I had the privelege of exhibiting work in Persistence II in Raleigh, North Carolina. The call reached 45 states. 262 artists submitted for a total of 685 submissions. D’Art’s Gallery Manager, and the juror selected 41 pieces from 38 artists from 23 states! The image shows an inventive way to display a platter! This piece is titled “Garden of Whispers”.
the intruding inflatable makes its way into the arcos lobby opening and a magazine article!
Sold!
I am pleased to say the very first sentinel that i made by using handbuilt methods was sold the first night of the opening. So happy to share work with people who love to live with art.
sentinel series for gaze modern
For GAZE modern I created a series of sentinels. The sentinel is a soldier or guard whose job is to stand and keep watch. Each sentinel has a quality of imperfection, which could impede the ability for the soldier to do the job of watching over. We ain’t safe no more is my motto these days.
I am fortunate to show with Taylor Robenalt. Her work presents itself like jewels, highly detailed and precious with gold luster touches. The show is on display through december.
We are fortunate to have Tim Jaeger at the helm of the new gallery in sarasota. He will be bringing fresh and new ideas and people to the art community here. I look forward to following his vision.
Taylor Robenalt, Tim Jaeger and Polly Johnson at the opening of Gaze Modern!
new work for a new gallery called “Gaze modern”
mold making in my tiny studio pretty much takes up the entire space!
From Sarasota Magazine:
When local artist Tim Jaeger earlier this year announced he was stepping down as director of SARTQ, the artist collective he founded more than a decade ago, some may have wondered if the community would be seeing less of the rooster-loving Ringling College instructor. Turns out, he was just making room on his plate for the next project—director of the new Gaze Modern gallery, opening with the new Arcos development at the corner of Central Avenue and Fruitville Road. “I really appreciate the opportunity and challenge that this offers,” says Jaeger.
The collaboration with Tampa developer Framework Group, the developer behind Arcos, began more than a year ago, says Jaeger, meeting to discuss the potential of the space, and the burgeoning Rosemary around it. “They really understood the art scene in Sarasota and wanted to contribute to that,” says Jaeger. There was no plan for a gallery in the development when they parted ways, but the developers returned a year later with a proposition: they would reserve space for a dedicated gallery and it would run completely rent-free, and they wanted Jaeger at the helm. He agreed, but only for a year. After that, they could all reassess.
Claiming a little more than 800 square feet within the Arcos development, Jaeger wants Gaze to champion local. And in this coming year as director, he looks to host a vast array of work from emerging and mid-career local and regional artists—much of which stands a good chance of becoming part of Frameworks’ permanent collection, and placed in its communities across the nation. Arcos tenants will receive a discount, encouraging those moving in to decorate local, and the commission rate will be only 30%. “Which is lower than any other gallery in Sarasota,” says Jaeger. Student work, he says, will receive no commission, with all proceeds going to the artist.
Jaeger aims for one show a month in his tenure, he says, always looking for new artists and styles he hasn’t seen before. “One thing I’m not doing,” he says, “is showing my own work.” This summer, he’s already planning a kids exhibition, and winter looks set for a letterpress project.
“And you couldn’t ask for a better location,” says Jaeger, pointing out equal proximity to Downtown Sarasota hotspots and new Rosemary restaurants. “Still, in the midst of all this development going on, we don’t want to lose our local and regional voice and visibility,” he says, and highlighting local artists can go a long way towards that.
Gaze Modern opens November 3 with Color and Content: Polly Johnson + Taylor Robenalt, seeing the two ceramic artists in their first show together.
Pictured: "Artemis In Her Element" by Taylor Robenalt. Photo courtesy of Gaze Modern.
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WILD!
honored to be part of a panel discussion.
influences / oblique strategies
One of my favorite places to find inspiration when working on a project is the oblique strategies. a set of cards designed by brian eno and peter schmidt to help with the process of creating. The answer is never here, but is is a good place to start.
Influences / word games, narrative
The poem instructions come from the book "surrealist games", a great way to generate poetry with a group of people. Surrealist techniques like automatic writing; stream of consciousness stories are inscribed on some of my ceramic pieces. I am drawn to randomness, the absurd, and micro stories. where nothing much happens.Usually the story is incomplete and the viewer decides the ending if they choose to read the pieces at all. Sometimes the stories are embedded in a tangle of lines making them difficult to decipher.
Another influence is the fairy tale or stories where small children are led out to the woods. The story "who killed cock robin", or oscar wilde's the "nightingale and the rose" are favorites. :(
Influences / artists / culture
During the early 90's I was fortunate to spend a summer in the Czech Republic following the Velvet Revolution (1989). I was with the first group of American students to be allowed into the country to attend the Academy of Arts Architecture and Design, UPRUM. It was here I was introduced to the stop motion films of Jan Svankmajer the grandfather of stop motion animation. The dark political themes combined with grotesque and oddly cute animated objects left an impression on me to this day. I was also introduced to the rich history of puppetry in the Czech Republic.
Above, the Punch and Judy puppets battle to the death over the possession of a live guinea pig. Below a doll eats doll parts from Jabberwocky, the stop motion animation based on the poem by Lewis Carroll.
influences / personal experiences
I have broken influences down into four categories: personal experiences, words/narrative, and workshops.
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3d print to ceramic print
Finally an example of a 3d printed model from a makerbot 3d printer that was created in fusion 360. i uploaded the file to shapeways. the result is functionalll!! glaze is somewhat thick, but i am excited to have this in my hot little hands!
3d photographic scans
I took a series of photos of this piece and uploaded them to Autodesk Memento. Then uploaded the image to Sketchfab.
follow the link to sketchfab to see in the 3d viewer
First 3d model using autodesk Memento and a slr camera
the first attempt using a camera to capture images while rotating my object. the images were then imported into Autodesk Memento and there they get stitched together to create the 3d form. there is much to learn, but this is a first step. the final image is displayed in sketchfab.
Bear Head Inflatable
This post shows the process of making the inflatable bear head. The ceramic head was photographed in detail from all sides and sent to Big Events for reference. Nick from Big Events emailed me a digital file which you can see I only slightly altered by the black line. The changes were reflected in the prototype. Finally you can watch the entire painting process.
Peep Hole Boxes
In the spirit of the Peep Show or Tunnel Book, I am working on a series of boxes to display some of my smaller ceramic pieces. It provides a context and interesting way to view the pieces and expand the stories. These will appear in a show that is taking place this summer. I'll have four of these on display along with lots of other work.
work in progress
i am currently making new work for a summer show. Hatchets? click on the photos to move through the series.
the studio
Ceramics are not the only thing that happens in the studio. I also have a Poco proofing press that is over 100 years old. This studio is really tiny, but lots of things happen there. I even do screenprinting. Only one task can happen at a time in here.
