SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT - GESTURES TRUNK SHOW FEBRUARY 5TH 2011

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY TO ALL OF YOU!

Gestures Trunk Show Featuring Artist Theresa Yondo, Saturday February 5th from 10a.m.- 4p.m.

http://www.gesturesshop.com/ or http://www.gesturesshop.com/gesturesshop.com/Events.html

Gestures is proud to present guest artist Theresa Yondo and her fabulous collection of hearts for a one-day trunk show on Saturday February 5th from 10-4 pm.

Pick the perfect heart for the perfect person.

This one of a kind gift is perfect for Valentines, babies, weddings and more. Prices range $25-$45.

BEST WISHES FOR A WONDERFUL VALENTINES DAY, T.Yondo

Gestures The Fine Art of Giving:

1150 Linda Street Rocky River, Ohio 44116.

440-665-3122.

http://www.gesturesshop.com/.

Teabowl 2011

 Exploring Japanese words for teabowl!

These porcelain teabowls are at the Stripes Show
 (see January 3rd post)  $40.00 each
Teabowls also function as a vessel for holding food.

 Japanese teabowls come in many shapes and sizes.  The Japanese have several different names for a tea bowl such as Banchawan, Chawan, Guinomi, Matchawan, Senchawan, Yunomi.  These words have confused me for many years until today.  I gratefully found this scholarly link on Japanese terms for ceramic drinking vessels.  http://www.unc.edu/~mpitelka/bowl_terms.html


 I have a catalog from Bonhams Fine Art Auctioneers on 20th Century Japanese Ceramics titled the Tea Bowl and dated Tuesday 8 November 2005 London.  This catalog shows images of just about every teabowl shape imaginable.  One thing that most, not all, of the teabowls have in common are their simplicity in surface decoration.  My work of course falls into the minority of tea bowls as my highly patterned glazing does not always convey stillness in an object.  I see pattern in just about everything. 

Concept to Creation,
Theresa Yondo

Stripes - Vases 2011

The opening of the Stripes show is quickly approaching this Sunday  (see January 3rd post).  Charles T. Mayer is the Director of the Sandusky Cultural Center and always puts together great shows.  I mentioned I would be posting more images of objects that will be exhibited at the Stripes Show.  So, here you can see three of the silhouette vases.





Three porcelain vases on view at the Sandusky Cultural Center January 9th - February 13th.

Sandusky Cultural Center

2130 Hayes Avenue at Perkins
Sandusky Ohio
http://www.sanduskyculturalcenter.org/
public hours: 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Sunday through Friday
OPENING RECEPTION JANUARY 9TH 1:00 - 4:00

Sandusky Cultural Center - Stripes January 9 - February 13, 2011

Happy New Year-

It already seems that the new year is bringing much change.  Some wanted and some unwanted.  But the New Year did roll in and came in with a forceful wind of changes for many.
Today, I drove to Sandusky, Ohio to drop work off for a show titled Stripes.  Below is the artist statement for the body of clay work I dropped off for this show-

Stripes – Sandusky Cultural Art Center January 2011

Artist Statement
How thrilled I was to be invited to the Stripes Exhibition.
The use of line in the creation of stripes and also dots has been a main theme to create pattern on the surface of claywork for much of my career.
For this show, my focus was to use stripes as the dominant pattern in terms of number of stripes. For example, an alternating grid pattern of stripes and dots may have several stripes while only having one to three dots on the grid.
The vases were especially challenging to glaze. The use of stripes on the vase draws an additional vase image on the surface of the form. So, you are looking at two contrasting vase shapes within one object.  (I will post some images of vases and additional work that can be viewed at this show in future posts.)
The clay is porcelain, the glazes are made in my studio, the pattern is created using wax resist with the glaze although some pattern is carved, and the work is fired to cone 10 in an electric kiln.

I hope you will be able to see the show or join us at the opening.
Sandusky Cultural Center
2130 Hayes Avenue at Perkins
Sandusky Ohio
http://www.sanduskyculturalcenter.org/
public hours: 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Sunday through Friday
OPENING RECEPTION JANUARY 9TH 1:00 - 4:00
Sandusky Cultural Center is located in the Sandusky High School complex on the northeast corner of SR 4 (Hayes Ave) and Perkins Avenue.


Theresa Yondo
Concept to Creation