As part of the Art Dealer’s Association of Canada’s National Art Hop, join us for an artist’s talk with respected New Brunswick ceramist Karen Burk in her new show, Clay • Colour • Gesture • Fire on Sunday, April 28th at 3 pm.
Discover Burk’s process through years of experimentation with glazes, forms, and firing. Learn all about her evolving approach to ceramics as she draws inspiration from expressionist painters of the 1960s, such as Helen Frankenthaler and Joan Mitchel. We look forward to welcoming your friends and family!
A new CBC show, The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down, will be premiering in February, and New Brunswick potters will be well represented, with three appearing on the show!
Michael Wood of Salisbury, Elsa Maria Valiñas of Fredericton, and Andrew McCullough, also of Fredericton, will all be competing.
Best of luck to all three!
The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down will be coming to CBC and CBC Gem on Thursday, February 8, 2024, at 8pm.
Monday evenings, 6-9pm, February 27 – April 10, 2023.
Cost: $370 + tax ($425.50 total).
Includes materials- up to one bag of clay, kiln firings, glazes, & use of apron and tools. No need to invest hundreds of dollars in tools! Additional clay may be purchased for $30 per bag.
Learn the basics of throwing on the wheel, as well as trimming (removing the excess clay), and a little hand-building. This class is suitable for absolute beginners, as well as those with some experience. The projects are designed to expand your skills, no matter what your experience level. We will explore decoration techniques, and students will glaze their pieces in the last class. You should not expect to make great pots in this short time … it takes LOTS of practice to get good at it.
Small class-size of 5 students max. Each student has their own pottery wheel to use.
Last 25 minutes of class is for clean-up.
Work will be glaze-fired after the course is complete, to be picked up at a later date.
Unfortunately we cannot guarantee the quality or serviceability of fired work.
If class is cancelled due to extreme weather, it will be made up on another evening. If you miss a scheduled class, however, it will not be made up, so please check your availability.
Please join us for the opening of Darren Emenau’s new exhibition, Soother. Darren will give a short artist talk about his process at 6 PM. Soother runs from September 1 to the 22nd at Jones Gallery.
Artist statement:
The concept for my next body of work, Soothor, takes inspiration from the vibrant colours and textures of fungi found in New Brunswick, and my captivation with the art form of flocking invented by the Huaxia peoples during the Shang Dynasty period in China some 3,000 years ago.
Evolving from my past sculptural works, Soother is a collection of highly organic clay forms, soft in shape, feel and intensely rich in colour. Instead of surfaces featuring raised cracked textures bringing to mind lichen, bark or the parched, cracked earth, these works are treated using flocking powder. The works carry velvet-like surfaces, reminiscent of the soft, silky, and sometimes waxy look of wild mushrooms
