The days are getting shorter and the show is getting closer.  Here is the poster I made announcing the show:

November 9th – 19th in the 5th Floor Gallery of the Utah Valley University Library.  The opening is on the 12th from 6 – 8 pm.

– Jerel Harwood

*Update: I have added pictures to the portfolio pages, even some of the older pages have added pictures.*

The school days are blazing by, they go so fast I do not think there is actually 24 hours in them anymore.  I have been working feverishly on my Senior Show.  The work was slow at first. I had to work through some problems with the clay body I mixed up.  Fortunately I was able to iron out those problems in a relatively short time.  Now I am in production mode, trying very hard to not to have any “Artists Blocks”.  I also began testing the vitreous engobes I will be using to cover my sculptures with.  So far the tests have been pretty successful.

In other news I submitted one of my finished sculptures to the Utah Arts Council: Statewide Annual Fine Crafts and Photography Show.  I received notice last week that the statue was accepted to the show, Inez and I will be going to the opening reception on the 16th of October.  I am really looking forward to this.  Only 1/3 of the submitted pieces were accepted into the show.  This is the first show outside of the student shows at the college that I have submitted work to.  I will post pictures from the open house.

– Jerel

I have had a pretty busy Summer unfortunatley it has not all been with my hands in the mud.  I really have no excuse for not updating this blog with more in the past, but will make an effort to do so in the future.  This past summer I worked on converting our garage into a studio.  I built a wedging table and installed some shelves for drying my greenware.  After that was completed I happily started throwing pots.

School started again and its off to the races.  I will be doing my BFA show this Fall, the time is short and I only have a couple months to finish all my work (you know what I was supposed to be doing all summer long).  I will try to take some pictures of my progress and post them here.  The clay I will be using has finally matured and has been wedged and bagged and is now waiting for me to start sculpting.  It was fun to mix and prepare.  I had Esperanza my daughter and her friend mixing it with their feet while I dumped the clays and grog onto the tarp, they had a great time.

– Jerel