Interview by Liana Voia

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Entrevue, Interview, Laguna Frost, Liana Voia, porcelain, porcelaine, techniques, vidéo, YouTube

Today, I had the  pleasure to be interviewed by Ottawa Interviewer/Videographer Liana Vioia. We talked about my upcoming exhibitions, my work in progress, some technique, future projects…

Check it out on YouTube:

 

Holiday Fundraising Art Sale | Vente d’art de bienfaisance des fêtes

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argile noire, Artwork, black and white, black clay, chouette, décoration, hibou, Laguna Frost, noir et blanc, porcelain, porcelaine, sale, sculpture, vente

The Ottawa School of Art is having its 30th annual Holiday Fundraising Art Sale. I put 3 decorative bowls this year and one of them, ”Bunny in Love with Owl”, won the Best of Show Prize from Capital Pottery’s owner Sarah Hand. Thanks!!!

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Patterns

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Laguna Frost, pattern, porcelain, porcelaine, sculpture, tip, trucs

For test tiles and other shapes that I will reuse, I make patterns out of transparent and soft plastic folders (found at the Dollar store). It is particularly good when making series (production work) and you want to save some time. Below is an example for a pair of Christmas Sale seahorse wall pieces. I always start with a sketch (although I could, I choose not to trace directly from a picture).

Sketches for seahorse patterns.

Then I trace the shape on the plastic folder with a permanent marker, cut the piece out, et voilà! Easy to use, easy to clean and it can be used on both sides.

Seahorse patterns (cut out after tracing them from sketches).

For test tiles, once I cut a piece in clay I then proceed with stamping a piece of coral and a pencil to make shallow and deeper marks. I also bending the tail so I can get as much information as possible about the glaze’s behaviour. You can see pictures of my test tiles in my previous post on Test tiles.

Test tile pattern.

Here are the rest of my patterns (including the ones I made for my Business Card holders (in case one of them brakes…).

 

Display case

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art, Artwork, Céramique, Ceramic art, contemporain, contemporary, décoration, display, objet d'art, oeuvre d'art, porcelain, porcelaine, pot, poterie, pottery, sculpture, vase

In my living room, I have an Ikea display case where I put some of my favorite pieces, as well as other artists’ work and some of the seashells and rocks I collected over the years. We had to childproof it recently. 🙂

Display case

Top part

Bottom part

Vase by Caroline Agnew.

Mata Ortiz pots, sheep by Erin Robertson and baby in its crib finger puppet by Maryl Morris.

Coralline and Mute Message Down Under Series.

Coralline and Mute Message Down Under Series.

Mute Message Down Under Series, horse by Sandra Marshall and vessel by Lesley McInally.

Mute Message Down Under and Coralline Series.

Artist Residency – Work in progress (4)

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Artwork, Céramique, Ceramic art, contemporain, contemporary, Laguna Frost, porcelain, porcelaine, sculpture

I recently purchased 2 glass-bell jars similar to this one (minus the metallic end on the rope) at Michaels. I fell in love with them and thought they would be a great addition to my seahorse series. They have a marine/seaside quality to them and will be a metaphor for the curio trade. It refers to the many dried seahorses souvenir items tourists buy from in stores (key chains, cast in resin, etc.). It is one of the many reasons why seahorses are endangered.

Below is my latest seahorse sculpture. There is a support piece under its jaw for the bisque firing. This piece is supposed to fit under the bell but I might have made it too tall… We’ll see with the final firing. I intend to glaze it with my glue-glaze, which explains the absence of texture on his body.

Artist Residency – Work in progress (3)

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Artwork, Laguna Frost, porcelain, porcelaine

Hot from the bisque firing, my first 3 pieces did come out pretty unscathed (there’s always some apprehension when coming to a new studio, not all techs are careful with fragile works). Pretty pleased with the result.

Here is my next piece, not so happy about the texture on it. It looks too much like a poodle… One can see that I put some bits for support in the bisque firing so it doesn’t sag.

Just in case someone is wondering if I have some ego issue writing my name on all my properties, I will reply that I was once robbed of a palette knife being told “I don’t see your name on it” in a painting class (I was stunned, her name sure wasn’t on it either). Sure enough someone took my sponge off my shelf the other day (can’t write on it or should I try?) and returned it thanks to the message I wrote on the board…

Artist Residency – Work in progress (week 2)

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Artwork, hippocampe, Laguna Frost, porcelain, porcelaine, sculpture, seahorse

After learning that seahorses are on the brink of extinction within the next 20-30 years, I made this large wall piece. I decided to learn some more about this intriguing species. The more I read, the more I think I found my theme for this artist residency.
To learn more, here are some websites:
Project Seahorse (a marine conservation organisation and UBC initiative committed to the conservation and sustainable use of the world’s coastal marine ecosystems).

Seahorse | Hippocampe

Artist Residency – Work in progress (week 1)

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Artwork, Laguna Frost, objet d'art, porcelain, porcelaine, Résidence d'artiste, sculpture

I made 2 pieces as I reacquainted my hands and brain with working with clay after a year and a half. After spending quite some time trying to figure out a type of sail I would do for sailing boats, I decided to just put my hands in clay and work without expectations of outcomes.

Woman – back

Woman – left side

Hummingbird with a seahorse tail

6th Annual Art Show of the Ottawa Hungarian Community Centre (Ottawai Magyar Ház)

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argile noire, Artwork, black and white, black clay, Céramique, Ceramic art, contemporain, contemporary, Entrevue, Exhibition, Exposition, Interview, Laguna Frost, noir et blanc, porcelain, porcelaine, poterie, pottery, sale, vente, vidéo, YouTube

Here are some pictures of last week-end’s show. I won the Public Choice Award. Yeah! I met some great artists and learned a lot from their experience. We also got interviewed, see below.

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Here is a link to the interview (mine is at 16:50 min):

A collaboration with Paula Murray?

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Artwork, Ceramic art, ceramics, contemporary, Exhibition, Paula Murray, porcelain

Working again in clay after giving birth to my baby boy in 2013 and with renowned artist Paula Murray, who would refuse such an offer? Not me. So, I will be part of an exciting project spanning from June 2014 to May 2015.
At the core of it, it is a collaboration between the Community-run Gallery called La Fab located at the Chelsea Art, Culture and Heritage Centre in Québec and the Ottawa School of Art.
14 artists will produce a collaborative work (7 emerging artists are paired with 7 established artists) and work throughout the year to prepare an exhibit in May 2015. Each pair is composed of a francophone and an anglophone artist. Finally, we all have different mediums so it promises to be an interesting take on the following theme: Lines in nature | La nature des choses.