Elise Winters on Oct 02 2009 | Filed under: Dustin, Ford, Forlano, Hughes, Sculpting Color, Zimmerman
Steven Ford & David Forlano, Char, 2002
Wood, polymer clay, magnets, steel, sterling silver,
21.5 x 13 x 5″
The Curator’s Statement for Sculpting Color currently at the Fuller Craft Museum reads:
“Unlike any other materials in fine craft, polymer clay has no ancient history, no millennium as a utilitarian art form, no past masters from which to draw [...]
Rachel Carren on Feb 06 2009 | Filed under: 2000, 2001, Critical Commentary, Zimmerman
It is difficult to view a sumptuously decorated medieval manuscript without being amazed by the high level of craftsmanship. The creation of an illuminated prayer book, such as the celebrated, Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, would have involved many skilled artists and artisans such as a scribe or scribes, a supplier of [...]
Elise Winters on Jan 30 2009 | Filed under: 2000, 2001, Zimmerman
Rebecca Mazur (aka Zimmerman), Untitled Teapot, 2001, 9″h x 7″w x 7″d
I asked Rebecca how she came by the powerful graphics in her work. When she told me that she had taught elementary school art for ten years, that explained a good deal about the allure of her bold colors and the humor inherent in [...]
Elise Winters on Jan 23 2009 | Filed under: 1998, 1999, Zimmerman
Rebecca Mazur (aka Zimmerman), Sandbag Teapot, 1998, 9″h x 8″w x 5″d
Has there lived a child in the last fifty years who hasn’t found pleasure singing and acting out the lyrics to “I’m a little teapot, short and stout/ Here is my handle, here is my spout”? Maybe that explains why we find artists of [...]