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LIKE A THOUSAND YEARS AGO
Back in Ohio at the residency 8550 Ohio digging earth to make clay
There we go, self-made clay
and some yellow clay too
The traffic cone would not dry without cracking
Digging the hole for the kiln but reaching groundwater too soon
collecting hay for the fire
some beauty on the spot
filling the kiln
The night of the firing we had the so called blue moon, it was the second full moon of July and it was almost as bright as the sun, even producing ones shadow
Next morning, the cone was broken, but the small sculptures survived
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the beauty of color
the only little sculpture that survived the second firing turned all black and solid, it was made out of the yellow clay
“1, 2, 3 all together now” 2015, 6x6x3 cm
this car is not from 1000 years ago, but for sure from the last century, my Buik from 1990
it brought me safe to Detroit where I stay at the FILTER Detroit house and dig more
in the backyard of Popps emporium
digging
like finding gold
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and then, Detroit’s clay is grey
preparing for
thank you Eva Zielinski for the sweet design of the posters!
Clay Workshop 1:
Wednesday, August 19, 5PM- 8PM
Pit firing 1:
Sunday, August 23, 2 PM
Clay Workshop 2:
Sunday, August 23 at 4PM – 6PM
Pit Firing 2:
Saturday, August 29, 2PM
at Popps packing Detroit/Hamtramck
PDF introducing the Workshop:
LikeathousandyearsagoWorkshop.pdf
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Jule Osten another former FILTER resident preparing for this, same Sunday 23. a Detroit Flea
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this I found thanks to briefly visiting artists Freek and Lara from the Netherlands
it’s by atelier nl.
“Tiles laid out in the shape of Northeast Polder reflect the great diversity of the soil within the region and the differences in mineral composition..”
http://craftcouncil.org/magazine/article/drawn-clay
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Workshop at Popps packing
and then, loading the kiln
burn
after the fire
The next workshop was combined with a skill swap. A lot of kids came by and made pinch pots
If the Detroit clay gets hot enough it turns from grey into light pink
and Detroits hay is mint green
and some of the pinch pots survived
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Now this is something else, but speaks for itself
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Arrival in Medellin/Colombia at night
Somehow paradisish here
At the residency Campos de Gutiérrez
making more clay
and more table sculptures, “Stands on all sides” before firing
The orange Media luna, Medellin clay above turned into this
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In the kiln
with faboulos Andrés Monzon and his woodfire kiln
to cities in fire
by David Garzón Barbosa
to an amazing eclipse of the moon. A moonish year 2015
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Detroit’s clay in the show. When it get’s hotter it turns into red. The tips are painted with Media Luna/Medellin Slipware/Engobe
Preparing for “Contraofertas”
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drawing in the sunshine
and how Medellin would not exist, without clay
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some interesting glazing experiments
http://henrycrissman.com/Puddle-Glazing
http://lucielibotte.com/Dust-Matter-s
and Colombia is already goodbye
Ohio clay
made it through the flight, for a collaboration with artist Bridget Frances Quinn at Butterprojects in Detroit
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