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We love these new designs by Cape Town ceramic artist Gemma Orkin. To view Gemma Orkin’s complete portfolio on Cape Town Creatives, click here.
Title: Stratified Vessel Form
Height: 34cm
To view Cheryl Malone’s complete portfolio on Cape Town Creatives, click here.
Cape Town is one of South Africa’s most important creative hubs. Cape Town Creatives was started with the vision to centralise information relating to the creative industry in Cape Town. Here is a list of excellent ceramic artists based in Cape Town. Click on the names below to view the full portfolios on the Cape Town Creatives website.
New work by Clementina van der Walt, guest artist at the Western Cape Ceramics SA Regional Exhibition at Rust-en-Vrede Clay Museum, Wellington Road Durbanville until mid December.
These are recent pieces, all utilitarian, inspired by Russian suprematists and constructivists. The idea is to eat off and drink out of art works!
Blog posted by Clementina van der Walt
To visit the new showroom contact: helenvaughan@mweb.co.za ; or +27 (0)21 447 3966
Several Cape Creatives will have work on show at this year’s Ceramic Society Exhibition. This is a yearly event where artists submit work for selection. It is also a competition, with a top prize of R10,000! The opening is this Sunday at 5pm, but the exhibition itself runs until December 12th. The Clay Museum is well worth a visit in any case, and there’s a nice coffee shop. Durbanville is definitely a bit out of town, but it’s en-route to the winelands if you can plan it in that way!
Blog posted by Tessa Wethli
hi all
I just wanted to let you know about our first open studio event at One Roof Studio – this saturday 7th (9am – 2pm). We’re upstairs at the biscuit mill, and have been running since June. We have painting, ceramics, glass and leatherwork that our artists will be displaying and working on during the event.
We offer shared space for artists in our big open plan studio… and one of the (many) benefits is the access to the market public once a month.
We’re planning to run them on the first saturday of each month, so come along and have a look round – you might find something you like from our artists… or you might even consider renting space at One Roof yourself?
more details at www.oneroof.co.za
Blog posted by Tessa Wethli
The Light from Africa Foundation (LFA), an internationally recognised NGO situated on the awe-inspiring Constantia Nek, are thrilled to introduce and welcome some of South Africa’s leading ceramic artists to showcase their internationally acclaimed products in the gallery space.
Ardmore, one of South Africa’s greatest success stories in the ceramic world, will be showing their Summerhill Stud Equestrian Collection for the first time at the LFA gallery. Inspired by the caregivers of Summerhill Stud; the artists create everyday stud scenes of stallions, mares and foals being born; along with riders on their favourite mounts with hounds at foot. Familiar Ardmore urn and tureen forms are adorned with horses leaping from within and yearlings galloping to victory. Ardmore’s ceramics, which have earned the description of ‘modern collectables’ by Christie’s of London, will be on show from the 31 October – 25 November.
During December and January, art lovers will be treated to an exhibition by award-winning Stellenbosch ceramic artist, Laura du Toit. A common theme throughout her work is bringing her interest in shapes, textures and colours she finds in nature alive; finding inspiration in volcanoes, fossils and geological formations. Du Toit makes use of a variety of materials such as Kalahari sand, oxides and multiple stoneware firings to enable her to capture the essence of weathered surfaces and intriguing patterns of the earth.
The LFA foundation which raises funds, through the sale of unique handcrafted ceramic artwork, continues to support small, community-based homes for children whose lives have been severely affected by poverty. Many of them are affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
LFA is proud and honoured to host these two exceptional exhibitions and going forward the focus of the foundation will be to operate the breathtaking gallery space, purely as an exhibiting gallery for visiting artists.
Light from Africa Ceramic Art Gallery Hours: Mon to Fri 10h00 – 16h00
Also open every last Saturday of the month from 10h00 – 14h00
Tel: +27 21 794 0291 | Cell: 082 372 3135
Fax: +27 21 794 0293
Email: info@lightfromafrica.com |www.lightfromafrica.com
It’s always so exciting when you open a kiln that’s been fired to well over 1000 degrees and see what is inside it for the first time since it has undergone the process of change. But what with clay and glazes being unpredictable (to say the least!) this can sometimes be an unpleasant suprise. Recently I had occasion to be pleased when I opened the door and found these happy products. I’ve been experimenting with some new patterns and I like the effects it has produced.
Blog posted by Tessa Wethli
Here’s 2 pictures of my installation that was exhibited on the roof of the Grand Daddy last weekend, entitled GRASS and one picture of the winner by Red Hot Glass. It was the first Daddy Bloom competition and I was really glad to be a part of it. We all got a good response.
Thanks to those of you who came to support!
Grass by Tessa Wethli
Grass by Tessa Wethli
Winning Installation by Red Hot Glass
Blog posted by Tessa Wethli
