Mar 3rd - Apr 1st, 1992
From the Ground Up: Ten Philadelphia Clay Artists was held at the Goldie Paley Gallery, Levy Gallery for the Arts in Philadelphia, and Moore College of Art and Design. This exhibition was part of a series produced in response to Clay in Philadelphia '92, a city-wide celebration of ceramic arts sponsored by The Philadelphia Ceramic Consortium and administered by The Clay Studio. On display were works by a group of prominent area ceramicists who had long been active in Philadelphia's thriving clay community.
Gentle Hush
Medium & Materials:
Slab-built earthenware, terra sigillata
Measurements:
4" x 24" diameter
Date:
1990
Teres Vase Series
Medium & Materials:
Slab-built earthenware, terra sigillata
Measurements:
Sizes range from 6 3/4" x 10" x 2 1/2" to 16" x 19" x 4"
Date:
1991
Mundus with New Moon
Medium & Materials:
Press-molded and hand-built low-fire white clay with underglazes, glazes, and china paint
Measurements:
94" x 40" x 4"
Date:
1990-91
Subliming
Medium & Materials:
Wheel-thrown and hand-built low-fire white clay with underglazes and glazes
Measurements:
30" x 20" x 12"
Date:
1990-91
Germinating Seed
Medium & Materials:
Coil-built earthenware with slips
Measurements:
68" x 19" x 8"
Date:
1991
Deep Roots
Medium & Materials:
Coil-built earthenware with slips
Measurements:
51" x 20" x 12"
Date:
1991
Plunge
Medium & Materials:
Stabilized adobe, graphite, limestone
Measurements:
26" x 76" x 45"
Date:
1991
(Left to right) Cleft; Gouge
Medium & Materials:
(Left to right) Stabilized adobe, graphite, iron oxide, limestone; Stabilized adobe, graphite, ocher, iron oxide, limestone
Measurements:
(Left to right) 92" x 23" x 15"; 22" x 76" x 25"
Date:
1991
Light Gatherer
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, copper oxide wash; wheel-thrown, altered, eroded
Measurements:
8" x 6" diameter
Date:
1990
Light Gatherer
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, vitreous elements, clear glaze; wheel-thrown, altered, applied elements
Measurements:
6 1/2" x 5" diameter
Date:
1991
Monkey with Apple
Medium & Materials:
Hand-built earthenware with underglaze, glaze, china paint, and paint
Measurements:
32" x 26" x 25"
Date:
1990
Monkey and Chain
Medium & Materials:
Hand-built earthenware with underlgaze, galze, and overglaze
Measurements:
28" x 72" x 15"
Date:
1990
Cocodrilo con Taza
Medium & Materials:
Hand-built and glazed wheel-thrown raku-fired clay
Measurements:
9 1/2" x 7" 16"
Date:
1991
Jarrõn Quetzalcoatl
Medium & Materials:
Hand-built and glazed wheel-thrown raku-fired clay
Measurements:
10" x 5" x 12"
Date:
1991
Outlaw II
Medium & Materials:
Wheel-thrown and slab-built glazed stoneware
Measurements:
7 1/2" x 18 1/2" x 14"
Date:
1989
Last Stand
Medium & Materials:
Slab-built glazed stoneware
Measurements:
15 1/2" x 57" x 6"
Date:
1991
Ledges/Repetitions/Markings
Medium & Materials:
Ledges: hand-built porcelain; Vessels: cast porcelain colored with metallic sulfates and chlorides
Measurements:
46" x 36" x 9"
Date:
1990
Canyon Wall: Site III
Medium & Materials:
Hand-built porcelain
Measurements:
16" x 74" x 9"
Date:
1990
Ceramic Table with Grid Inset
Medium & Materials:
Slab-built salt-glazed stoneware, blue wood ash glaze, slips, and engobes
Measurements:
30" x 14" x 10"
Date:
1989
Long Table III: Cantilevered
Medium & Materials:
Slab-built salt-glazed stoneware, blue wood ash glaze, slips, and engobes
Measurements:
30" x 33 1/2" x 10 1/2"
Date:
1991
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