Ihre Kursleiter: Daniel Cavey
Born in Baltimore, Maryland USA in 1977 Daniel Cavey grew up on a small farm in an outlying county. Cavey received a BFA in ceramics from Maryland Institute college of Art in 1999. That fall, Cavey accepted a formal invitation to aceramic symposium in Riga, Latvia, which he attended for two consecutive years. In 2002, eager to leave his studio in Baltimore, Cavey applied for anartist residency at La Meridiana and moved to Italy. In Tuscany, Cavey began working with terracotta on a large scale at the Antica Fornace Montecchio, a manufacturer of garden ceramics. He began working with a Landscape architect and his architectural ceramics and sculpture can be found in a number of both public and private gardens throughout Tuscany. Cavey currently works out of his studio near Parma in Northern Italy. He has attended symposia throughout Europe, including the European Artists symposium held in Essen, Germany. His work was featured in Marie Claire Maison and Ceramics Monthly. Cavey has exhibited in the Museum of Foreign Art in Riga, Latvia, in the Keramikmuseum Westerwald of Hohr-Grenzhausen, in the Museu de Ceramicade L’Alcora, Spain, and elsewhere.
Geeignet für Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene (max. 7 Personen)
Wheel-thrown and assembled sculpture. This workshop will focus on creating sculpture from wheel-thrown elements. We will explore a number of forms on the wheel that can be used as modules to create a larger more complex sculpture. These forms include spherical, half-spherical, cylindrical and conical shapes. These shapes can be made repeatedly in various sizes so that once combined the sculpture may convey movement or directional change. We will combine each module by cutting and joining them at the leather hard stage. The techniques used in this process are important for making perfect joints that will withstand the drying and firing process. This process is important not only for technical aspects but also for aesthetical reasons.
We will also touch on creating a dialogue between elements or group of elements. This dialogue allows the maker to convey to the viewer an idea, feeling or concept.
Voraussetzung: Good turning skills / Gute Drehkenntnisse.
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Im Preis inbegriffen: Material, Ton, Rohbrennen der Arbeiten