PORCELAIN - PAPER AND PRINT A Meeting Masters Program with Charles Krafft and Jerry Bennett (USA)
2nd - 29th May, 2005
Jerry Bennett (USA) Jerry Bennett is a leading exponent of Paperclay technology. He works uniquely combining wheel thrown and handbuilt elements of both paper porcelain and normal clay bodies. The quiet, restrained colours of his work complement the fine handbuilt structures he creates. Using slabs of rolled porcelain he cuts and joins these pieces in both functional and decorative objects. Small in scale these works create a feeling of monumentality - small scale sculptures of everyday use. His work is in many galleries and museums throughout the world and he is a resident artist at the Philadelphia Clay Studio, USA.
During his Meeting Masters workshops he will:
Demonstrate his individual method of constructing his functional ware.
Demonstrate and lecture on Paperclay technologies and working techniques
Discuss his philosophy and career works - slide presentation and lecture
Charles Kraft (USA) Using all the traditional materials of Dutch Delft painting, Charles Krafft brings the art solidly into the 20th century with the creation of art works that reflect our modern realities. Floods, fires, murders, Nazi atrocities and artisic angst rise up from these plates rather than quaint windmills and skaters dressed in ancient costumes. All art should be relevant to our lives and experiences or it will not extend our sense of reality and truth.
Charles Kraft is a leading exponent of silkscreen printing on ceramic. This technique gives him a highly individual approach to his work, which is both creative and conceptual. His political works range from commentary on the holocaust to an anti-war propaganda firmly in the tradition of John Hartfield and the photomontage movement of the 1930's.
His work is exhibited in many major museums throughout Europe and the USA.
During his Meeting Masters workshops he will:
Demonstrate his methods of originating images and screen printing decal techniques.
Discuss his philosophy and career works - slide presentation and lecture
Demonstrate and discuss techniques of making, casting and the presentation of his unique works.
The Symposium During the three week syposium, workshop participants will create new works, share information and learn new techniques through the formal and informal sessions, discuss the advances and developments in this relatively new and expanding field of ceramics through the series of slide shows and lectures from all the participants. The workshop culminates in an exhibition of the work created during the symposium in the Museum of the International Ceramics Studio.
Open for applications
Please send email to Steve Mattison for an application form or further information - info@icshu.org Please refer to prices page on the website for costs of accommodation etc.
Internation Paperclay symposium August 2004
The First International Paperclay Symposium was held at the International Ceramic Studio in Kecskemet, Hungary 8-28 August 2004. 19 artists from 12 countries particitated studio work, discussions, demonstrations, an open day and exhibition.
The other 17 Symposium participants were: Jerry Bennett (USA), Krittiya Chunhashevachlock (Thailand), Edit Csehi (Hungary), Margit Gerle (Hungary). Astrid Heimer (Norway), Laszlo Horvath (Hungary), Kornelia Janisch (Hungary), Anjani Khanna (India), Gabriella Kuzsel (Hungary), Elisabeth LeRetif (France), Julia Nema (Hungary) Jiri Lonsky (USA), Tina Neale (UK), Malene Pedersen (Denmark), Prijo Personnen (Finland), Maria Gelabert Tana (Spain), Sandra Torres (Mexico).
In addition to over 20 presentations and slideshows, demonstrations, an Open Day for Hungarian Ceramic Artists, discussions, there was an exhibition of works created at the International Ceramic Centre during the 3-week Symposium.
A number of forthcoming journal articles will document the Symposium outcomes.
During August,2004 Jerry will be part of a show at the International Ceramic Studio
I would like to thank the Independence Foundation for thier support so that I can attend this international symposium. On June 15, 2004, I was awarded the Independenc Foundations Fellowship in the Arts to attend this important international event and to participate in the exhibition of the work produced during the residency. The Independence Foundation's web site is independencefoundation.org
The Museum and Gallery of the International Ceramics Studio
Kecskemét, Kápolna u. 13. Telephone 76/486-867 Fax: 76/482-223
The Museum and Gallery, which houses the collection of the studio, was founded for the turn of the new millennium in a purpose built wing of the studio. 'Museion' comprises of two main gallery spaces, lecture and conference rooms, accommodation for visiting artists and storage facilities. In the near future a new selling gallery will be opening.
All artists who participate in the scholarship and invitation programmes at the International Ceramics Studio leave some of their works for the studio's collection. This is how a Museion has been created here. A Museion in the original, ancient meaning of the word - a place devoted to the Muses, where the source of inspiration is easy to find, where the created values are preserved and shown, where the works of the predecessors inspire the newcomers for perfection, where the collection of the pieces also enhances creativity.
PORCELAIN - PAPER AND PRINT
He works uniquely combining wheel thrown and handbuilt elements of both paper porcelain and normal clay bodies. The quiet, restrained colours of his work complement the fine handbuilt structures he creates. Using slabs of rolled porcelain he cuts and joins these pieces in both functional and decorative objects. Small in scale these works create a feeling of monumentality - small scale sculptures of everyday use. His work is in many galleries and museums throughout the world and he is a resident artist at the Philadelphia Clay Studio, USA.
Floods, fires, murders, Nazi atrocities and artisic angst rise up from these plates rather than quaint windmills and skaters dressed in ancient costumes. All art should be relevant to our lives and experiences or it will not extend our sense of reality and truth.
