Visual Arts Career: Ceramicist
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Visual Arts Career: Ceramicist
piece by Amanda Michelle Smith; see http://myloveforyou.typepad.com/my_love_for_you/2007/12/amanda-michelle.htm...
A ceramicist molds clay into figures, tiles, pottery ...
- Needs 3D visualization skill
- Needs sculpting, throwing skills
- Needs good communication and time management skills
- Needs flair and imagination
Ceramicists need skills in:
3D visualization
Sculpting
Throwing pottery
Time management
Communication
3D visualization
Sculpting
Throwing pottery
Time management
Communication
Throwing on a wheel or molding freehand, ceramicists make objects that are
- Whimsical
- or Useful
- or Both
- (piece by Jennifer McCurdy)
- http://www.combustus.com/13/when-natural-science-informs-art/)
To become a ceramicist.........................
- Work as an apprentice, and/or
- Earn a degree (2 yr, 4 yr, BFA, MFA, PhD)
- and Practice!
- (image at blog.woolman.org/2013)
- more info wisegeek.net/how-do-i-become-a-ceramicist.htm
Pottery by Picasso:some ceramicists are famous ... many are not
- Some teach
- Some have private studios
- Financial gains vary widely
- See http://www.ehow.com/info_12010998_annual-salary-ceramics-artists.html
"Feelies" by Rose Cabat
Ceramicist Rose Cabat
She will celebrate her 100th birthday on June 14, 2014.
Rose Cabat works out of The Cabat Studio in Tucson.
“I didn’t consider it a career,” she says. “It was what I felt like doing. … If I didn’t like it, I wouldn’t do it.”
When asked why she continues throwing bowls, Rose replied that she is after perfection.
--http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-bush/arts-new-centurion-this-a_b_5324999...
“I didn’t consider it a career,” she says. “It was what I felt like doing. … If I didn’t like it, I wouldn’t do it.”
--http://azstarnet.com/lifestyles/major-art-retrospective-marks-ceramicist-ro...
--http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-bush/arts-new-centurion-this-a_b_5324999...
“I didn’t consider it a career,” she says. “It was what I felt like doing. … If I didn’t like it, I wouldn’t do it.”
--http://azstarnet.com/lifestyles/major-art-retrospective-marks-ceramicist-ro...
Ceramicist Salaries vary widely
(Image: Acoma Pueblo fine line seed jar)
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"I don't need the money, dear. I work for art."
--- Maria Callas
societies for ceramicists
- American Ceramics Society @ ceramics.org
- Potters' Council @ ceramicartsdaily.org
- Craft Potters Association of Great Britain
- American Craft Council @ craftcouncil.org
- (see ceramicstoday.com/links/ceramicsocieties.html)
