‘Salad Days’ – 9th July, 2016
‘Salad Days’ is a novel event held in Maine at the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, which is run annually on the 2nd Saturday in July. Included in the ticket price is a souvenir handcrafted plate made by the artist in residence and a free lunch, created with fresh local produce, by the Watershed cooks and restaurants in the area. Live music is included and there is also pottery on sale from Watershed artists as well as featuring Objective Clay, which is a collective of ceramic artists focusing on utilitarian clay items. Workshops will also be held giving technique demonstrations.
More Info – watershedceramics.org
Watershed and Objective Clay artists:
Deb Schwartzkopf
‘I find it rewarding and challenging to make pots people will use. In my home growing up, hand made objects held special value. They were gestures of consideration and love. Each work is porcelain fired in an electric kiln to cone six.’
Deb Schwartzkopf
‘Cookie Jar’ – Deb Schwartzkopf
Mugs – Deb Schwartzkopf
Teapot – Deb Schwartzkopf
Pitcher and cups – Deb Schwartzkopf
Emily Schroeder Willis
‘ In the past few years I have been trying to simplify the work I make, constantly asking myself, how much is too much? What is essential and what is excess? I try to make every mark on the surface of my work matter, every dart necessary, every line indispensable.’
Emily Schroeder Willis
Emily Schroeder Willis
2014 plate – Emily Schroeder Willis
Bowls and plates – Emily Schroeder Willis
2013 platter – Emily Schroeder Willis
Ernest Gentry
‘Making pots enables me to bring multiple interests into a variety of forms. Historical objects, modern design, and domestic considerations all inform my making process. My hope is that function, form, and the surface of my pots will bring the user respite. Clay presents the opportunity of constant problem solving, and combines my interests in aesthetic research and manual labor.’
Red mug – Ernest Gentry
Lidded box – Ernest Gentry
Woodfired, reduction cooled iron rich stoneware, cone 9
Ernest Gentry
Lidded box – Ernest Gentry
Yunomi – Ernest Gentry
Bryan Hopkins
‘Following in the lineage of “fine china” I produce objects for domestic service, adding my own sense of affect and defect. The work’s primary use is that of a utilitarian object, and all the pieces perform as they should – cups hold fluids, vases present flowers without leaking, etc.. I have been using porcelain for about 20 years now, and am drawn to its’ physical qualities (strength, fragility, color, translucence) as well as the implicit class association, cultural significance, and assumption of purity and worth.’
‘Butter Dish’ – Bryan Hopkins
‘Cake Stand’ – Bryan Hopkins
‘Short Cup’ – Bryan Hopkins
‘Tall Cup’ – Bryan Hopkins
Kip O’Krongly
‘I use functional pots as a vehicle for setting tables with visual stories. The functionality of the pieces I create serves as a daily nudge to reflect on the interwoven nature of our lifestyle choices and the broader world around us’.
Stacking bowls – Kip O’Krongly
Kip Okrongly
‘Pig Platter’ – Kip Okrongly
‘T Rex Tumbler’ – Kip Okrongly
Farm themed ‘Cake Stand’ – Kip O’Krongly
Gwendolyn Yoppolo
Her visionary designs challenge us to rethink the ways we nourish ourselves and others within contemporary food culture. By preparing whole foods with minimal technology, by sharing food with a group from a single serving dish, or by sitting down with a loved one to create a shared experience, we break apart from the individualized ready-to-eat mentality of our industrialized food system.
Ceramic mug – Gwendolyn Yoppolo
Mortar and pestles – Gwendolyn Yoppolo
Prasdouble – Gwendolyn Yoppolo
Gwendolyn Yoppolo
Tea set for 2 – Gwendolyn Yoppolo
‘Scoop Bowl’ – Gwendolyn Yoppolo
Sunshine Cobb
“I want my work in clay to represent growth and accomplishment, in which I believe reminiscence and nostalgia play a part. I rely on texture and color to create a sense of motion and time in my work.”
Sunshine Cobb
Sunshine Cobb
Sunshine Cobb
‘Yunomi’ – Sunshine Cobb
Watershed 1995 plate by Yoshiro Okuma
Watershed plate 2008 – Adero Willard
Jennifer Allen
“My focus is to express sentiments of beauty and joy through porcelain tableware. Whether forming a vase that decorates a room or producing dinnerware that celebrates a meal, my work is made to honor and enhance the rhythms of home life.”
Porcelain Jug – Jennifer Allen
Jennifer Allen
Jennifer Allen
Jennifer Allen
Mugs – Jennifer Allen
Jennifer Allen
Lindsay Oesterritter
“It is my intention to utilize a reduction cooled wood fueled kiln to highlight form and surface variations, and reference slow and continuous change.”
Lindsay Oesterritter raku jugs
Lindsay Oesterritter
Lindsay Oesterritter
Liz Hafey
Liz Hafey
Liz Hafey – sake pourer and cups
Teapot – Liz Hafey
Liz Hafey
Stephanie Rozene
Stephanie is dedicated to the advancement and development of the field of Craft History and Theory and in particular the use of historical ornament as a visual language.
Stephanie Rozene
Stephanie Rozene
Watershed 2014 plate – Jessica Brandl
Watershed Salad Days
Watershed 2013 octopus plate – Tess Stilwell
Watershed plate, 2010 – Sean O’Connell
More info on Objective Clay artists
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