobile all have the same images on both sides."

Carla Winter-Evans has been enjoying her garden, and sent some lovely photos from there.

Ellie Lannon reports, "Here are two planters I’ve been working on. The one on the right is in progress...the other is complete (but has not yet been fired)."

Meanwhile, Pat Hanscom took an online class with Lynn Wood (through the Sonoma Community Center) and made this very nice textured cylinder vase at home. It has not been fired yet.

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CAC Members stay creative as we start the 3rd month of shutdown - Part 8

5/10/2020

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Patty Taylor's "collage wall sculpture" (photo on the left below), is finished and now ready for bisque firing. Patty also reports: "Shelter in place has kept me busy designing new jewelry - several necklaces and even a bracelet ." Center Photo: "The orange necklace and the bracelet were made from Air Dry Clay (no need to bisque or fire - it’s very strong), bought online from Michaels. The green & white necklaces were created from my enormous collection of Raku-fired beads." Right photo: "three Summer necklace designs featuring "sand dollar" clay slices in white, with a splash of gray on silver loops.
I am having fun!"

Fred Chen says "Since I cannot throw, I stroll. Idle hands find clay not, but iPhone photo knob."

Left photo: “Hey, slow down! It says 25.” Right photo: “Sharing”

Darryla Green sent us this image of "Eco-prints from local plants in my new outdoor patio dye/clay studio." Left photo, below.
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Josephine Wang has been doing more Chinese calligraphy: "Same poem, two ways. The one on right is in the formal style. The other one is more casual. It’s like the difference between print and script. I’ve enjoyed the lockdown. I wouldn’t have resumed calligraphy otherwise. " Right photo, below

Susan Scott is "a member of the new Orientation class that didn't quite finish so I'm not in the roster yet." She has been "taking photos on walks around home (Entry 12 on Golden Rain). The first one (left) is of a tree I love passionately… I had to adjust the exposure to see the face clearly. I visit it daily on my walks. The eye is really there, highlighted by natural light at certain times of the day. It's a broken off branch. The nose and mouth are from a natural knothole." The next two are also wonderful photos - close-ups of nature that resemble abstract paintings.

Anne Shulenberger created the third piece in her "Storm" series (above right) with an oblong ceramic plaque (black, with a sgrafitto'd design) mounted onto an oval canvas.
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Janet Welch recently put a marvelous ceramic birdbath that she made, complete with 2 small birds on it, out in her garden area. She also has two new needlepoint designs (on the 2nd row below), which she did on commission. She certainly knows how to stay busy!

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Our first Artists' Soiree was a wonderful event!

3/2/2020

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CAC's first-ever Artists' Soiree was held the evening of February 28, 2020 at the Rossmoor Event Center. It was a wonderful event, featuring two of our very creative members: Gaby Miller and Karen Hoyt. Each of them had a table devoted to displaying a wide selection of their ceramic pieces, and Mel Bricker, our CAC Rossmoor News correspondent, interviewed the artists about their lives and creative experiences.

There was a lot of animated discussion and mingling before the interviews, fueled by some wonderful live jazz, wine, and delicious "small bites" (provided by members of the CAC Board). It was a lovely celebration of ceramic art and our warm community!

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