Kirkwood Glass Art Club

05/01/2024

Art Collection by Conifer Smith http://www.conifersmith.com

04/30/2024

I am parting with some of my original pieces in time for Mother's Day. Visit my online studio at http://www.conifersmith.com

08/03/2015

Jean McLaughlin is one of most thoughtful people I’ve ever met. When you hear her speak, you are immediately drawn in by her intoxicating and contemplative passion to propel not only the vision and mission of Penland School of Crafts forward but also

07/19/2015

Roberta Smith, New York Times art critic, recently declared “ceramics is the new photography.” Until recently both ceramics and photography have been mired in the “art vs. craft” debate. Although they are entirely different mediums, photography is high tech and ceramics is high touch, both have for the most part escaped the debate and been accepted as art mediums because they are popular, culturally relevant and engaging. As diverse as their makers, ceramics have been a key element in modern design and art since the end of WWII so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that they are finally becoming accepted as fine art. Because of an ever increasing overload of consumer technology, people subconsciously crave “high touch” handmade cultural objects to counterbalance the desensitizing and distracting effects of technology. For more information about these pieces and the other ceramic pieces available from Modern 2.0, go to http://tinyurl.com/qhjjgq6

07/16/2015

When Lucy Morgan stepped off the train in Penland in the summer of 1920, the people of Appalachia had barely emerged from the previous century. While the rest of America celebrated the dawn of the Roaring Twenties, Morgan turned away from the departing locomotive and walked into a backcountry of mou…

07/07/2015

Tuesday withdrawals anyone??

07/06/2015

07/02/2015

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/06/miniature-hand-thrown-pottery-by-jon-alameda/

Master of the miniature Jon Almeda creates tiny hand thrown ceramics at 1" scale that are every bit as detailed and perfect as their much larger counterparts. The Washington-based artist makes vases, bowls, and even tea kettles tiny enough to sit atop a coin or toothbrush. Despite their fra

06/26/2015

06/25/2015

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06/24/2015

Most in these jobs are not doing this for the money; they're in it for the love. Like you. And me.

06/13/2015

http://www.creativemany.org/resources/artlab-exhibitioninstallation-opportunities/

artlab Exhibition/Installation Opportunities Deadline: Ongoing November 15 and March 15 The artlab is a venue for artists who are pushing the boundaries of medium and form. It is a 367 square foot gallery where art comes off the wall, off the pedestal and into the space. Experimentation is encourage…