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Applying Colored Slips to a Plaster Mold Before Slipcasting For Surface Pattern | Ceramic Arts Daily

I first saw the work of Peter Pincus when I juried the Potters Council Members Exhibition in 2012. This large bowl with a brightly colored striped surface fit the exhibition’s theme “The Chromatic Edge” perfectly. When I saw the piece (see below) in person when setting up the show at NCECA, I was blown away.... Read More »

Perfect Peter Pincus Porcelain.

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I have all my life moved on without undue fuss when the need to move became more compelling than the need to stay. I can hope that the step onto the path of death may, when I actually get to it, be as natural. -Anne Truitt

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Deeply inspiring. There are no rules.

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[Easy Chair] | The Mother of All Questions, by Rebecca Solnit | Harper's Magazine

I gave a talk on Virginia Woolf a few years ago. During the question-and-answer period that followed it, the subject that seemed to most interest a number of people was whether Woolf should have had children.

“Maybe our obsession with happiness is a way not to ask those other questions, a way to ignore how spacious our lives can be, how effective our work can be, and how far-reaching our love can be.”

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Meet the not-so-naked Pirelli Calendar girls for 2016

Hardly “girls” these women are deeply inspiring (as are the photographs).

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Martinich&Carran hand painted ceramics. Photo – Eve Wilson. Production – Lucy Feagins / The Design Files.

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http://www.designsponge.com/2011/04/diy-project-painterly-party-cups.html

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What It Really Takes to Be an Artist: MacArthur Genius Teresita Fernández’s Magnificent Commencement Address

"Being an artist is not just about what happens when you are in the studio. The way you live, the people you choose to love and the way you

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Vulva artist transforms Colorado women's vaginas into body-positive art

Jamie McCartney, creator of The Great Wall of Vagina, casts American women for new work and says of the message behind his famous plaster casts: ‘You’re normal. Whatever you’ve got down there, leave it alone’

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(via Starring Linda: A Trio of John DeAndrea Sculptures)

Back on display at the DAM April 19-June 21st.

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