ONE OFF STUDIO POTTERY CAROL SMERALDO
Clay Artist, Potter
Painter, Educator
Nova Scotia, Canada
Clay Artist, Potter
Painter, Educator
Nova Scotia, Canada
Carol Smeraldo Pottery © 2011 All Rights reserved
Carol Smeraldo Pottery
Nova Scotia
Phone: 902- 434-1336
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By One Off Studio
CATALOGUE:
RAKU
Item numbers ending with “R”
RAKU
Item numbers ending with “R”
CATALOGUE:
“A SYMBOLIC JOURNEY” Item numbers starting with SJ and AG
“A SYMBOLIC JOURNEY” Item numbers starting with SJ and AG
CATALOGUE:
PORCELAIN AND TRANSLUCENT PORCELAIN Item numbers 1001 onward
PORCELAIN AND TRANSLUCENT PORCELAIN Item numbers 1001 onward
CATALOGUE:
PASTEL PAINTINGS
Item numbers starting with “P”
PASTEL PAINTINGS
Item numbers starting with “P”
OVERVIEW: viewed first from outside and last from inside
This section of the exhibition was viewed first from the outside looking through large glass windows and then through a large porthole as the viewer approached the gallery entrance. Once inside the gallery, the viewer walked through the 3 main sections of the show: “Unknowing, Seeking, Excessing”. Then as the viewer turned the final corner or “bend in the river” the OVERVIEW section came into view and was the finale pulling of all of the sections together.
“It’s a Stretch” is the seminal piece that began this entire JOURNEY. It sat in Carol’s studio unglazed for nearly a year until suddenly one day Smeraldo saw the way down the river ahead which became a synthesis of her many experiences in clay spanning over 30 years. She combined years of experience spraying glazes on functional work and stretching textured slabs for her murals with entirely new and exciting forms.
SJI 52
“Inspiration:
Ocean Forms #3”
Photo by H. Merklinger
“Inspiration:
Ocean Forms #3”
Photo by H. Merklinger
SJI 53 “Closed”
SJI 54 Unknown Territory
SJI 56 “Excessing in Chaos #3
Photo by R. Ian Folinsbee
Photo by R. Ian Folinsbee
SJI 58 “It’s A Stretch”
SJI 59
“Hope Springs Eternal”
“Hope Springs Eternal”
SJI 60
“Unknown Territory Warmed”
“Unknown Territory Warmed”
SJI 61 “Over-Under” pastel
SJI 62
“Costumed Self #2” pastel
“Costumed Self #2” pastel
SJI 63
Inspiration: Shell Forms #2 Photo by R. Ian Folinsbee
Inspiration: Shell Forms #2 Photo by R. Ian Folinsbee
THE FINALE of this Exhibition is the inspiration for the next bend in the river on its way to the sea:
see “A Symbolic Journey in Raku: Part Two”.
“Begin Anywhere. John Cage tells us that not knowing where to begin is a common form of paralysis. His advice: begin anywhere.”
from Bruce Mau Design
see “A Symbolic Journey in Raku: Part Two”.
“Begin Anywhere. John Cage tells us that not knowing where to begin is a common form of paralysis. His advice: begin anywhere.”
from Bruce Mau Design
SJI 55
“Inner Observer of Chaos”
“Inner Observer of Chaos”
SJI 57
“Hope of Connection in Chaos”
“Hope of Connection in Chaos”
Carol reminds us that life is a creative process for us all. Living our lives creatively means we must embrace the idea of perfect timing, inspiration and trust in the process.
I look forward to Carol's next exhibition which will show us what will be created from her personal magical underworld.
Written by Pam Birdsall
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