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~ Art of a quiet nature by Géraldine Petit-Gras – Ceramic Artist (Ottawa, ON)

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THE SEAHORSE PROJECT – The interview

12 Sunday Jun 2016

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artist residency, École d'art d'Ottawa, Interview, Ottawa School of Art, seahorse, YouTube

Finally I found time to go to the Ottawa School of Art to use their movie editing software and put this interview together. Mind you the next day there was a giant sinkhole downtown right where I passed by to go home afterwards. Being an artist is risky business. 🙂
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It is now up and running on my YouTube Channel. This was done last year during the opening of my end of Artist Residency at the Ottawa School of Art.

Dawn Dale, artist, friend and mentor, was kind enough to do it and did a great job. I’ll let you be the judge of it.

Reception night for The Seahorse Project

21 Wednesday Oct 2015

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argile noire, Artwork, black and white, black clay, Céramique, Ceramic art, contemporain, contemporary, décoration, Exhibition, Exposition, hippocampe, Interview, Laguna Frost, noir et blanc, objet d'art, oeuvre d'art, Ottawa School of Art, Paula Murray, porcelain, porcelaine, sculpture, seahorse, YouTube

After a big Fall storm, some people were brave enough to come and have a chat during the Reception for my show at the Ottawa School of Art.
Fellow ceramic artist Hilde Lambrecht got me a wonderful bottle of wine with a Seahorse on it called “Promised Land”. It was very “À propos” for this show. Thanks Hilde! Thanks as well to all of those who showed up and those who have already visited and left a note in my book, as well as those who will come prior to Wednesday (when I’ll take it down).
A big thanks to Dawn Dale as well for graciously accepting to interview me for a YouTube video.

Nice!
Nice!
Fellow ceramist Hilde Lambrecht writing a note
Fellow ceramist Hilde Lambrecht writing a note
Awesome gift from Hilde.
Awesome gift from Hilde.
Refugees.
Refugees.
Friends and fellow artists.
Friends and fellow artists.
On the Line
On the Line
Ready when you are.
Ready when you are.
Still Standing.
Still Standing.
The Pacifist.
The Pacifist.
Flagship Species.
Flagship Species.
The Fallen.
The Fallen.
Friends and fellow artists.
Friends and fellow artists.
Friends and fellow artists.
Friends and fellow artists.
View from outside, at night.
View from outside, at night.
View from outside, at night.
View from outside, at night.
View from outside, at night.
View from outside, at night.

The Seahorse Project is up!

13 Tuesday Oct 2015

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argile noire, artist residency, Artwork, École d'art d'Ottawa, black and white, black clay, Céramique, Ceramic art, contemporain, contemporary, Exhibition, Exposition, Laguna Frost, Ottawa School of Art, porcelain, porcelaine

Last week on Wednesday I set up my Artist in Residence Exhibition. Here are the pictures of the show that will be in the Lee Matasi Gallery until October 21. Reception will be this Thursday evening. Unfortunately on of my pieces broke its tail during the week-end (most likely because part of it was mended with glaze prior to the second firing and it couldn’t hold part of the weight once attached on the wall, although it was attached o the wall in 3 different points). Oh well, lesson learned. It has also been advertised on the Ottawa School of Art Website.

Artist Statement:
“Seahorses are fascinating creatures that have long captured our imagination. Part chameleons with their independent eyes and ability to camouflage, part horses with the shape of their head and long neck and part monkey with their prehensile tail, these odd fish still hold many mysteries for scientists.
Seahorses are being harvested and decimated by the millions every year. When climate change and pollution threaten the natural habitat of these coastal-living animals, they are facing yet another challenge.
When your population is driven to the point of extinction, what do you do? Do you adapt, stay and fight? Do you migrate against your own nature? Where can you seek asylum in foreign territories? ”

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Photoshoot for Lines in Nature | La nature des choses

19 Sunday Apr 2015

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Artwork, Céramique, Ceramic art, contemporain, contemporary, hippocampe, Laguna Frost, objet d'art, oeuvre d'art, Paula Murray, porcelain, porcelaine, sculpture, seahorse

Last Sunday, all of the artists collaborating on the show “Lines in Nature | La nature des choses” were at the Ottawa School of Art to take pictures of our work for the catalogue. While some of the pieces were still a work in progress, Paula Murray and I had decided to have it finished for the photoshoot.

On the project’s Blog you can see pictures of the artists interacting with each other. They were taken by Dawn Dale.

Here is our piece entitled On the line | En eaux troubles. It will be for sale at La Fab (Old Chelsea, QC) between May 23-June 21. A big thank you to our Maggie Knaus for photographing all the artworks that day. It promises to be an exciting show.

On the line | En eaux troubles (credits: Maggie Knaus)
On the line | En eaux troubles (credits: Maggie Knaus)
On the line | En eaux troubles (closeup of the seahorse) - (credits: Maggie Knaus)
On the line | En eaux troubles (closeup of the seahorse) – (credits: Maggie Knaus)

Artist Residency – Work in Progress (9)

05 Sunday Apr 2015

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seahorse

Here is the latest prior to bisque firing. I am thinking of having a twin for this one, that could be put back to back on the wall or facing the other one…
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Artist Residency – Work in Progress (8)

01 Sunday Mar 2015

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artistic collaboration, Céramique, Ceramic art, contemporain, contemporary, Exhibition, Exposition, La Fab, La nature des choses, Laguna Frost, Lines in Nature, Paula Murray, porcelain, porcelaine, techniques

Starting in February I have been focusing on implementing ideas for the Lines in Nature Project/La nature des choses Project.
Here are some photos of the work in progress. (more to come)
Note: I have also posted some sketches and concept developed during the partnership with ceramic artist Paula Murray on the Project’s blog.

Piece for Concept #2
Piece for Concept #2
Piece for Concept #2 in the kiln to be bisqued
Piece for Concept #2 in the kiln to be bisqued
Sketches for Concept #3
Sketches for Concept #3
Newspaper backing prior to laying my slabs (note: the height of the project is made so the piece will fit on a kiln shelf half)
Newspaper backing prior to laying my slabs (note: the height of the project is made so the piece will fit on a kiln shelf half)
I sketched a layout for the piece
I sketched a layout for the piece
Completing the drawing of the back of my piece (it will be 3D)
Completing the drawing of the back of my piece (it will be 3D)
Cutout of the backing of my piece for Concept #3.
Cutout of the backing of my piece for Concept #3.

Artist Residency – Work in progress (7)

17 Tuesday Feb 2015

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argile noire, b, black and white, black clay, Céramique, Ceramic art, contemporain, contemporary, Laguna Frost, noir et blanc, porcelain, porcelaine, sculpture, seahorse

Sorry for being late with my posts, I did some updates on my Website (CV, Links, News and Press sections) and it takes time and I have been working on a large piece for the Lines in nature Project (photos are coming soon). I also have also been working on a mangrove piece for my end of residency show using both black clay and my white porcelaineous Laguna Frost clay. It’s pretty long and wide enough that it didn’t fit a half kiln shelf so the tech will have a hard time putting it in. I hope it’ll be OK… (I did offer my help in case she needs a second pair of hands). I also glazed my second piece for the bell jar and prepared some tiles for the Lines in nature Project (spoiler alert: I might try some terra siggilata on them).

Mangrove piece
Mangrove piece
Mangrove piece
Mangrove piece
Mangrove piece
Mangrove piece
glaze firing
glaze firing
glaze firing
glaze firing
glaze firing
glaze firing
glaze firing
glaze firing
test tiles for the Lines in nature Project
test tiles for the Lines in nature Project

Interview on “TV Rogers”

31 Saturday Jan 2015

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Business of Art, Ceramic art, contemporain, contemporary, Entrevue, Gestion de carrière artistique, Interview, Laguna Frost, porcelain, porcelaine

I had the pleasure to be invited to appear live on a local French TV show called ”Entre-nous” on Tuesday, January 27th. The TV Rogers hosts Barbara Laurenstin and Pierre-Antoine Rivard Paquet were very nice and we talked about my work and the reasons behind it. The interview felt too short and I wished I had been smarter in some of my answers but I believe we covered all the messages I wanted to convey (the Ottawa School of Art Alumni show running until February 8, the Exhibition at La Fab opening May 23, the fact that I am an artist in residence at the Ottawa School of Art and the link to my website so people can get all of the info they want). I don’t have a tape of the show yet but will post it as soon as I can get my hands onto it. In the meantime, here are some pictures taken on the set.

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Artist Residency – Work in progress (6)

10 Saturday Jan 2015

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artist residency, Artwork, Céramique, Ceramic art, contemporain, contemporary, hippocampe, Laguna Frost, porcelain, porcelaine, Résidence d'artiste, seahorse

Here are the 2 pieces that will go into the bell jars I previously mentioned.
They are based on the curio trade or a.k.a. the souvenir trade, which is one of the 4 main reasons why seahorses are an endangered species today.

Curio # I

Curio # I
Curio # I
Curio # I
Curio # I
Curio # I
Curio # I
Curio # I
Curio # I
Curio # I
Curio # I
Curio # I
Curio # I

Curio # II

Curio # II
Curio # II
Curio # II
Curio # II
Curio # II
Curio # II
Curio # II
Curio # II
Curio # II
Curio # II
Curio # II
Curio # II
Curio # II
Curio # II

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Artist Residency – Work in progress (5)

13 Saturday Dec 2014

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Céramique, Ceramic art, contemporain, contemporary, décoration, Laguna Frost, objet d'art, oeuvre d'art, porcelain, porcelaine

This gallery contains 6 photos.

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Between June 2016 and March 2019 I was the Manager/ Curator/Artist at this Gallery located in Westboro: 98 Richmond Rd, Ottawa (across the CIBC). It is now permanently closed. Entre juin 2016 et mars 2019, j’étais Directrice/Curatrice/Artiste de cette Galerie située dans westboro : 98, chemin Richmond (en face du CIBC). Elle est fermée pour cessation d’activité.

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