On Friday, the American Pottery Festival opens at the Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis. I’m posting a few images of the 50+ pieces I sent for the show. If you can make it by this weekend, it will be well worth the trip. Two exhibition galleries house the festival and the sales gallery is also full of beautiful work. There are demonstrations and slide shows all weekend as well.
I just received a stack of these in the mail, and lifted the image from the Northern Clay Center website. If you would like to hang one on your wall, email me with your mailing address and I’ll supply the postage.A very tasteful poster full of beautiful pots. The red bowl near the bottom left corner is a piece I sent for the APF Preview in May. I’m honored to be included in this show and will be in the studio this month making the work.
The American Pottery Festival takes place at the Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis from September 10 – 13, 2009. If you are from or in the Twin Cities, stop by for 2 large galleries full of some of the best pottery in the country. Saturday and Sunday are scheduled with slideshows and workshops by some of the participating potters.
To finish the series of posts from Austria, I’ll log the last one from home in Vermont. These images are of the finished pieces from Hotel Pupik. They were taken at the Hotel Pupik Presentation on July 18 & 19. The room where they are shown is the upstairs of what was once a barn and the floor is supported by cross vault arches built in the 17th century.
I have to send thanks to Angelika Fritz of Murau, Austria for firing these for me on very short notice. She started the kiln on Thursday evening and hand delivered them onf Friday just before the presentation began. As fire is the 4th and arguably the most important element in the process, it wouldn’t have been possible without you, Angelika. Thank you so much.
For more images of the presentation and a list of the other artists, check out David Murobi’s photography site.
Also, read the musings of Tiffany Rhynard, my wife, on her Austrian choreograghy experience at www.bigapensemble.com.
Now that I’m home, I look forward to seeing what happens with these ideas that were planted six time zones from home. I picked up a supply of clay today and tomorrow starts a new cycle of work in my own studio.
Auf Wiedersehen.
Marty Fielding 