Irina Okula is a potter from Ipswich who creates vessels through a unique process of breaking and reconstructing ceramic pieces. She throws and fires ceramic vessels, then carefully breaks them into pieces which are then reassembled using epoxy, creating vessels with intricate patterns and unexpected colors. This process earned her top honors at the Smithsonian Craft Show. Okula's pieces reflect the order brought from chaos of the breaking and reconstruction. She accepts mistakes in the process as bringing character to the finished pieces.
This document contains a biography of Joseph William Wade as a sculptural artist and educator. It then showcases examples of student woodworking, metalworking, and scenic design projects that Wade oversaw from 8th through 12th grade. The document concludes with examples of Wade's personal and professional work in sculpture, interior design, scenic design, and other art forms.
Sally Shaw, an international watercolor instructor from Ireland, is offering beginner watercolor workshops in Reno, Nevada from September through November 2016. The workshops will be held on Saturdays from 10 AM to 2 PM and everything needed will be supplied except for a brown bag lunch. Each workshop is $35 or a 10% discount is offered for registering for 4 classes. Workshop topics include floral impressions, salt techniques, sea gardens, Irish cottages, and cattails. Participants are asked to register and pay in advance as the workshops fill up quickly.
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Part A is an individual assignment to create an A4 booklet investigating and describing a town or city, including its history, principles of urban planning, and guidelines for better future towns.
Part B is a group assignment to propose a new, improved "town center" through A2 presentation boards and a physical model. The town center design must consider geometry, sustainability, green space, and features to meet the population's needs.
The goals are to understand components of the built environment, examine the relationship between nature and development, and apply lessons to planning a livable future town center.
Beijing is China's capital city and is very modern with many buildings, temples, tombs, and gardens. Tiananmen Square is a large square in Beijing that has many statues, Mao's mausoleum, and the Forbidden City. The Forbidden City was built in 1420 as the imperial palace for the Ming Dynasty, where the Ming family and their servants lived. It was forbidden for ordinary people to enter. There are also many tombs from the Ming Dynasty near Beijing dating back to the 15th century.
This document contains a biography of Joseph William Wade as a sculptural artist and educator. It then showcases examples of student woodworking, metalworking, and scenic design projects that Wade oversaw from 8th through 12th grade. The document concludes with examples of Wade's personal and professional work in sculpture, interior design, scenic design, and other art forms.
Sally Shaw, an international watercolor instructor from Ireland, is offering beginner watercolor workshops in Reno, Nevada from September through November 2016. The workshops will be held on Saturdays from 10 AM to 2 PM and everything needed will be supplied except for a brown bag lunch. Each workshop is $35 or a 10% discount is offered for registering for 4 classes. Workshop topics include floral impressions, salt techniques, sea gardens, Irish cottages, and cattails. Participants are asked to register and pay in advance as the workshops fill up quickly.
This document outlines the requirements for Project Two of the Elements of Natural Built Environment course. It has two parts:
Part A is an individual assignment to create an A4 booklet investigating and describing a town or city, including its history, principles of urban planning, and guidelines for better future towns.
Part B is a group assignment to propose a new, improved "town center" through A2 presentation boards and a physical model. The town center design must consider geometry, sustainability, green space, and features to meet the population's needs.
The goals are to understand components of the built environment, examine the relationship between nature and development, and apply lessons to planning a livable future town center.
Beijing is China's capital city and is very modern with many buildings, temples, tombs, and gardens. Tiananmen Square is a large square in Beijing that has many statues, Mao's mausoleum, and the Forbidden City. The Forbidden City was built in 1420 as the imperial palace for the Ming Dynasty, where the Ming family and their servants lived. It was forbidden for ordinary people to enter. There are also many tombs from the Ming Dynasty near Beijing dating back to the 15th century.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
The document provides tips for designing and delivering effective presentations. It recommends focusing on one main idea, using contrasting colors and large fonts for visuals, including appropriate videos and charts, avoiding bullet points, maintaining a constant theme, organizing content logically, speaking with passion and making eye contact with the audience. It also stresses the importance of practicing presentations.
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This report details a study on the fresh and hardened properties of normal strength self-compacting concrete (SCC). Mix designs were developed and tested to meet fresh concrete requirements for flowability, passing ability, and segregation resistance. The finalized mix was then evaluated for hardened properties like compressive, tensile, and flexural strength along with stress-strain behavior up to 14 days. The results provide insight into developing reliable normal strength SCC mixes and understanding their fresh and hardened characteristic properties.
Когда мы пытаемся объять взглядом стоя на земле большое пространство, нам не удается построить у себя в голове сколько-нибудь целостную картину.
Однако, если мы сядем в вертолёт, и поднимемся над этой территорией ввысь, то с высоты, разрозненный и казавшийся на земле большим участок пространства, воспринимается целостным.
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Here are some key things to include in your observational drawings:
- Draw what you see, not what you think you see. Focus on accurate proportions and shapes.
- Use light and shade to show form. Draw the shadows as darkly as the highlights are light.
- Pay attention to textures. Try different mark-making techniques like cross-hatching to show textures like bark or leaves.
- Draw a variety of natural forms like shells, stones, fruits, flowers or seed pods. Drawing different textures and shapes will give you more ideas for your sculpture.
- Take clear, well-lit photos to use as references if drawing from life is difficult. Photos can also help you capture textures.
The document provides information on several artworks submitted for the Cliftons Art Prize 2011 competition in Auckland, New Zealand. It includes the title, artist name, medium, size and a brief description for each piece. The artists include Anah Dunseath, Julian McKinnon, Denise Batchelor, Anna Tokareva, Kathy Ready, Meredith Collins, Sian Huygens, Phil James, Dianne Hogan and Melinda Butt. Details such as the materials used and inspiration behind each artwork are summarized for each entry.
This hanging scroll from the Kamakura period underwent conservation treatment and remounting. [1] The old mount had become worn and damaged, putting the painting at risk. [2] The mounting materials were removed and losses in the silk were filled and lined with new silk and paper to secure and stabilize the painting. [3] A new mount was created using brocades chosen to harmonize with and enhance the restored painting.
Raven Gallery is featuring several new artists Spring 2018.
Raven Gallery, located in Aspen, blends extraordinary glass art from around the world with fine art and the art of nature; exceptional minerals, crystals and petrified wood.
The document profiles several clay artists, providing brief biographies on each. Laura Orvieto hand builds her stoneware vessels and sculptures using coils of clay rather than a pottery wheel. She finds the process meditative and explores form, volume, and textures. Marjorie King is an internationally known potter based in Wisconsin who specializes in unique, handmade nature-themed pottery. Johnson Tsang focuses on very detailed clay sculptures and spends a lot of time refining their quality. Carla Ruka is a contemporary Maori artist whose work is inspired by her cultural heritage and ancestors. Adam Egenolf has worked with clay for over 13 years and specializes in crystalline glazing techniques.
The document profiles several clay artists, providing brief biographies on each. Laura Orvieto hand builds her stoneware vessels and sculptures using coils of clay rather than a pottery wheel. She finds the process meditative and uses intuition to guide her forms. Marjorie King is an internationally known potter based in Wisconsin who specializes in unique, handmade nature-themed pottery. Johnson Tsang focuses on clay sculptures, spending significant time refining very detailed works. Carla Ruka is a contemporary Maori artist who draws inspiration from her cultural heritage. Adam Egenolf has worked with clay for over 13 years and continues research glazing techniques.
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Keith Walker is an Edmonton glass artist who designed and created new awards for APEGA's annual Summit Awards. The new awards are glass sculptures in the shape of a mountain summit, with swirling green and blue ribbons inside to symbolize energy and innovation. Walker has been doing glass blowing for 10 years, starting as a hobby and then turning it into a business after building a studio in his backyard. Creating the new awards involved melting glass, shaping it using tools and his hands, and reheating it to maintain the proper temperature throughout the intricate sculpting process.
This document outlines a ceramics curriculum for a 21st century program. It discusses what influences the curriculum, including standards, teacher expertise, and school goals. The curriculum covers physical skills development, construction methods, finishing and firing processes, conceptual development and aesthetics, and cultural contexts. It provides examples of projects for different ceramics levels that incorporate these instructional strands. The document also discusses assessment, tying the curriculum to common core standards and 21st century skills, and examples of student work are presented.
Micaëla Gallery presents its annual Winter Salon exhibition featuring works from local, national, and international artists working in a variety of mediums including painting, sculpture, photography, and video. The exhibition will include pieces from 14 artists such as Emil Alzamora's ceramic sculpture "Haze" and Alex Bernstein's glass and steel sculpture "Purple Figure". The Winter Salon aims to bring together traditional artworks and those using new media to explore contemporary concepts and ideas.
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My artistic journey and philosophy are deeply rooted in a profound exploration of ceramics and its connection to nature, materials, and the human experience. Through various subtopics and insights, we can gain a comprehensive understanding of my unique approach and vision:
The document outlines tasks for a Year 11 GCSE exam focusing on fragments from various artists. It includes 6 tasks to be completed over the first 2 weeks involving drawing, printing, sculpture, and post-apocalyptic landscape alterations. Students are to connect all tasks in their book to the relevant artists, and complete 3 strands from an initial mind map for homework.
The document describes a group's experience viewing the artwork "Mechanical Amusements" located at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center. It consists of three tall glass towers containing small animated wooden vignettes depicting scenes of Erie, Pennsylvania. The group noticed various details of the artwork and had discussions about the potential purpose and meaning behind aspects of the design. They also reflected on personal connections to items depicted and potential ways the artwork could be used in educational contexts.
This document summarizes an interview with ceramic artist Yumiko Goto. Goto crafts ceramic vessels inspired by natural forms like flower petals and seeds. She began working with clay after moving to the US from Japan in 1999. Goto enjoys all aspects of the ceramic process, from sculpting clay to applying glazes. Her Japanese heritage and experiences harvesting fruits with her family influence her nature-inspired work.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
The document provides tips for designing and delivering effective presentations. It recommends focusing on one main idea, using contrasting colors and large fonts for visuals, including appropriate videos and charts, avoiding bullet points, maintaining a constant theme, organizing content logically, speaking with passion and making eye contact with the audience. It also stresses the importance of practicing presentations.
O documento apresenta uma coletânea de poemas sobre aleitamento materno organizada por Silvia Marina Anaruma. A introdução explica que o objetivo é promover os benefícios do aleitamento materno através da poesia. A coletânea reúne poemas de vários autores abordando temas como a importância nutricional e emocional do leite materno, os direitos da mãe e do bebê à amamentação, e a necessidade de apoiar a amamentação nas empresas e na sociedade.
This report details a study on the fresh and hardened properties of normal strength self-compacting concrete (SCC). Mix designs were developed and tested to meet fresh concrete requirements for flowability, passing ability, and segregation resistance. The finalized mix was then evaluated for hardened properties like compressive, tensile, and flexural strength along with stress-strain behavior up to 14 days. The results provide insight into developing reliable normal strength SCC mixes and understanding their fresh and hardened characteristic properties.
Когда мы пытаемся объять взглядом стоя на земле большое пространство, нам не удается построить у себя в голове сколько-нибудь целостную картину.
Однако, если мы сядем в вертолёт, и поднимемся над этой территорией ввысь, то с высоты, разрозненный и казавшийся на земле большим участок пространства, воспринимается целостным.
O documento discute conceitos e métodos de arquivologia, incluindo: 1) A finalidade dos arquivos de preservar documentos para administração e história; 2) Terminologia arquivística como acervo, acesso e armazenamento; 3) Os três estágios de evolução dos arquivos - de 1a idade, 2a idade e 3a idade.
Here are some key things to include in your observational drawings:
- Draw what you see, not what you think you see. Focus on accurate proportions and shapes.
- Use light and shade to show form. Draw the shadows as darkly as the highlights are light.
- Pay attention to textures. Try different mark-making techniques like cross-hatching to show textures like bark or leaves.
- Draw a variety of natural forms like shells, stones, fruits, flowers or seed pods. Drawing different textures and shapes will give you more ideas for your sculpture.
- Take clear, well-lit photos to use as references if drawing from life is difficult. Photos can also help you capture textures.
The document provides information on several artworks submitted for the Cliftons Art Prize 2011 competition in Auckland, New Zealand. It includes the title, artist name, medium, size and a brief description for each piece. The artists include Anah Dunseath, Julian McKinnon, Denise Batchelor, Anna Tokareva, Kathy Ready, Meredith Collins, Sian Huygens, Phil James, Dianne Hogan and Melinda Butt. Details such as the materials used and inspiration behind each artwork are summarized for each entry.
This hanging scroll from the Kamakura period underwent conservation treatment and remounting. [1] The old mount had become worn and damaged, putting the painting at risk. [2] The mounting materials were removed and losses in the silk were filled and lined with new silk and paper to secure and stabilize the painting. [3] A new mount was created using brocades chosen to harmonize with and enhance the restored painting.
Raven Gallery is featuring several new artists Spring 2018.
Raven Gallery, located in Aspen, blends extraordinary glass art from around the world with fine art and the art of nature; exceptional minerals, crystals and petrified wood.
The document profiles several clay artists, providing brief biographies on each. Laura Orvieto hand builds her stoneware vessels and sculptures using coils of clay rather than a pottery wheel. She finds the process meditative and explores form, volume, and textures. Marjorie King is an internationally known potter based in Wisconsin who specializes in unique, handmade nature-themed pottery. Johnson Tsang focuses on very detailed clay sculptures and spends a lot of time refining their quality. Carla Ruka is a contemporary Maori artist whose work is inspired by her cultural heritage and ancestors. Adam Egenolf has worked with clay for over 13 years and specializes in crystalline glazing techniques.
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This document contains summaries of artworks created by students from various high schools in the Ottawa Area ISD. Each summary is 1-3 sentences and provides the title of the artwork, the artist's name and school, and a brief description of the inspiration for and process of creating the piece. The artworks cover a variety of mediums including collage, painting, drawing and mixed media.
Keith Walker is an Edmonton glass artist who designed and created new awards for APEGA's annual Summit Awards. The new awards are glass sculptures in the shape of a mountain summit, with swirling green and blue ribbons inside to symbolize energy and innovation. Walker has been doing glass blowing for 10 years, starting as a hobby and then turning it into a business after building a studio in his backyard. Creating the new awards involved melting glass, shaping it using tools and his hands, and reheating it to maintain the proper temperature throughout the intricate sculpting process.
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My artistic journey and philosophy are deeply rooted in a profound exploration of ceramics and its connection to nature, materials, and the human experience. Through various subtopics and insights, we can gain a comprehensive understanding of my unique approach and vision:
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The document describes a group's experience viewing the artwork "Mechanical Amusements" located at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center. It consists of three tall glass towers containing small animated wooden vignettes depicting scenes of Erie, Pennsylvania. The group noticed various details of the artwork and had discussions about the potential purpose and meaning behind aspects of the design. They also reflected on personal connections to items depicted and potential ways the artwork could be used in educational contexts.
This document summarizes an interview with ceramic artist Yumiko Goto. Goto crafts ceramic vessels inspired by natural forms like flower petals and seeds. She began working with clay after moving to the US from Japan in 1999. Goto enjoys all aspects of the ceramic process, from sculpting clay to applying glazes. Her Japanese heritage and experiences harvesting fruits with her family influence her nature-inspired work.
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December 03. 2015 7:43PM
Ipswich potter makes it to break it
Irina Okula makes vessels like these
using pottery pieces she's broken.
Courtesy photo
Irina Okula breaks a piece to make a piece.
The Lakemans Lane potter creates nationally and internationally known vessels of contrasts. United and fractured. Of
earthy clay and clean, fragile lines. Of ethereal, translucent color and shadow. Blues. Rusty reds. Yellow. Shades of
black and gray. They all bleed into each other and end abruptly. Cut. Interrupted. Juxtaposed.
It’s an effect Okula says that she can only get by breaking the original piece: “The results produced by the cracking
process yield patterns and colors which would be impossible to create deliberately by more traditional techniques such
as glazing or painting.”
Okula’s process of creation, deconstruction and reconstruction earned her the top ceramics prize at this year’s
Smithsonian Craft Show — automatically designating her among the country’s top ceramic artisans. Just getting into
the show bestows great honor on the artist. This was the first Smithsonian Okula had ever applied to. The jury receives
several thousand applications for only 129 slots in the annual show.
“I think the reason I got the award at the Smithsonian show is because my work is so different,” Okula said. “No one
else is doing this work.”
Maybe that’s because Okula must create a vessel. Break it. And then reassemble it. It is an act of courage and faith.
“My mission is for the final result to take the striking visual texture and contrasts of the shards and mold them into the original shape and form of the piece,
producing a more exciting and interesting work,” Okula said, cracks in her hands filled with clay, nails chipped here and there and blue, clay streaks running
up her forearms.
And maybe no one else works as Okula does because she has been working her craft into an art since 1971 when she graduated from Southern Illinois
University with her MFA in ceramics. She and her husband, Dennis, raised two children and Okula then returned to her pottery, starting teaching at the
Governor’s Academy in Byfield in 1987, where she still teaches.
The process
Okula throws a vessel to about 20 inches high x 8 inches in diameter x only 1/8 of an inch thick on a potter’s wheel. The piece then air-dries. She’ll polish it
with a smooth stone that fits in her palm. She then dips the vessel into a solution of clay, sodium silicate and water — terra sigillata — to help seal the piece.
She polishes again with a soft cotton cloth and then cuts the base free of the vessel while still on the wheel. She then fires the piece the first time at 1,830
degrees F, retaining the fine clay’s earthy coarseness, the consistency of fine sandpaper.
By contrast, most pottery is fired at 2,000 degrees F or more.
Then Okula breaks the vessel — very carefully, vertically and horizontally so it falls to pieces in clean lines.
Okula tapes the pieces back together on the inside and then sketches front and back on a pad, to create the pieces’ pattern. Then it’s more deconstruction. She
takes each piece and puts it into a clay container — a saggar — that allows her to control the amount of air getting to the piece during the firing. The amount of
oxygen in the firing controls the color generated in the firing. Okula lays everything from hay to copper to masking tape, to cornhusks, to cobalt, to iron oxide
and yellow ochre on the pieces. Each element leaves its own color behind. Hay, black. Copper, red or green if more air flows into the saggar. Blue for cobalt.
Fine sawdust turns black. Coarse sawdust creates variations of grays because it allows more air into the firing.
Finally it’s time to assemble the pieces into a final vessel according to her sketches, gluing them together with epoxy and creating a newly unified vessel that
threatens to explode at any moment from the tension Okula creates with her interrupted designs, almost as if Picasso had painted on a vessel.
The end vessel reflects something of life — order and chaos and trying to make sense and something new from life’s mistakes, accidents, the unforeseen and
the unpredictable.
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“The techniques that I use in my art combine the randomness of the breaking and the firing process with the careful and deliberate reassembly process,
bringing order and form back from the chaos,” Okula said. “The serendipitous results make every work a mixture of pleasant surprises as the final piece takes
form. It is the unpredictability, which continues to enthrall me as each piece is unique in ways I only have partial control over.”
In fact, when Okula lays down hay, copper wire or iron oxide over a broken piece of pottery, puts into a saggar and then into the kiln, she retains limited
control over the process. Ultimately, Okula trusts to the fire, to her planning and to chance.
“I accept mistakes,” Okula said. “And I work with then. I let the work speak. I don’t cover up the materials and I let the fire show. What in another context
would seem like an error or mistake, for me brings life and character to my work, a philosophy I was first exposed to in Japan.”
Okula, of course, stumbled onto the process be accident. She was preparing to attend a workshop and broke the top to a vessel in several pieces. There was no
time to fix the mess, so Okula took it along “to see what I could do.” She spent the next five years experimenting and mastering the breaking process.
“The end product is new and it goes together to make something beautiful,” Okula said.
If you goWhat: Irina Okula exhibition at CraftBoston HolidayWhen: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 11-12 and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 13. A preview party will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Dec.
10.Where: Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston St., Boston.Price: General admission, $15; seniors, $13; students, $12; Society of Arts and Crafts members, $7.50; ages 12 and
younger, free. Tickets may be purchased at craftboston.org or at the door. Tickets are valid for re-admission during the entire weekend.Information: For information and tickets, visit
craftboston.org.Okula’s prices range from about $200 to $2,000.
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