Ceramic Artist - Jeff Campana

As the title suggests, today's post features ceramic artist Jeff Campana.

Mr. Campana has been working with clay since he was around 14 years old (now 29) and received a master of Fine Arts degree in 2008. At of this writing he is a full time artist and lectures at the University of Louisville.

Mr. Campana has an active blog with entries that show us a little bit of his process.

Pretty much:

1. throw the piece on the wheel
2. slice into several sections
3. put back together
4. profit!

I am extremely fascinated by his work, it's literally hard for me to stop looking through his photo archive. It's easy to see the amount of labor that goes into each form.

If you are interested in buying any of his work, check out his store page.

Hello World (the first post)

I think that it would be good to explain what this blog is for.

It's to help me to think critically about different kinds of art and express my thoughts in a (hopefully) clear fashion.

Each post will feature a different artist and a small amount of related commentary. If I'm feeling lazy, maybe some quotes from (or about) the artist instead of commentary.

Please excuse any poor spelling/punctuation, I'll try to be careful.

Let's start with one of my favorite artists - Ruth Asawa.

Ruth Asawa is known for her amazing crocheted wire sculptures. They have a soft, organic quality that is extremely gratifying.

Earlier this year I was able to see several of her pieces at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. The playful and experimental shapes of her work make me wonder if Mrs. Asawa sketches any of her pieces before beginning or if she just "goes with the flow".

I think that this is enough for the first post, besides, it's 12:15 am, and I'm tired.