Kelly Kessler A blog of discovering/rediscovering clay. A chance to explore the philosophy and practicalities of twenty-first century pots. A collection of leads for my students and myself. Nashville AIDS Walk Sept. 26, 2009 - Team SarrattPromote Your Page TooTumblr (3.0; @divingintotheclay)http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/People in my classes have heard me rave about Nashville’s public libraries. After years of...http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/231036479http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/231036479Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:51:25 -0500<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kshyvnBpda1qznsmyo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/231032359http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/231032359Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:45:22 -0500There are strong sentiments in popular culture against art. I plan to post from time to time ...http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/99774648http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/99774648Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:02:48 -0400When looking at pots (or other art) I like to, on occasion, switch lenses to one of trying to see...http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/77482541http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/77482541Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:52:00 -0500<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/gV7Hk6okCjtpjgjs12xc1eiRo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Charles Krafft, ‘Fragmentation Grenade’</p>http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/77478001http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/77478001Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:34:41 -0500<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/gV7Hk6okCjqwz0y42xSXXaJso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/76918150http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/76918150Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:39:26 -0500<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/gV7Hk6okCjqwyej3bCHGry6Eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/76917976http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/76917976Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:38:57 -0500<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/gV7Hk6okCjqwxl7uO7gTe92Yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mineo Mizuno’s latest work</p>http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/76917805http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/76917805Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:38:19 -0500Mineo Mizuno is a ceramic artist long known for his complex surfaces. In his latest work he strikes...http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/76917607http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/76917607Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:37:00 -0500<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/gV7Hk6okCjk3546nF1v9d1tdo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Teapot - Joan Bruneau - 2009</p>http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/75693947http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/75693947Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:57:45 -0500Joan Bruneau is a Canadian potter who brings a painterly sensibiilty and a fluid sense of form to...http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/75693726http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/75693726Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:56:50 -0500<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/gV7Hk6okCi20yrnxuVBbdGKko1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Function - any self-respecting potter knows you’ve got to consider how the pot is to be used (and used well) if you’re going to create something truly functional.</p> <p>(I found this picture <a target="_blank" title="this is the way to pour tea" href="http://foodproof.com/photos/view/this-is-way-to-pour-tea-1351">here.</a>)</p>http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/67226656http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/67226656Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:57:16 -0500http://tinyurl.com/6on59s<br/><br/><p>OK, the narrator’s tone is a bit on the sleepy side, I admit…but this is a nice little video survey of Asian ceramics put together by the Minneapolis Institute of Art a few years back, starting with the earliest pieces of pottery yet found, from pre-historic Japan.</p>http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/65022746http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/65022746Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:37:00 -0500<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/gV7Hk6okChf69b13y4HizIO7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Stein, from my current show.</p> <p>Photo, like the others of my current work, by Robbie Hunsinger.</p>http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/64581199http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/64581199Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:06:00 -0500I like to post essays of mine from time to time. This latest one is not yer usual predigested blog...http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/63748535http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/63748535Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:01:00 -0500Betty EdwardsDrawing on the Right Side of the BrainAnnie DillardPilgrim at Tinker Creeksymbolic thinkingrepresentational artperspective<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/gV7Hk6okCh58qz63kXWaxBqxo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Puff teapot, front</p>http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/63306787http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/63306787Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:18:46 -0500<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/gV7Hk6okCh58q36xoLT9E9gRo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Side B of Puff teapot</p>http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/63306691http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/63306691Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:18:04 -0500I’ll be showing the first pots I’ve had for sale in (I think) six years at Vanderbilt U....http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/62565057http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/62565057Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:48:06 -0500SarrattVanderbilt Universityartpotteryholiday arts festivalrhytonblossfeldtYixing<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/gV7Hk6okCgkx1k2irCg2n5cJo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>little ewer, from current works in progress</p>http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/60932883http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/60932883Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:55:00 -0500<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/gV7Hk6okCgkx0fihMS8zhb67o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>carved sedge wren plate, from current works in progress</p>http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/60932823http://divingintotheclay.tumblr.com/post/60932823Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:54:48 -0500