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Stargazing: Joshua Hebbert

Mar 6th - Jun 21st, 2020

Virtual Gallery Tour | Watch online as Joshua walks you through his solo exhibition, "Stargazing"

I like the irony of searching the cosmos in order to get to know oneself. Linking our personal paths to celestial clockwork involves a simultaneous search of interior and exterior galaxies. We make shapes out of the stars. Studying the constellations becomes a way of navigating our inner selves; Where were the celestial bodies on the date and time of your birth? Where are they (and you) now?

The slip cast vessels in “Stargazing” are my physical exploration of interior and exterior spaces. Through casting the interior of the vessels, the forms of these objects reveal themselves. Forms diminish as I recast the interior voids. I also expand the forms by adding layers to the prototypes and making new molds. The textural history of the objects are hidden beneath new coats of materials. This expansion and collapse of form creates a family of objects that grow and shrink- gazing out/ gazing in.

Joshua Paul Hebbert sees his studio as a space for him to both escape and explore the world. By pulling on personal, social, and constructed symbols, he removes them from direct, cultured meaning and weaves them together to create a new fabric that is at once personal and universal. Hebbert has worked for a variety of cultural craft institutions, including Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, and the Museum of Contemporary Craft. He has exhibited his work nationally and internationally.

Check out press on Stargazing here

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Joshua Hebbert

Detail of 2020 CD3, (Mini-Moon)

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Joshua Hebbert

Installation View

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Installation View

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Joshua Hebbert

Installation View

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Joshua Hebbert

Vase Grouping: Axis Tilt, Pangea, Gravity pulled the cosmic dust to form the earth beneath our feet

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Joshua Hebbert

Installation of Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster)

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Installation View

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Waning

$1260 for set

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Waxing

$360 for set

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Axis Tilt

$1100

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Gravity pulled the cosmic dust to form the earth beneath our feet

$1000

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Retrograde

$540

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Gemini Sun

$225

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Gemini Sun

$225

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Orion's Belt (set)

$540

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Cassiopeia

$700

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Messier 92 (Star Cluster Vase 1)

$180

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Joshua Hebbert

Messier 92 (Star Cluster Vase 2)

$180

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Joshua Hebbert

Messier 92 (Star Cluster Vase 3)

$180

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Joshua Hebbert

Messier 92 (Star Cluster Vase 4)

$180

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Joshua Hebbert

Messier 92 (Star Cluster Vase 5)

$180

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Messier 92 (Star Cluster Vase 6)

$180

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Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 1)

$180

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Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 2)

$180

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Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 3)

$180

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 4)

$180

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Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 5)

$180

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Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 6)

$180

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Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 7)

$180

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Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 8)

$180

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Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 9)

$180

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Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 10)

$180

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Asteroid (JPH 529)

$700

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Joshua Hebbert

Asteroid (MLH 106)

$725

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Asteroid (DMH 0718)

$775

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Asteroid (MRBY 305)

$700

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Joshua Hebbert

Asteroid (ATBFITU) 100

$700

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Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 11)

$180

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 12)

$180

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 13)

$180

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 14)

$180

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 15)

$180

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 16)

$180

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 17)

$180

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Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 18)

$180

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Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 19)

$180

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Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 20)

$180

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Westerlund 1 (Super Start Cluster 21)

$180

Joshua Hebbert

Candle Stop

$45

Joshua Hebbert

Candle Stop

$45

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Cancer Moon, Cancer Rising

SOLD

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Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster) Small Form

$60

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster) Small Form

$60

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Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster) Small Form 3

$60

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Westerlund 1 (Super Start Cluster) Small Form 4

$60

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Westerlund 1 (Super Start Cluster) Small Form 5

$60

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Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster) Small Form 7

$60

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Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster) Small Form 6

$60

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Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster) Small Form 8

$60

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Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster) Small Form 9

$60

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster) Small Form 10

$60

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Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster) Small Form 11

$60

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Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster) Small Form 12

$60

Joshua Hebbert

Detail of 2020 CD3, (Mini-Moon)

Joshua Hebbert

Installation View

Joshua Hebbert

Installation View

Joshua Hebbert

Installation View

Joshua Hebbert

Vase Grouping: Axis Tilt, Pangea, Gravity pulled the cosmic dust to form the earth beneath our feet

Joshua Hebbert

Installation of Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster)

Joshua Hebbert

Installation View

Joshua Hebbert

Waning

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Waxing

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Axis Tilt

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

Joshua Hebbert

Gravity pulled the cosmic dust to form the earth beneath our feet

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Retrograde

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Gemini Sun

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Porcelain

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2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Gemini Sun

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Porcelain

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2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Orion's Belt (set)

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2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Cassiopeia

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Porcelain

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2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Messier 92 (Star Cluster Vase 1)

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Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Messier 92 (Star Cluster Vase 2)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Messier 92 (Star Cluster Vase 3)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Messier 92 (Star Cluster Vase 4)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Messier 92 (Star Cluster Vase 5)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

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2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Messier 92 (Star Cluster Vase 6)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 1)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 2)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

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2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 3)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 4)

Medium & Materials:
Porcealin

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 5)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 6)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 7)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 8)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 9)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 10)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

Shop Page

Joshua Hebbert

Asteroid (JPH 529)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

Shop Page

Joshua Hebbert

Asteroid (MLH 106)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

Shop Page

Joshua Hebbert

Asteroid (DMH 0718)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

Shop Page

Joshua Hebbert

Asteroid (MRBY 305)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

Shop Page

Joshua Hebbert

Asteroid (ATBFITU) 100

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 11)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

Shop Page

Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 12)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 13)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 14)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 15)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 16)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 17)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 18)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

Shop Page

Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 19)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

Shop Page

Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster 20)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

Shop Page

Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Start Cluster 21)

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

Shop Page

Joshua Hebbert

Candle Stop

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

Joshua Hebbert

Candle Stop

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

Joshua Hebbert

Cancer Moon, Cancer Rising

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster) Small Form

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

Description:
HELD

Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster) Small Form

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

Description:
HELD

Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster) Small Form 3

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Start Cluster) Small Form 4

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Start Cluster) Small Form 5

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster) Small Form 7

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster) Small Form 6

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster) Small Form 8

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster) Small Form 9

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster) Small Form 10

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster) Small Form 11

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Joshua Hebbert

Westerlund 1 (Super Star Cluster) Small Form 12

Medium & Materials:
Porcelain

Date:
2020

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Related Events

April 23, 2020 | noon

Lunch & Learn with Joshua Hebbert

Join us in a live Zoom conversation as Joshua discusses his artistic career, his inspiration, and his process. You'll be able to ask Joshua questions about his process and studio practice, as well as hear from Jennifer Zwilling, Curator of Artistic Programs at The Clay Studio. Click link below to join the Zoom meeting ° Meeting ID: 557 805 745

ongoing | ongoing

Virtual Gallery Tour

In this online video, Resident Artist Joshua Hebbert walks us through his solo exhibition, "Stargazing," discussing his process, his artistic concerns, and what inspired this exhibition.

Thursday, March 5 | 5-7 pm

Preview Party

Join us to celebrate Resident Artist Joshua Hebbert's solo exhibition.

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