PLEASE ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF,

I’M A MAN OF CLAY AND GLAZE

PUSHED MUD AROUND FOR SEVENTY YEARS

OR TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DAYS.

Robin Hopper is a man of many parts, mostly worn out, rusty or dysfunctional, due to a lifetime of excesses! He started working with clay at the age of three and is still doing it over 70 years later. His lengthy, peripatetic career as a mudpusher has included side trips into working as a Professional Actor, Stage Designer, Property Maker, Stage Manager, Stage Carpenter, Grocer, Greengrocer, Jazz Musician, Teapot, Wine and Beer-Bottle, Trumpet, Trombone and Bugle Player, European Travel Guide, Founder of Several Clay/Art/Craft Organizations, Alchemist, Geologist, Primatologist, Linguist, Ornithologist, Botanist, Ceramic Historian, Educator, Author, Garden Designer, Lecturer on Japanese Garden Design, Laborer and Star of Stage, Screen and Potter’s Wheel!

Monday, April 9, 2012

K - 12 at NCECA in SEATTLE #2

MONDAY,  9TH APRIL 2012


K-12 - STORY AND MORE IMAGES
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Nancy Margana - Grade 12
"The Day The Music Died"


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The National K-12 Ceramic Exhibition Foundation, Inc.

I think I have seen all but two of the exhibitions mounted by the organization named above. For me, these exhibitions have always one of the first stops on the tour of exhibitions that accompany the National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts conferences. I have never been disappointed by their content, which have been juried by many of the top names in contemporary studio ceramics and ceramic education.The concept behind the exhibitions was initiated by Leah Schlief-Freese in 1998 and later Dr Bob Feder and many other strong believers in ceramic education from kindergarten to Grade 12, throughout the United States of America. The work of these young artists makes one feel confident in a continued exciting future for the field of ceramic arts. Many dedicated teachers are the strength in encouraging the development of this new wave

This year's exhibition is the fifteenth in a row which gets stronger and more popular with each passing year.  Most of the images shown are of work from students between grade ten and twelve. The Exhibition Catalog has several images from earlier grades, but, unfortunately, there are few from the younger grades in the CD of the show, so I am unable to show them.  There were over 1,130 entries for this year's juror, Louis Katz of Corpus Christi, Texas, to select from.  Further information may be had online from:   www.k12clay.org    Congratulations to the many people who are involved in bringing this exhibition together, always a highlight of NCECA.  It has been a privilege to show some of my favorite K-12 pieces from this year's show                           



Jordan Pieper - Grade 12
"Shino Teapot Set"


Casey Kamery - Grade 12
"Faceted Cup Set"


Angel Lam - Grade 12
"Brought Up on Different grounds"


Victoria Montes - Grade 12
"They all look somewhat like Dad!"


Forrest Delorie - Grade 12 
"Black Bird"


GEORGIA HELLER - GRADE 12
"WOOD LEAF"


MEGAN CHO - GRADE 11
"BANANA MILK"



JAMES ROSSBACH - GRADE 12
"RAKU JAR"


JANE CAPPOCK - GRADE 11
"DECONSTRUCTED TEAPOT"


Kalon Morgan - Grade 12
"Whimsey Bottle Set"


Kate Breffeihl - Grade 11
"Tools of My Father"


Katie Fitzgerald - Grade 12
"Braided Bowl"


Dani Bohnsack - Grade 12
"Blasting Cup with Contextual Saucer"


Sam Mattern - Grade 12
"Dotted Vessel"


Matthew Luminais - Grade 12
"Covered Jar"

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Next posting will be a tiny taste of NCECA on Wednesday, 11 April, 2012


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