The Winter Semester is almost over, one last week to go before finals.  This is going to be a busy week as I write papers and complete assignments I have been putting off as I prepared for my graduate review.  I am still struggling with public speaking, despite the time I have spent in front of crowds and students.  That is why I am in the visual arts and not a public speaker. It is especially hard when you know your every word is being judged and will be critiqued by the participants.  Here is some of my recent work from this past term.

During the Fall semester I was assigned to do a collaborative project with another grad student.  To my joy I was paired with Anne Gregerson.  We spent some time throwing ideas back and forth.  Anne is a wonderful figurative artist and I also love to reference the human figure in my work.  We decided that Anne would sculpt the figure and I would do the final firing and mixed media elements. Doing collaborative work can be enlightening as you get aquatinted with other artist’s processes.  It is a good way to expand your own work and vision.  I really enjoyed working with Anne on this project and look forward to doing other collaborative works with her in the future.

Here are some images of the work we created.  It was sculpted in stoneware, soda fired to cone 10, and then I used mixed media / found objects to complete the piece.

I survived this years Mudshow at BYU. It was my first foray into the Mudshow. Which is a show for Graduate and Under-Graduate Ceramics Majors. The show was really good this year, there was a wide diversity in the artwork created by the students. The work I submitted can be seen here: 26th Annual Mudshow.

Here is a taste of the Work I produced for the show.