2015 Forces,
2015
Collin College
Minnie Adkins: Against The Grain,
2015
Morehead State University
Minnie Adkins: Against The Grain, Minnie Adkins, Kentucky Folk Art Center
Kentucky Folk Art Center Exhibition Catalogs
2015 Kentucky Folk Art Center exhibition catalog of artist Minnie Adkins.
Land Of Enchantment: New Mexico As Cultural Crossroads,
2015
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Land Of Enchantment: New Mexico As Cultural Crossroads, Jonathan Frederick Walz
Sheldon Museum of Art: Catalogs and Publications
This exhibition foregrounds Sheldon Museum of Art’s collecting strength in fine and decorative arts with connections to New Mexico, and, more broadly, to the desert Southwest. For thousands of years this corner of the United States, situated on the north-south trade route between Colorado and Mexico and at the western edge of the Great Plains, has hosted human habitations, each with its own distinctive material culture. The area’s diverse topography and population have inspired countless visual responses, from petroglyphs to photographs. The state’s relative isolation—at least before the mid-twentieth century—provided a backdrop upon which the movement of goods, practices, ideas, …
Visual Phallacies,
2015
University of Mississippi
Visual Phallacies, John Howard Cummings
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Roland Barthes wrote that only after removing all of the author's intentions and traces can a work of art truly be perceived by viewers fairly (Barthes). A viewer's perception of the world is influenced by his or her individual subjective history, which is the product of his or her own experiences. But as the author of ceramic work, my influence is ever-present. Clay records every push, pull, spank, squeeze, and poke. It fully records its physical history and as well as my actions upon it. This thesis exhibition asks the question: Can a viewer de-contextualize familiar-but-contentious subject matter and be …
Passing Time,
2015
University of Mississippi
Passing Time, Bryan Horn
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
In today’s fast paced world based around expedience and convenience, we often find ourselves lost in the hustle and bustle of daily life. While keeping up with our busy schedules it is hard to find those moments of pause in which we can regain our composure. The ceramic vessels in Passing Time are about those moments in between, like the space between musical notes they are essential to our understanding and being. This body of work represents the building and maintaining of relationships, the welcoming space of home and establishing invitation through the act of giving and sharing. I use …
History In The Hand Through Functional Ceramics,
2015
The College of Wooster
History In The Hand Through Functional Ceramics, Katherine E. Stephens
Senior Independent Study Theses
No abstract provided.
Landscape Of Consciousness,
2014
University of Arkansas Little Rock
Landscape Of Consciousness, Julia R. Baugh
Theses and Dissertations
In my ceramic work, characteristics of magnified microbes, undulations of texture, and gouged shapes recur and appear to blend with inner human anatomy, woodland forms, underwater landscapes and decomposed life. Some of these influences are linked to my childhood. Other experiences come from my career in the respiratory care field and in my international travels. Like any artist, my life experiences, as much as the clay itself, are the materials of my art. My work holds some familiar concept, feeling, or recollection in a figurative piece or vessel. The decorative choices I make form a tight mesh that weaves together …
Sugar Bowl,
2014
Brown University
Saucer,
2014
Rhode Island School of Design
2014 Forces,
2014
Collin College
Techno File: Pyrometric Cones,
2014
Gettysburg College
Techno File: Pyrometric Cones, Tina M. Gebhart
Art and Art History Faculty Publications
A pyrometer measures temperature, but pyrometric cones measure heatwork. What is a cone, how does it work, and what does any of this have to do with synchronized swimmers? [excerpt]
Rethinking Levanna Ceramics: A Tenth Century Short Term Occupation Site In Central New York,
2014
University of Denver
Rethinking Levanna Ceramics: A Tenth Century Short Term Occupation Site In Central New York, Christina T. Rogers
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The analysis of ceramics located inside of a proto-longhouse at Levanna, an early 10th century site overlooking Cayuga Lake in Central New York have found the established typologies of the area to be less rigid and contain much more variability than would be expected. Levanna appears to be a short-term occupation site (ca. 30 years) containing a variety of ceramics. In past studies Levanna had been deemed an "Owasco" era (900-1400 A.D.) site by early and some recent archaeologists, yet the analysis of features and ceramics found during the 2008 and 2009 excavations help deconstruct the idea or concept of …
Chester Cornett: Beyond The Narrow Sky,
2014
Morehead State University
Chester Cornett: Beyond The Narrow Sky, Chester Cornett, Kentucky Folk Art Center
Kentucky Folk Art Center Exhibition Catalogs
2014 Kentucky Folk Art Center exhibition catalog of artist Chester Cornett.
Sju Pottery Kiln Firing,
2013
College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
Sju Pottery Kiln Firing, Michael Hemesath
Administration Publications
No abstract provided.
The Teacher In The Studio,
2013
Bank Street College of Education
The Teacher In The Studio, Molly Alexander
Graduate Student Independent Studies
As a potter and teacher, the author connected her practice in the studio to her practice in the classroom by designing and creating cups for the two-year-old children she teaches. This thesis includes visual documentation of the author's design and production process, an analysis of theory and research, and a personal reflection.
Tethered,
2013
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Tethered, Samantha Jean Dixon
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Tethered addresses the innate fear of forgetting where an individual's family originates, both physically and historically. Not long after discovering that part of my family was almost completely annihilated during the Holocaust, I produced Tethered as visual documentation of the long-term effects of families of survivors. The exhibition is also influenced by my grandmother's experiences as a Mauthausen concentration camp survivor and my own experiences being raised by a survivor.
The knowledge of the imminent loss of memory initiates an instinct to repetitively record and remember personal history. Numerous memories have been forcefully buried in the darkest recesses of the …
2013 Forces,
2013
Collin College
Body As A Vessel,
2013
Indiana State University
Clay Culture: A Burning Question,
2013
University of North Dakota
Clay Culture: A Burning Question, Wesley L. Smith
Art & Design Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
David Lucas,
2013
Morehead State University
David Lucas, David Lucas, Kentucky Folk Art Center
Kentucky Folk Art Center Exhibition Catalogs
2013 Kentucky Folk Art Center exhibition catalog for artist David Lucas.
