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Red Dirt Workshsop
Robert Raphael
Saturday, December 10, 2005
Tired of the same old glazes? Please join Robert Raphael for a fresh take on ceramic surfaces, both historic and contemporary. Raphael will begin this workshop with a slide lecture of his own work. He will then conduct a hands-on session where participants experiment with various surface treatments on such as flocking, decals, luster, and tool dip on ceramic objects.
where: Red Dirt Studio, 3706-08 Otis Street, Mt. Rainier, MD 20712 questions/register: (301) 270-9291, kchardy17@yahoo.com cost: $40 bring: small ceramic objects Bio: Robert Raphael lives and works in Philadelphia, PA where he is a resident artist at The Clay Studio. He has taught at Moore College of Art and apprenticed at The Fabric Workshop and Museum. Robert received his B.F.A. from Rhode Island School of Design and his M.F.A. from Cranbrook Academy of Art. In the past he has worked as an intern at Kohler’s Arts/Industry residency in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, at the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and he has completed a nine-month residency at the Mendocino Art Center in Mendocino California. To Register: Email kchardy17@yahoo.com and send check for $40 to “Red Dirt Studio” 3706-08 Otis Street, Mt. Rainier, MD 20712 Questions---- Call or email Kate Hardy (301)270-9291
“Anyone can reflect upon the decorative arts whether experienced through the mediums of wallpaper, furniture, flower arrangement, jewelry, or a manicured garden. I am not creating something new, but a new understanding of something that already exists. My use of the decorative becomes the code for my language of obsession, pleasure, desire, duality, excess, and sexuality. I am abstracting something that we already understand to be beautiful. The pervasiveness of the decorative arts exists environmentally. The decorative is often seen as superficial but I believe in its power to seduce the viewer into greater depths. “ |
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