Southern Migration

A Juried Exhibition of Work

byArtistsatRuby’sClayStudio

RUBY’S@AMOCA

ExhibitedatRuby’sClayStudio

November 5 to 19, 2014

and

TheAmericanMuseumofCeramicArt

February14-March29,2015

TheArtistsatRuby’sClayStudio

DEWEY ARSEE’CONTACT INFORMATION

e-mail: [email protected]

website: Deweyarsee.com

This body of work centers around themes of liberation—often told with irreverent humor. Most work employees scrafitto techniques which are later detailed more precisely with the use of varied glazes. Some work also employees collage which is adhered to the finished stoneware us-ing iron based photo transfers.

CHARLES BELGARDECONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 415-845-6995

Charles started working with clay in 1996 and his passion can be seen in his glaze work. Charles works with stoneware clay and will use multi glazes to reach a result that brings satisfaction to his desire to create in this form. The function is just as important to him as to the beauty that it might impart. It is his hope that there is enough subtleness in his expression for some thought. Charles’ background started early in life when at a young age he made a decision that he wanted to be an Artist. This led to his own studio in Minnesota where he could create large abstract paintings. Now this expression belongs here in Cali-fornia with clay and glaze that he can fire to a nice cone 10 in reduction.

KERRI BERKOWITZCONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 415-652-4151

It was through clay that Kerri experi-enced a true sense of belonging as a young teen back during my high school days. Her teacher believed in her, encouraged her, and inspired her to push through the edges of Kerri’s comfort zone, allowing her to experience vulnerability in a safe and supportive atmosphere.

Twenty years later clay continues to pro-vide a means for my creative expression and continues to foster a deep sense of belonging within herself. Kerri’s comfort zone continues to expand as she tries new strategies and techniques.

Large bowls remain her favorite pieces to make and she greatly enjoy the explora-tion of texture and surface design as she believe it allows for the inner uniqueness of each piece to shine.

ANN BONTATIBUSCONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 415-552-6246

website: bontatibus.com/ceramicsculpture

Ann started working with clay when she moved to California in 1972 but it wasn’t until 2001 that she was able to devote full-time to ceramics. Ruby’s Clay Studio is in her neighborhood and has been an inspir-ing place to work. Her ceramic education has been acquired from an eclectic range of workshops.

Ann’s focus is on sculpture from nature and the world around me. Initially my work was focused on fountains, birdbaths and other items for yards, gardens, and decks, which she still does. As time goes on she’s added figurative sculpture, animals, both real and mythical and “naked raku” vessels.

Currently Ann is working with Porcelain Paper Clay for both high-fire and Naked Raku. All her work is built up using coils of various sizes, a technique that allows for an unlimited variety of shapes.

LARRY CARBONECONTACT INFORMATION

e-mail:[email protected]

phone:425-609-6490

Facebook: LG Carbonepottery

Larry is a veterinarian by day, and have been a potter since college. His work is all wheel-based, with a variety of clays. He gets bored by round pots, and enjoy alter-ing shapes and playing with handles and lids and attachments.

LEN CARELLACONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 415-265-4378

website: lencarella.com

Len Carella started working in ceramics in 1996 at Parsons School of Design in New York City after ten years as a footwear de-signer. In February, 2004 he was part of a group show at the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center in Brooklyn, New York. His hand made pieces often include leath-er, braided thread and cork details. His work has been sold at De Vera, Erica Tanov, Small Trade Company & Tradesmen in San Francisco. The Shop at the Bardessono in Yountville and Bluebird in Toronto. He was selected to participate in the 2014 Fog Art & Design Fair in the 21 Pop Shop-- “In the Kitchen”. He currently works full-time in Ruby’s Clay Studio in San Francisco in high fire, cone 10 reduction in porcelain and stoneware. His work is currently available at March and The NWBLK in San Francisco and Esqueleto in Oakland and online at www.the-commons.us & www.firecack-erusa.com. Creating modern, functional ceramicware of the highest quality is the goal of Len Carella Ceramics.

SUSAN CHANDLERCONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 415-431-8606

website: rubysclaystudio.org

Susan grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, drawing and painting in school. Her in-terest in architecture at the University of Utah led her to hunt down the department. Susan found they had no interest in wom-en, but discovered a ceramic studio in one of their old war-surplus buildings. Dorothy Bearnson, who developed the space, invit-ed her to join the class. There Susan found the love of her life, pottery. She has been throwing high fire clay pots on the wheel ever since, finding new studios wherever she’s moved: Gottingen, Germany (Top-ferei Kumpmann), Berkeley, Oakland. Now Susan work at Ruby’s Clay Studio and Gal-lery at 552A Noe Street in San Francisco, California, 94114.

Susan was fascinated by a class in the Pueblo Indian method of hand building with coils, carving, sanding and burnish-ing the pots, given by Bud Lourdan. She took it twice. At the end of each class, They dug a pit at the San Francisco beach, loaded it with pots and fuel, then lit it on fire. After a day of burning and cooling, the once red Quarry Tile clay came out exquisitely black and shiny. That is what started her next re-markable journey in clay.

RICHARD CROCKERCONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 415-290-9324

Richard has always enjoyed making things, which is one of the reasons that he’s in his chosen career. Being a Chef and creating things with his hands is part of him. Rich-ard enjoys the creative process from incep-tion of concept to fruition of finished prod-uct. Pottery has always appealed to him, its feel in the hand, its use in our daily lives and its organic nature. Working within the confines of cone 10 high fire materials, and inspired by my surroundings, travels, historical works and imagination, Richard endeavors to bring an artistic sensibility to the objects that we choose to surround ourselves with.

ANDREW DE WITTCONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 415-431-1305

website: andrewdewitt.com

Andrew’s introduction to ceramics be-gan in sculpture in 1988 and expanded to functional pottery in 1994. His work is primarily concerned with organic forms, textures, and themes. Although occasion-ally he uses lower firing techniques his work is primarily composed of reduction fired stoneware and porcelain. His work ranges from purely sculptural forms to large and small functional vessels, light-ing, and, most recently furniture. Andrew’s work can be found internation-ally in galleries, hotels and restaurants as well as in private collections and homes. His work has been featured in such pub-lications as Wallpaper, Surface, Architec-tural Digest, GQ, and California Home & Design.

You can view a portflio of his work at his website.

NICHOLAS DIBLASIOCONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 415-994-4116

website: nicholasdiblasio.com

Nicholas J. DiBlasio is a graduate of the Columbus College of Art & Design in Columbus, Ohio. He studied advertising design, painting and ceramics and was mentored by ceramic instructor Ban Kajitani.

His hand built ceramic wall art are the endangered Leafy Sea Dragons of Aus-tralia. They are made of porcelain and fired with cone five glazes.

Nick’s ceramic work has been exhibited at the American Museum of Ceramic Art in Pomona, CA and his watercolors have been on exhibit at the Graton gallery in Sonoma, CA.

He lives and works in San Francisco and Guerneville, CA.

MACK DUDLEYCONTACT INFORMATION

phone: 415-861-2892

“I am quiet, introspective, tall, swarthy and at times, some might say, enigmatic. On a calm, clear Saturday morning in 2002, at my very first class at Ruby’s Stu-dio, I was introduced to the process and discipline of a somewhat curious new creative medium. I am an accomplished printmaker, but this was a totally dif-ferent tactile experience. There was in-stant chemistry in that first encounter

that tempted a flirtation. Why not have a fling, I thought, a brief but oh so passion-ate interlude, a quick roll in the clay with no strings attached, then off to some other creative conquest? To my surprise twelve years later, I’m still happy as a frisky pup with a new bone and revel in the romance that has developed with the muse and object of my early flirtation, the mystique of Clay”.

IRENE FEIKSCONTACT INFORMATION


phone:949-212-0517

website:coroflot.com/IFeiksCeramics/portfolio

Irene Feiks was born in Mexico City, daugh-ter to a Swiss Father and German Mother. As Irene’s formative years were spent in Mexico, she was constantly surrounded by the colorful work of the local art scene; people such as Rufino Tamayo and Diego Rivera later on became great influences in her own work. This is most evident in her investigations with color and juxtaposition of themes. In 1989 Irene moved to South-ern California with her family and in 1993 her immersion into the world of ceramics began. Her thirst for innovation and growth led her to delve into a multiplicity of media; over the past 16 years she has taken a large array of courses in ceramics, jewelry design and bronze sculpture at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California. Ultimately, Irene has become most passionate and interested in clay as a medium because of its flexibility and connection with nature. Focusing on sculpture making, Irene has invested her explorations in developing a conceptual lan-guage manifested in the creation of imagi-nary characters. Most recently, Irene transplanted her work-shop to Ruby’s Clay Studio and Galley in

San Francisco, CA where she is excited to continue to experiment, collaborate and ex-pand her knowledge and sense of invention.

Her pieces have been sold in numerous gal-leries throughout the state of California (in Laguna Beach, Sausalito, Healdsburg, San Francisco, San Clemente, San Juan Capist-rano, etc.) Most of them reside in private collections. Additionally, Irene’s work has been selected for exhibition in a myriad of shows. A few are listed below: Saddleback College; Solo showMexican Consulate, SFO ; Solo showNNCARubys Clay Studio and Gallery; Solo showDriftwood Gallery111 MinnaWonderland S F.

JANE GRIMMCONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 415-205-4353

website: janebgrimm.com

Jane, a native San Franciscan, received her MFA with high distinction from CCAC in Oakland. Prior to her work in ceramics she designed and manufactured costume jewelry for major department stores and boutiques in the US and abroad.

Jane is drawn to the medium of clay because of its versatility. Her creations are inspired by objects found in nature. Her hand built sculptures primarily are made with low fire clays and decorated with low fire underglazes and glazes.

Her work is in the collections of the Berkeley Art Museum, Nora Eccles Museum, Neiman Marcus, Wachovia Bank, J Moore Partners, Lucent Technolo-gies and many private collectors. She has exhibited throughout the US and in Europe.

MARNIA JOHNSTONCONTACT INFORMATION


phone:650-520-1878

website:marniajohnston.com

Marnia Johnston is a sculptor and in-terdisciplinary instigator collaborat-ing with engineers, synthetic biologists, programmers and tinkerers. She creates projects exploring what Donna Haraway calls the “ideological struggle between life and social science”. Marnia’s work does this by incorporating themes sur-rounding mass production (including biological mass production of cell and tissue cultures), ecology and biological processes by using robotics, ceramics and various other media.

Marnia has been awarded the Visions from the New California Award, a James Irvine Foundation Fellowship and com-pleted a residencies at the Exploratori-um, Watershed Arts Center, CARPA and

Anderson Ranch. Her sculptures and drawings have been exhibited widely, most recently at MOP Gallery Australia, Kala Art Institute, The American Muse-um of Ceramic Art, in Pomona California and at the MultiSpecies Salon at CUNY. Her work can be found in the permanent collection of Jingdezhen Ceramic Art Mu-seum and the Icheon World Ceramic Cen-ter. Her work has been recognized by the World Ceramic Biennale, South Korea with two diplomas of honor and a medal of honor.

Born in California, Johnston holds a BFA from San Jose State University and MFA from the California College of the Arts (CCA). She continues to sculpt out of her studio in the Castro in San Francisco, CA.

VICKI KLEBANCONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 415-759-7582

Vicki resumed working in clay 3½ years ago, after a 30 year hiatus. She has always loved “playing in the mud”, and enjoy seeing where her interaction with the clay will take her. During Vicki’s clay break, she worked in textile design, and has been very excited to incorporate that in her work with clay. She enjoys experimenting with form, design and color. Vicki especially likes working on the wheel, making forms that allows her to combine her textile design back-ground with the clay and different firing techniques.

HARRY LEAFCONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 415-821-6611

website: harryleaf.com

Harry graduated law school in the late 80s and immediately thought, “what was I thinking” and became a painter and sculptor.

He became a full-time sculptor/potter in 2001. Harry’s signature sculptures are goddesses. They are playful, cheer-ful, and brightly colored. Each one is unique and is made of a variety of clays and glazing techniques. They generally range in height from 5 inches to 22 inch-es tall with my most popular ones in the 10 to 12 inch range. They are completely handmade, glazed and fired at the studio in which he works, Ruby’s Clay Studio, in San Francisco, CA.

From this original collection other fig-ures have been born such as mermaids and angels.

Harry’s work sells in galleries and small boutique gift shops all around the United States.

COCO MANOLICONTACT INFORMATION

email: [email protected]

phone: 415-902-9172

Coco first became acquainted with clay, both throwing on the wheel and hand building, in grade school. After college and taking a long break from ceramics, she took classes again in New York City at Earthworks Pottery and later at Parsons School of Design. Coco has been mak-ing pottery ever since. The past 14 years she has been working out of Ruby’s Clay Studio in San Francisco.

Coco’s work is high fire (cone 10) func-tional ceramics and is predominately wheel thrown with porcelain. The ma-jority of the glaze work on her pieces in-volves layering two or more glazes and includes brush work with wax resist in between the glaze layers to create pat-terns in the surface design.

JENNIFER MERRILL-PALETHORPECONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 415-531-6648

Jennnifer has been a member of Ruby’s Clay Studio since 2002.

She studied ceramics at San Francisco City College and San Francisco State Uni-versity and holds a California Single Sub-ject Teaching Credential in Ceramic Arts.

Jennifer currently works with white stoneware fired to mid-range tempera-tures in an oxidation environment. She reates a variety of functional and sculp-tural forms combining wheel thrown and slab techniques

KATERI MICHOSCONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 717-887-2101

website: katerimichos.com

Kateri Michos is a ceramic artist origi-nally from Takoma Park, MD now resid-ing in the S.F. Bay Area. She received her B.F.A. from Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 2004. She has recently par-ticipated in a four person show at Ruby’s Clay Studio & Gallery and a group show at the San Francisco Google Office Gal-lery. Her work alternates between using dark, iron-rich clays and smooth, white porcelain. Her work always has a sense of texture and makes use of the natural, unglazed clay body.

KRIS MOSERCONTACT INFORMATION


phone:415-648-0106

Kris is a ceramic artist creating both sculptures and functional objects. She has a BA in Art from U.C. Berkeley and a M.A. in Art Education from Stanford Uni-versity. She taught art and ceramic class-es in middle schools and high schools in Northern California for nine years.

While teaching Kris developed an inter-est in animation that led her to work as an animator for film and television shorts and features. She also animated, art di-rected and produced video games and children’s educational computer games.

In 1999 she began to gradually refocus my work on ceramic art. Kris is interest-

ed in animal forms and their relationship to human experience, feelings and evolu-tion.

As a former animator, Kris concentrates on creating sculptures with strong “key poses”. She likes building sculptures using modified thrown, extruded and slab forms. She’s also interested in high-ly-textured surface treatments in both her sculptures and functional works. She enjoy experimenting with carving and applied textures.

Kris’s recent work has been with dark stoneware but in her newest pieces Kris is experimenting with various porcelains.

ANNA PAYDEN

Anna began her journey in clay working as a studio assistant for two local artists during her senior year of high school. She subsequently attended Macalester Col-lege in St. Paul, MN, where she studied for three semesters with Gary Erickson, learning both hand building and wheel technique. Functional tableware imme-diately appealed to her, existing at the intersection between her loves of art and food. She continued with a one-year ap-prenticeship under Erickson following graduation. Anna’s work focuses on pots for the home and table that ask to be touched and used. She loves the connection to

the earth and to the individual maker that handmade pottery adds to a life and living space. The variation and interac-tion among flame, glaze, and form that occurs in a cone 10 gas reduction firing is constantly inspiring and challenging. Anna immediately connected with Shino glazes upon first introduction and they continue to be her favorite; the results of each firing alternate from frustrating to magical. Anna has been a member of Ruby’s Clay Studio since 2009. Her work is shown and sold at Ruby’s along with her Etsy site, and she is a selected vendor for the West Coast Craft show in San Francisco, 2013 & 2014.

CONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 414-758-8065

website: etsy.com/shop/SecondSkinPottery

DAVID PERRYCONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 415-517-3854

In 2007, David took a low-fire handbuild-ing class at San Francisco City College. He loved it. The versatility of handbuilding continues to fascinate him; he can take it in any direction. David’s work is or-ganic and each piece evolves. As the clay gives him direction, he stops periodically to check for balance and proportion. He goes through phases in the style he’s go-ing for and the type of clay he uses. David currently experimenting using a variety of glazes on high-fire paper clay.

This is the first juried show he’s been in.

KATINA PRICECONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 416-425-1612

Katina always wanted to work with clay, and when she came to San Francisco in the 80’s, she found a culture that loved and embraced ceramics, and studios to study in. Here is where Katina first touched clay, wedged it, molded it, threw on the wheel and held a fired piece. She was hooked.

However, her love for pottery started way before making it. It began with Ka-tina’s childhood experiences, wandering and playing in the Carmel Mountains, many times barefoot. There were clay shards all around her. She wanted to be like the potters from past times. And so it is not by accident that she’s been working with clay for all her adult life. For Katina, clay and pottery is an ongoing passion. From shaping a piece to glazing and firing it. There is never a

dull moment and a place to improve and elaborate.

The plate, titled “Squares in the Round,” is part of a series of works in which Kati-na explored wax-resist patterns created from simple repeating shapes.

The box, titled ”It’s cozy in pears “ is part of a series of works in which she ex-perimented, juxtaposing bare clay with glazed surfaces.

Katina wants to thank both Ruby’s and the Sharon Art Studio for their artistic and technical support and guidance.

TERRIE RAPHAELCONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 415-494-5291

website: thecuriouspotter.com

Terrie has fallen in love with clay several times for a variety of reasons – the mate-rial, the process, the possibilities, some-times even the results. She dabbled as a child, took classes as a diversion from graduate school while on my way to be-coming a cultural anthropologist, when working in health care management and between consulting gigs.

She continues to be challenged by the questions posed by my most important teacher, Adrienne Yurick of Third Avenue Clay in Brooklyn, NY. What are you try-ing to accomplish with that vessel? How does the surface treatment relate to the essential form? Where are the positive and negative spaces? Does it feel in the hand the way the eye suggests it will? Is there something new to see each time you look at a finished piece?

The generosity of many skilled artists has helped Terrie to find my own small voice in clay. She appreciates the open-ended opportunities to transform a lump

of clay into something that is good to look at, good to use, and good for contempla-tion. She is drawn to the challenge of making functional vessels – vases, mugs and bowls with quiet surfaces to comple-ment food or flowers – that speak to both the craft and art of ceramics.

Generally Terrie combines wheel-thrown and altering techniques for shaping ves-sels. Occasionally She turns to slab-based forming methods for wall or table designs. Most of my work is made in stoneware and fired to cone 10 in reduction. She am an exhibiting artist with City Art Gallery in San Francisco and belong to the SF Etsy Street Team as well as SF Made.

SHELLEY SIMONCONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 415-430-5928

website: shelleysimonceramics.com

Shelley has worked with ceramics for 40 years obtaining her BA in arts, crafts, and their history at the University of Cal-ifornia at Santa Cruz. Additionally she has studied ceramics in Sun Valley Ida-ho with ceramic Masters including Rudy Audio, Paul Soldner, and Jim Romberg.

Shelley’s emphasis has been throwing on the wheel. Over the years she has partici-pated in the buyers market of American Crafts, selling a line of whimsical foun-tains which have been sold in Galleries and catalogs across the country.

Her lifelong relationship with horses and love of riding inspired Shelley’s line of ce-ramic horses.

The gestural quality of her work seeks to capture the energy and movement essence of horses from the riders view-point.

After throwing for many years it’s been exciting to move into a more sculptural aspect of Clay, proving the extraordinary versatility of this medium.

TANIA STEPANIANCONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 415-921-3832

Tania doesn’t have a formal art back-ground. In 1964, after graduating from college, she took a class in ceramics at the SF Art Institute. This class inspired her to visit Japan the next summer and she travelled by herself to many of the most famous pottery studios and kilns. After that, work and family somehow prevent-ed Tania from making time for working with clay. She started to attend Ruby’s in 2001 and have taken some courses at Anderson Ranch. She still loves the Japanese aesthetic and try to spend her free time at the wheel or working with slabs to create functional ceramic pieces. Tania uses both porcelain and dark clay bodies that are fired to cone 10. Her fa-vorite glazes are celadon on porcelain and Val’s green, Temoku, or Acero on the darker clays. Her decoration is usually quite minimal but still very personal.

This is Tania’s first juried show.

DENISE STUKASCONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 650-557-1586

Denise Stukas started her adventure with clay way back in high school in Bingham-ton, NY. She went on to study fine arts at the School of Visual Arts. From there, studied at numerous clay studios in New York and Denver, and moved to San Francisco, where she currently works at Ruby’s Clay Studio. Her primary focus is creating one of a kind wheel thrown and raku fired vessels.

KENT TOOLCONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 415-308-0529

website: rubysclaystudio.org

Kent first took a class in ceramics in Porter Creek, Indiana in 1972. He then took a va-cation from clay until taking another class at Ruby’s Clay Studio in San Francisco in 1993 and that’s where he has been ever since. While Kent is mostly self-taught, he has enjoyed various workshops through the 20+ years that he’s spent trying to cre-ate useful, functional objects out of clay.

Kent has always been influenced by the Arts & Crafts movement, especially by the architects Frank Lloyd Wright, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and the Greene broth-ers of Pasadena fame.

He is also a wood worker. Thus, Kent builds various wooden forms over which he constructs the basic ceramic shape. The form is very quickly removed and ad-ditional decorative elements are added.

Kent tends to work with dark stoneware and porcelain clay bodies and fire every-thing to cone 10 in heavy reduction fir-ings. He most often uses celadon, copper green and copper red glazes.

In addition to creating ceramics, Kent has gained a good deal of satisfaction by col-lecting contemporary ceramics in both the U.S. and Great Britain. When possible he will try to meet the artist and engage in conversation. Some of these conversa-tions have clearly influenced by work.

RICHARD URBANCONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 415-349-6079

Richard has been studying ceramics since 1984, when he took his first ceram-ics class at San Francisco City College.He hasn’t had so much formal schooling in ceramics but have learned from other potters and by putting in my ten thou-sand hours.

Richard has been an independent studio potter for twenty years or so. He once had a wholesale line of stoneware. He threw thousands of pots. Now Richard works at Heath Ceramics and continue to make his own pots, tea ceremony bowls, altar ware. “That sorta thing”.

Recently Richard has been developing my own clay bodies and glazes to go with them. He likes simple forms and glazes. Less is more.

He has been studying Zen Buddhism for almost as long as he has been mak-ing pots. Richard strives to integrate zen and ceramics.

Richard tries to make honest pots. Some-times he is successful, sometimes not. But he hopes his pots convey a sense of place, in particular the Pacific Rim biore-gion. Conifers like Douglas Fir, Redwood, and Sitka Spruce, point north. And he hopes his pots do as well.

Richard tries to move gently through this space.

May all beings be happy.

BARBARA VANDERBECKCONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 415-810-3547

website: barbaravanderbeck.com

Barbara Vanderbeck is a San Francisco based artist whose primary media is clay. She is currently focusing on sculp-ture specifically designed for the garden.

Barbara received her MA from North-ern Arizona University with an extended major in ceramics.

She has been an exhibiting member of the Association of Clay and Glass Artists of California since 2005.

Barbara participates in both solo and group exhibits thorough out the Bay Area annually.

CAROL WEDEMEYERCONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 415-216-5380

website: carolwedemeyer.org

The days of Carol’s youth were spent in Ann Arbor Michigan where you could find a colorful group of hippies, intel-lects, U of M sports fans and those who came to the acclaimed Ann Arbor Art Fair. After receiving her BFA and teach-ing degree from EMU Carol was inspired to move to San Francisco and pursue a life filled with dance and sculpting. In practicing the unusual discipline of foot-bag freestyle, she competed world wide winning 9 World Championship titles. In addition to these travels, flight attending and teaching clay workshops have taken her many places. Regular art habits serve as a vital grounding force to temper her nomadic lifestyle. Often Carol’s pieces

are gestures of movement inspired by her history with dance and travel. Plenty of these are made in motion as she often travel with her studio suitcase. Carol’s work is featured in several publications including 5 different Lark Books in the 500 series. AMOCA hosts an interesting group of her art from the 90’s in their permanent museum collection thanks to the late William Burke.

LIZ WORTHYCONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 415-602-9409

website: lizworthy.com

Liz Worthy typically handbuilds with slabs of porcelain clay, then stencils her work with brightly colores slips, and glazes to cone 10 with a traditional ce-ladon. In 2005 she was an artist in resi-dence at Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute in China, where she first discovered decals. She has continued to work with decals, including ones created from her own il-lustrations.

Much of her art work is interactive and has a community element. Her ceram-ics have been used to ferry poems across the sea toward Japan, create an intimate gallery space for conversations over tea, and hold the letters of multi-generational penpals. The bowls in this show are part of her “I heart Ruby’s Clay Studio” series. Data was collected in a survey of 39 Ru-byites. Worthy is chair of Ruby’s work-shop committee, where she has been a member for 15 years.

EMIL YANOSCONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 415-648-7552

website: emilyanosdesign.com

Ceramic Sculptor Emil Yanos has been working with clay since 1993. Profes-sionally trained in Floral and Graphic Design, his ceramic work weaves togeth-er the best aspects of both disciplines. Through hands-on experimentation, he has found that working with clay pro-vides an excellent medium to explore his love of color and texture. The overall feel of his work is organic and inspired of the earth. Elemental forms give his work primitive yet refined sensibilities. Emil’s goal in all of his creative endeavors is to communicate meaning, extending be-yond the visual form to encourage an emotional response from his audience.

Emil earned his certification in Floral De-sign from the highly respected program at City College of San Francisco in 2002, and was inducted into the prestigious American Institute of Floral Designers

within the following year. Prior to work-ing with flowers, Emil completed his BFA in Graphic Design at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, after beginning his education at the University of Ha-waii in Honolulu, where he was born and raised.

Emil enjoys exploring the sculptural na-ture of clay as opposed to the two-di-mensional limitations of graphic design, using varying degrees of color to height-en or diminish contrasts in texture, em-phasizing the properties of the clay it-self. He does this by building up layers of color until the desired effect is achieved. Texture is also enhanced by employing techniques such as stretching and pull-ing. His floral designs, in combination with his ceramics, often look like grace-ful floral sculptures.

HIDEO YOSHIDACONTACT INFORMATION


phone: 415-626-8176

Hideo’s work is created with the con-cept that precise, repetitive motions can develop into a significant presence. The vessels, which have been inspired by past cultures, are coil built and then fired in an anagama kiln. I have received an honorable mention award in the “Pots of Virtue” juried exhibit of 2005, juried by Mark Pharis.

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