Johan Cretan

There are so many beautiful and fascinating images from Johan Cretan to marvel at that it was difficult to pick just one!I guess I will go with "why does strange fruit always look so sweet". I am not sure if the statue was there first and has just been covered, or if this was made at the same time as the fruit like coverings. Either way, this piece is fun to look at! The circular structures consuming the otherwise mundane (even if elegant) statue of a human-like figure (I am assuming because of the form, legs, and feet), the harsh contrast between lines and circles, (gorgeous)colors on white. Very playful! Again, another piece I would love to touch!************I was unable to copy the images in anything other than in "thumbnail" form, sorry. But, I did want to write about this artist as I really like many of the images. I did manage to find a front and back image of what appears to be the same creation :)

Robbie Heidinger

I love these cups..they are so very beautiful to look at! All the elements seem so well balanced..the lines, the textures, the colors that were added, all fit together so wonderfully!! I would love to be able to serve guests drinks in these, what show off items they would be! I bet they are expensive!I would love the first cup of coffee of the day to be in one of these! I would just ponder what the person is like who made them..must be a thoughtful person, for who else would put so much into a cup?

John Balistreri

What an amazing artist John Balistreri is! I am hoping to find out that he is having a show close enough for me to get to, so that I can see these beautiful pieces up close. This style of art, according to his website is called "Neocubic". I have never seen this kind of work before, but I really like it! Beautiful to look at, and I'm sure even better to touch because of the textural and dimensional nature of the pieces (I wonder if touching is allowed?) So far, these are my favorite piece of art, that I have seen, as a result of doing the weekly write-ups :)

Rebecca Warren

Ummmm. okay, I guess this one, in my opinion,falls into the category of one of those you were talking about in class today, where we look on with tilted heads and wonder to ourselves how this piece/artist ever got to be in a show. Now, I realize that it says that she studied fine art, was nominated for an award, and other such wonderful things, and perhaps this particular piece is out of the norm for what she generally does, but this piece could have been made by a two year old. I realize how fun it is to throw clay on top of clay until it finally starts to look like something (in this case a bird on a tree (perhaps?))then you paint it and call it a sculpture.; and maybe that's all she was going for, and for the fun of it,took a picture of it and sent it out over the web for all the world to see. I don't think I would do that, but everyone is different. This piece probably appeals to someone, just not me.

Jessica Knapp

Wow! I am absolutely enamored with her work; so graceful, so light, and colorfully beautiful. I am unsure about how she attached the flowers, as I am pretty sure that the stems are nort made of ceramic material...Is there a way to fire metal with the clay so as to bend it after firing, or do we have to just make holes to run the wire through and attach it another way? I have thought at times that I would like to incorporate wire, or metal in with the ceramics; and, now that I have seen Jessica Knapp's work I can hope that it is possible,I will investigate further,or you can let me know at some point :)

Josh DeWeese

I like that Mr DeWeese says that he, "is drawn to the beauty and mystery of high temperature ceramics and the element of chance that occurs in atmospheric firings"I myself, love chaos, and elements of chance...at least for me, things always seem to sort themselves out best this way, therefore, at some time would be interested in atmospheric firing.I love the splash of colors on this vase, and the way the colors flow together. The vase seems as though it may be top heavy, as the extremely narrow base; however, it may be able to hold water on the lower half which would give it strength and functionality to hold flowers/plants. I love the look of the rim, with the curls. I was mostly attracted to the colors though...it's just interesting to look at :)

Tim Rowan

This image from Tim Rowan although very organic in nature, I am not very fond of. It seems unrefined and unbalanced. For being considered tableware i find it to be disfunctional and think that it would be difficult to stack in the cupboard. I do like some of the glazing techniques on some of his pieces, but on this on it looks like a half hearted attempt to glaze. Again, unrefined and unbalanced, at least in my eyes.