Sherri Warner Hunter’s Creative Concrete Ornaments for the Garden invites readers into a world where the utilitarian meets the poetic, transforming raw cement into vessels of whimsy and wonder. Hunter, a seasoned artisan and educator, structures the book as both a technical manual and a meditation on the sculptural possibilities of a humble medium. At once precise … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Creative Concrete Ornaments for the Garden: Making Pots, Planters, Birdbaths, Sculpture More by Sherri Warner Hunter
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Ceramics for Beginners: Animals & Figures by Susan Halls
Susan Halls’s Ceramics for Beginners: Animals & Figures positions itself at the intersection of pedagogical clarity and sculptural imagination. Aimed squarely at novices, this volume nevertheless aspires—even at the introductory level—to cultivate both technical facility and aesthetic sensibility in its readers. As a literary scholar might probe a text for subtext, narrative arc, and ideological underpinnings, so … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Ceramics for Beginners: Animals & Figures by Susan Halls
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Sculptural Ceramics by Ian Gregory
Ian Gregory’s Sculptural Ceramics emerges as a pivotal text within contemporary ceramic discourse, deftly bridging the divide between traditional craft and avant-garde sculptural practice. As both an artist and educator, Gregory crafts a compelling narrative that situates ceramics not merely as functional or decorative vessels, but as an expressive medium capable of engaging with complex conceptual frameworks … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Sculptural Ceramics by Ian Gregory
Weekend Book Reviews: Concrete Garden Projects: Easy & Inexpensive Containers, Furniture, Water Features & More by Camilla Arvidsson and Malin Nilsson
Camilla Arvidsson and Malin Nilsson's Concrete Garden Projects offers a fresh and surprisingly artistic approach to DIY gardening and outdoor design, elevating concrete from its utilitarian associations to a medium of creative expression. In a world where sustainability and self-reliance are ever more valued, this book captures the zeitgeist of modern gardening by merging practicality with the … Continue reading Weekend Book Reviews: Concrete Garden Projects: Easy & Inexpensive Containers, Furniture, Water Features & More by Camilla Arvidsson and Malin Nilsson
Sun-bleached Details – Precarious Stones Rock Art
Another multiple stacking structure... the initial stack placed on the plateau of. a larger boulder (the whole base is out of frame)... it started with three big stones and I wasn't sure what to add next, so I wandered about the beach until finding a few other stones I could balance on top... I especially … Continue reading Sun-bleached Details – Precarious Stones Rock Art
On The Shoulders of Giants – Precarious Stones Rock Art
Ok, so maybe this title is a little obvious, but what can you do when you find a perfect giant boulder, but build upon it? The boulder has to have a good five to six foot diameter... the small stones on top are balancing on the point of the boulder. I didn't think I could … Continue reading On The Shoulders of Giants – Precarious Stones Rock Art
Of All The People – Precarious Stones Rock Art
To be honest, I really don't remember why I chose this title. Perhaps it reminded me of someone I thought it could be very unlikely, but welcome to meet while making these sculptures... I've meditated on it and feel it was a response to where I placed the sculpture in the composition... off to my … Continue reading Of All The People – Precarious Stones Rock Art
General Curiosities – Precarious Stones Rock Art
The warm sunny day I kayaked out to the little island in Riviere-des-Prairies, I discovered that many people do the. same. I was uncertain that any sculpture I build would remain untouched, especially after a young family stopped by to see what. I was doing and told me they'd visit to take a. closer look … Continue reading General Curiosities – Precarious Stones Rock Art
Calling In The Tide – Precarious Stones Rock Art
Angles for the photo have a great impact on the tension I'm showing, but I would love to have shown you a video walk around of the sculpture... It sits very tenderly on the side of a rounded boulder and totters ever so slightly as the. wind whistles around it. I could have called this … Continue reading Calling In The Tide – Precarious Stones Rock Art
Not All Is Grey – Precarious Stones Rock Art
It was mid August when I finally rowed my. kayak out to the small island sitting a few hundred yards from my place, the water was low and the shoreline was littered with the best rocks imaginable for building my monuments... only these rocks were all grey and presumably of the same shale... this inspired … Continue reading Not All Is Grey – Precarious Stones Rock Art
The New Renaissance Mindset 