2014 Ceramics Show Awards – Student Art Fund

2014 Online Ceramics Show Awards

The 2014 Tri-Cities Online Ceramics Show, hosted by the Student Art Fund of the Santa Barbara Art Association, is honored to present ribbons of Outstanding Artistic Merit to the following artists. This year we are pleased to have Robyn Miller as the juror for the show.

Ribbon of Outstanding Artistic Merit

Artist: Teah Burdick

Media: Ceramics

School: Dos Pueblos High School

Teacher: Eliesa Bollinger

Artist Statement: Moving in Depths, I sculpted this octopus using cone 5 clay modeling it as an observational sculpture from pictures of a local species. I glazed it with cone 5 glaze and then mounted it on a burlap covered board with paper clay overlay. I stamped the paper clay with images of shells and left it unfired, without color, to look like the sand or sea shelf.

Ribbon of Outstanding Artistic Merit

Artist: Emily Erwin

Media: Ceramics

School: Dos Pueblos High School

Teacher: Eliesa Bollinger

Artist Statement: Silkscreened Flowers, Our assignment was to create an image in black and white that could be silkscreened onto a plate. First I made the silkscreen using “Easy Screen”–it only takes 1 minute in the sun then washing for 15. Next, I threw this plate on the potter’s wheel using cone 5 white clay. The next day I trimmed my plate and had it bisque fired. Next, I chose 3 different blue 06 Mayco Stroke and Coat colors I thought made a good pallet. Then I placed my silkscreen flower image on the plate and brushed the glaze through it, then repositioned the silkscreen, overlapping the images. I painted the edge and bottom of plate with a solid blue color as a contrast to the top flower pattern. When all was dry, I fired it in the kiln again. Last firing I covered entire plate with Clear glaze so the white empty spaces on plate would be shiny too.