TODAY'S FEATURED POST
Advice for Grads (and Anyone Else Who Needs It)
It's graduation season! Over the last few weeks, I visited Ringling College of Art in Sarasota and SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) in person to do portfolio reviews and talk about book publishing and the state of the industry. I judged the Senior Illustration Show at SVA (School of Visual Arts). I've also done remote reviews for a handful of other schools, including Syracuse University. Here's some of the top pieces of advice…
YESTERDAY’S POST
Clay Figure Time-lapse
May 9, 2024 - The initial phases of building a larger scale ceramic sculpture involve a lot of technical adaptability and sorting out challenges. The beginnings of the process are not quite the moments of feeling your creative mojo flowing that we long for as artists, but the problem solving itself provides a level of artistic fulfillment. Since I build these larger figures hollow, until everything is set up enough to support itself, there is a tendency for the lower sections to deform or collapse under the weight of the upper parts. Once the components are set up enough to support the weight, a challenge arises in the workability of the clay. The trade off for this stability means that it has dried a certain amount, so it’s less workable. It kicks off a bit of a stress scenario…
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