100 Teapots at Baltimore Clayworks

I can't believe it...
It was probably a fluke that I got accepted....
But I'll take it!
I have no idea if one or both got in but these are the 2 that I submitted...
I've never entered one of these competitions so I am indeed happy to have the opportunity to display along side these fabulous artists...










Teapots IV
Artists' Announced
Juried by David MacDonald
January 10 - February 27, 2009
Thank you very much to juror David MacDonald for selecting the work for our exhibition.

Congratulations to the following artist accepted into Teapots IV at Baltimore Clayworks!

You will receive an exhibitor’s packet with more information this week. For those who did not make this show, don’t despair, keep creating and keep trying.

David Austin, Hadi Abbas, Lorna Awalt, Marc Barr, Abigail Deneau, Jim Dugan, Jessica Dubin, Delores Fortuna, Yoshi Fujii, Susan Greenleaf, Jim Geletka, Robert Garron, Hsin-Yi Huang, Matt Hyleck, Steve Hilton, Judi Tavill, Elizabeth Keller, Judith King, Susan Kent, Jon McMillian, Joyce Nagata, Crystal Pillsbury, Roberta Polfus, Collette Smith, Gary Slavinsky, Lauren Sandler, Rebekah Strickland, Joyce Tanner, Katherine Taylor, Delanie Wise, Sherry Wells, Gwendolyn Yoppolo.

David MacDonald, Juror
Statement:
The teapot is the quintessential ceramic enterprise. It is an aspiration to the novice, and a source of inspiration and consternation to the experienced clayworker. It represents the classic culmination techniques and skills acquired during the education of the potter. It required a finely tuned sense of scale and proportion in combining all of the diverse parts into a organic whole, much the same as a newborn child that is scaled down but in perfect proportion. The teapot has fascinated and inspired artists for centuries as a vehicle capable of having meaning and purpose beyond its ability to dispense a certain volume of liquid. It has been used to represent every noble and debased quality of humankind. It has been used to record our observations and enchantment with Nature in her myriad forms. Because of the history and continued fascination with this particular utilitarian form, the expectation for this exhibition is a display of a diverse and experimental interpretation of this classic form. From the conventional to the strange.

But however experimental, one aspect of the teapot must be acknowledged: IT MUST POUR!!!!! For if it doesn't it is not a teapot but a teapot-like object. Some find this as a severe limitation in creative design; while others will if it a challenge. I hope many will rise to the challenge.

The teapot has fascinated and inspired artists for centuries as a vehicle capable of having meaning and purpose beyond its ability to dispense a certain volume of liquid. It is an aspiration to the novice, and a source of inspiration and consternation to the experienced clayworker. It is the quintessential ceramic enterprise.
Because of the history and continued fascination with this particular utilitarian form, the expectation for this exhibition is a display of a diverse and experimental interpretation of this classic form.

From the conventional to the strange. But however experimental, one aspect of the teapot must be acknowledged: IT MUST POUR!!!!! For if it doesn't it is not a teapot but a teapot-like object. Some find this as a severe limitation in creative design; while others will if it a challenge. I hope many will rise to the challenge.