Liz Crain Ceramics

Fiber found objects and re purposed pieces.

Liz crain ceramics.

Liz crain is a ceramic artist who creates colorful hand formed vessels and sculptures. You re invited to poke around. I ve had some gratifying commissions in the past. Still feeling a tad like lizzy from the block which is probably a good thing she nevertheless was right at home.

It is also grand to create invented products taglines and graphics to suit. You ve found my shop. While i primarily work with clay recently other art media are joining in. It is a marvelously open ended exploration and images are slowly coming onto the site.

You found me and my art. Explore the portfolio to enjoy examples of my whole body. It will just re open the wound and make it worse. There is still a generous supply of conetop.

Figuring out the methods of design and construction finding and developing the best practices for it fiddling around with how far i could stretch often failing and surprisingly not minding. We ve just expanded the selection categories to include my latest creative forays into knitted porcelain and fiber. The clay community is curious and inclusive. Jul 16 2015 what fun to reinvent vintage cans with handles spouts and lids from industrial to teacans.

Saying yes to a commission proposal when i swore them off. And there i am doing it again. Ceramic work lets me include every arty thing i know about line color form surface and meaning often in surprising ways which i can barely control and perversely i rather like that. Liz crain is a ceramic artist who tries to make simple meaning out of complex input.

Many of her works contain strong narrative expressive shapes and trompe l oeil surfaces. Of course i know better. Maybe leave a scar. Check out those henpecked bowls as well as the deliciously varied small worx.

After an intense year this fledgling body of. 101 things to learn in art school austin kleon ceramics clay creative process kit white learn to draw paracosm self editing seth godin steal like an artist. I have learned ceramic processes from and been supported by dozens of kind and talented people. This video is unavailable.

Liz crain who remembers attending the davis clay conference ccaca weekend back in the day as an astonished ceramics beginner never daring to imagine being a participant in the all the exhibits and galleries she was in awe of. As you know dear reader in the past year i have been deep into the making of radically new ceramic work.