it's a small world

i finally got the newest awards and scholarships pamphlet from the ontario crafts council.

i'm lucky to share this little publication with some very talented, award winning artists.

michelle mendlowitz is on the cover, then from left to right its alain belanger, daryl ferrette, julie moon, (they forgot to cite the next one, but i think its tiana roebuck), me :D, and then annie tung.

we all had a show together with the other winners last year but it's funny how small the art/craft/design world can be. especially when many of its artisans started out their careers at my school.

michelle was my ceramics technician at OCAD when I was learning mouldmaking, she also helped me learn how to use the pottery wheel :) julie's work is ah-mazing. i especially love her new masters sculptures. they're so whimsical - modern and retro at the same time. she used to be OCAD's cashier while she made beautiful ceramic sculptures at night. me and jon used to harass her for our paycheques every week. and finally, i am also a great admirer of annie's beautifully haunting work - i have been ever since I saw her thesis work at OCAD's annual grad show when i was just starting to delve into jewellery.

thrown ceramics from the summer

i love drinking my genmaicha tea out of these.

remnants from my summer throwing class

i love working in ceramics. i can't say it's my forte, but the medium, the method, can be very soothing to me. but of course that doesn't encompass all the heartbreak that can occur when your glaze doesn't turn out right, or you get a crack, or your piece explodes in the kiln. oh well...i still enjoy these pieces, they are the survivors of this summer :)

i took as many ceramics classes as I could during my undergrad, and i'm so glad i did.


bud "bowls", ceramics, thrown and manipulated, 2009


bud "cups", ceramics, thrown and manipulated, 2009



i know something is missing, thrown and manipulated, ceramics, 2009

i really loved this piece in its entirety...i meticulously attended to it so it would dry properly for 2 weeks...but it exploded anyway. I glazed the pieces even after the explosion, they're still pretty :)