Once more with feeling

Oh those pesky new years resolutions - which will be the first to fall? The theme this week - "stupid stuff we love". Here is my entry, the ceramic polar bears that sit at the bottom of my fishtank.

The Birds

Some bird headed figures I have been making lately.

Pink Case

This is a detail from our lovely hallway display case. All things pink.

Forward HO!

decompression in the west was just the ticket for me. The battle of greasy grass aka the battle of the little bighorn aka, custers last stand is it!!!

Bossy

This Ceramics Bitch helped me make my square

Square

Today I made a square. It's a good square.

I'm just making a bunch of crap

Here is what I am working on today

Every week the damn story cups - we are up to week #5 - Who thought of this stupid idea anyway - oh yeah, that would be me...

Here we go again

And so another year slowly quickly grinds to a start (just trying to see how many metaphors I can mix at once). We were going to start with the topic of " the strangest thing I did this summer" but now the leaves are changing and I for one can hardly remember this summer - so now the theme is
"Here is what I am working on today"

Chit and Chat on the Artblog

click here to read the rest

Artist Statement

In my work I dissociate objects from their intended purpose and locations so that I can reconfigure or represent them in a way that can give them poetic meaning and lead to a questioning of the naturalness of their materiality and conditions of existence.

Rather than being bound by any particular methodology towards process and technique, I resist finding easy categories for the creative process and by extension, what the viewer can expect from the finished work. One of the most difficult and exciting aspects of my current process involves negotiating the space between the unexpected and surprising outcomes of a particular process and communicating explicit content and intention. Through this negotiation, I discover meaningful relationships that arise from an activity of unmaking and remaking, intervention and transformation.

Recent Work

Artist Statement

images of new work

Statement

Daniel Forrest Hoffman

As I look around the city I grew up in I see many structures being cleared to make way for newer buildings. In addition I notice an American custom of romanticizing our history. We do this through naming rivers after Native Americans, and by commemorating where old buildings once stood. This practice seems to represent a disconnect between the city and its inhabitants; a disconnect between place and subject; a disconnect between people and culture. I wonder where that disconnect lies and how we repair it before we destroy things that we really want.
While living in Rome I noticed the ruins of one amphitheatre of which my guide didn’t even know the history. With so much historically significant architecture the city could have easily demolished this in favor of a new building, which would have utilized Rome’s space more efficiently. Instead they reinforced the structure and put apartments inside maintaining the historic façade. I immediately contrasted that to my hometown where we had just demolished Veterans’ Stadium. Now “Vet” Stadium I’m sure wasn’t nearly as historically significant as this ancient Roman amphitheatre, but many people had memories there. It was a part of my hometown.
Thinking back on my travel experiences and the reverence for place and history that exists in the inhabitants there, illustrated a sharp contrast to my hometown. It seemed that one of the major differences is that as a country of immigrants we have such shallow roots that we have no real investment in place. Personal and community experiences create an investment in place.
How do we relate to our homes in a culture where the physical structure of the home probably will not last? Is the structure important? How are our memories impacted by the practice of demolition and reconstruction as opposed to simply renovation? How does all of this impact family? How do the memories of a place live on after that place has been demolished? These are questions I wish to address in my work.

Source Material

More Source Material

source material !!

hidin' in the woods!

character maps!

mascot head! and Orozco skull!

cow duck!

Source Material

Source material

this mustache is the source of all of my work.

more source stuff

Source Material

This is my graph paper and my shark Adam made for me. I think the graph paper is a little more influential, as I've been thinking about it and making things with it. It occupies a space in my brain that sounds like this, is it line? is it pattern? is it line?..........The shark is just awesome it's 5 feet long, has 6 tounges and emerald green eyes.

So Much Hair

Baby cheese grater and turkcalf

Pick up Sticks - Winner!

Is seems like working with your hands has unexpected benefits (like having the physical control and dexterity to win the 2009 Pick up Sticks tournament!!!)

Help a Former OSUer

Check out my super etsy sale. all last years work just waiting for you to buy.

so darn cheap. gotta pay those student loans you know.

naomiclearyceramics.etsy.com

Rainbow Toothpaste

Sometimes grad school means rainbow toothpaste art.

welcome to the midwest

Non Fiction at The Clay Studio

Check out my post on the Non Fiction Show at TCS.

Doffman

another summer blown

Didn't learn to speak French, didn't pick up the guitar - late on that proposal and my office is still a mess -

dresden or bust!

some of us are hanging out in dresden and working at the dresden porcelain factory. oo la la.
check out our blogs to read about and see the good times.


meredithhost.blogspot.com
guymichaeldavis.blogspot.com
nonfictiongroup.blogspot.com

PMA and ME!!!

I just got the call. I am going to be doing the Philadelphia Museum Craft Show. I am so excited!!!!
My good friend Ingrid Bathe is doing the show as well. My I am going to be crazy busy for the next few months. But I really am so very excited

Live Update

Here is something to explore at The Ohio State University. Look at http://guymichaeldavis.blogspot.com/, for some real excitement!!!

Postcard from Philly

Hello, just leaving an update.

Philadelphia is stinking hot but still great. The studio is a super mess as I prepare for a few upcoming shows and sales but it is so very nice to make dishes all day long.

I also have listed a ton of work in my shop and it seems to be going over very well. Perhaps you need a dish for a wedding this summer or your kitchen is yearning for a little extra color.



So I have finally gotten around to updating my website and I must say I am very happy with it.
Please take a look and let me know what you think. I also am posting on Melt my Heart fairly regularly so I you are really curious about what it is that i do with my time, check it out often.
Bye for now.
Naomi

Technicolor Menagerie

It still amazes me how much it changes due to distance.

DAVIS M.F.A THESIS SHOW

Here is the limited edition show poster printed on Katie's letter press plus a peak of my porcelain installation on exhibit at the O.S.U Urban Arts Space.
Look at my blog for more pics of the show plus other radical projects!!!

host : mfa thesis show

here are some shots of my mfa thesis show set up.
the full corner.the dining side.
the kitchen side.
for more images and detail shots...check out my blog: sweet nothings.

green porno

check out the green porno shorts with isabella rossellini.
osu ceramics alumni andy byers and ryan kelly worked on this project.
it is quite entertaining.

MFA EXHIBITION 2008

We have some ceramics folks in here- Chris Tyllia, Meredith Host, Eileen Silvia,
Guy Michael Davis, Rain Harris, Lisa Belsky

New Work

Santa Fe Clay: Emerging Talent

April 18 - May 17, 2008


Emerging Talent

In March of 2008, the gallery at Santa Fe Clay will host an exhibit featuring the innovative new artistic vision of five emerging artists:

Naomi Cleary
Myung-Jin Kim
Vince Palacios
Shoko Teruyama
Kensuke Yamada


Opening Reception:
Friday, April 18, 2008
5 - 7 pm

osu at nceca 2008 : pittsburgh

just a little note saying that osu was a hit at nceca this year.

our 08 zine "adventures in furaway lands" SOLD OUT.

all of friday we were working with one last desk copy!

oh and what's this? some of the osu grads were featured in the nceca juried student show?
a huge congrats to our very own GMD who took the Graduate Award for Excellence.proof of the win.
we are looking forward to seeing the golden 40 oz trophy when it arrives.

brandl and host also made an appearance in the student show.
yay for red dots.

AND on top of all that...
miss rain harris had a lovely scroll piece in the Material Transcendence show.
(picture coming soon...)

Are these birds evil?

I don't know - I like birds - I really do

Greewich House Pottery

I caught it too!

The Blog-

it's definately spreading.

It's not much yet.. but check it out!

ImTangled.blogspot.com

collaboration case 08

adventures in furaway lands! starring hairy beasts!

ok kids...it has arrived.

the moment you all have been waiting for...
the osu grad gang put the finishing touches on the '08 zine.
it's coming soon to the osu nceca table near you.
(near you if you're in pittsburgh march 19-22)

it's a limited edition run so make the osu booth your first stop.

a virtual sketchbook.

i jumped on the bandwagon and started a blog.
meredithhost.blogspot.com

inside the host studio.

based on reptile brains.
just the beginning of the organ series.

centerpieces and wall piece.

-meredith-

Melt my Heart

I decided to try my hand at my own blog. I just started but take a look and see what you think.
naomicleary.blogspot.com

Something New

Davis' studio

I like to tinker with the excess of my production. Organizing and searching for new places for all of these little pieces. If you look up tinker, you may find something like, "manipulating unskillfully or experimentally", and " to busy oneself with a thing without useful results". What is useful? In the image above I wanted to see how these branchlike forms looked when I positioned them in a way that they were not made for.
On top, fiddling with digitally manipulated, deformed clones.

Oops! SORRY! Missed the summer action!

So I dropped the ball on what I did over the summer but here's what I did over Thanksgiving weekend!!

eXtreme craft

this past week extreme craft's garth johnson visited the osu art department!

if you weren't there...you missed out...BIG TIME!

Philly Show

Naomi Cleary: New Work
November 2 - December 2, 2007



Hey Guys. I just had a small show at The Clay Studio, Philadelphia. I was in Philly for the opening and i have to say the newly expanded space looks fantastic. Definitely worth a visit if you are in the area.
Link from this page title to see pictures of the work.

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Fluid Dynamics... Oregon Style.

Multnomah Falls, gravity plus water equals good times.The Columbia River Valley... epic battle between the Green and Blue Lions.

The Pacific Ocean... Opus Cirulatorium.

i know what i did this summer.

had a show in kansas city.

screen printed on bricks at belden.

saw amazing things at the state fair.


played some derby.

won a cupcake eating contest.

started a love affair with reptile brains.

Summer....

I learned how to make lace. Now I can't stop.

Here are a few things I did this summer....

We attended two fairs this summer. This was the first time I have visited the Ohio State Fair and gee-whiz did we have a great time. It was a life changing event, Katie Parker left with a whole printing press, and I cant get that live stock smell out of the car.
The second event was the Renegade Craft Fair Chicago. Rain, Naomi, Katie, and I set up booths [ the blue ones in the pictures above ] and sold our work. Seriously thousands of people came out, and I think we left a good impression on Chicago. I told everyone about the Ohio State University Ceramics program, and a few had already read this blog.
In the studio I was trying to figure out how to fire this large porcelain bird and keep it from slumping over, but then realized how I could make the bending work to my advantage.

what I did this summer

Went to Germany, grew my beard long and went hunting

What I did this Summer

I made molds and left them in Dresden, Germany and Jindezhen, China

ARTAXIS

check out this website www.artaxis.org

i have my work on it as do some other people we know.

"Fresh Hands"

October 4-27, 2007
"Fresh Hands"
Opening Reception: Friday, October 5, 6 -9pm

^{Red Star Studios presents "Fresh Hands" a group show highlighting the work of the next generation of studio ceramicists from around the country. The invited artist’s work conveys a growing preference for a more playful approach to "traditional" functional ceramics. Brighter colors and the use of pattern or personalized imagery adorn highly altered or embellished forms. Invited artists include: Gwendolyn Yoppolo, Jennifer Allen, Kevin Snipes, Michiyo Oishi, Lorna Meaden, Deborah Schwartzkopf, Shoko Teruyama, Kelli Damron, and Naomi Cleary.}

^{I AM IN A SHOW WITH MY FRIEND MICHIYO OISHI THIS OCTOBER.}

^{JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, FED EX DOESN'T HAVE BOXES BIGGER THAT 24" MAKE SMALL WORK, IT IS EASIER TO SHIP}

CERAMICS MONTHLY: GRAD FOCUS

SO its here.... the ceramics monthly focus on graduate programs. It looks really great. a bunch of schools with really top notch programs (none as great as OSU of course) and the article has great pictures and tons of helpful info. Thanks so much Sherman. you rock!! Rain: Thanks for talking about how OSU gives such great funding. It is one of the most important things to know...OSU is free, they actually pay you to attend!!! i cant believe i didn't talk about that. Anyhow, it looks great!!! this is an excerpt from the web page. but check out the magazine. focus | graduate programs

The M.F.A. Factor If you have seriously studied ceramics, chances are the prospect of getting an M.F.A. has crossed your mind at some point. From now until the end of the year, we will be profiling various M.F.A. programs across the country to help you decide if graduate school is right for you-and, if so, which type of program suits you best. "Cherry" by Rebecca Harvey, Ohio State University. Ceramics Monthly Online

i wish i could be so lucky

i would gladly be bored there. must be nice.

MMBC : Two Crazy Guys

We met these guys at NCECA this year. They had there own renegade NCECA show. I would like to say more but they are very secretive so i will just put in some pics.

This is all they say about themselves

We put ironic images on plates.

You can roll a fine cigarette on them or hang them on the wall.

www.mm-bc.org

Hijacked Ceramics

I found this person on the site Etsy.com
i really like his work. It is terracotta with overlayed slip patterns.
What do you lot think?



This is what the artist (Nathan William) says about his work:

I have created a collection of functional pottery inspired by my travels to such places as Mexico, Italy and Thailand. I have experienced an uncanny vibration in each of these places, feeling their reverberations of history, color, joy, and mystery. Each is in a constant state of renewal due to the environment, neglect, time, and development. I am captivated by this process in which layers of color, pattern and texture build up quickly, only to wear away revealing the previous layers, which consist not only of paint on a wall but of the cultural, political and spiritual history of each.


My fascination for this history and the vibration of these places has become the basis for my pottery aesthetic. Using the juxtaposition of modest forms and rich surface decoration I have developed this collection, titled “Crossroads”. In this series I employ many layers of vibrant colors and textures then painstakingly sand back though them, creating weathered finishes. It is not my intent to reconstruct a certain time or place, but to craft enigmatic pieces which feel well traveled yet at home in the hand.


http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=77111

PINK TUMBLER BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FUNDRAISER

MY WONDERFUL MOTHER IS NOW 5 YEARS BREAST CANCER FREE!!!!! AND BOY ARE WE HAPPY ABOUT THAT SHE WILL BE DOING A 3 DAY 60 MILE WALK TO RAISE MONEY FOR BREAST CANCER RESEARCH IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE SHE MUST RAISE $2100 BUT HAS SET A PERSONAL GOAL OF $4000 100% OF YOUR PAYMENT FOR THIS TUMBLER WILL GO TOWARDS MY MOTHERS CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION if you want a set, let me know. SAVE MOMS EVERYWHERE. RAISE MONEY FOR RESEARCH AND CURE BREAST CANCER According to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, approximately 200,000 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, and nearly 40,000 will die from the disease. A $30 donation will get you one porcelain pink tumbler with swirls of vines and juicy berries fit to burst. this tumbler is dishwasher and microwave safe. it will hold a full soda or beer. H5 3/4” x L3 1/2” x W3 1/2” YOUR TUMBLER WILL BE ONE OF THESE OR ONE SIMILAR BUT NOT EXACTLY THE SAME AS THESE. IT WILL BE THE SAME SIZE SHAPE, BE PINK AND BE DECORATED IN A SIMILAR MANNER. ALMOST LIKE THE SISTER OF THESE Click on the link to donate http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5180585

The Fourth Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibtion

Mike Davis and I (Naomi Cleary) both have work in the annual grad student show at The Clay Studio
check out the show at http://www.theclaystudio.org/exhibitions/mbk07.php







Naomi Cleary, Transfigured Tuperware, Slipcast Porcelain, 17"L x 12"W x 3"H, $310.00





Guy Michael Davis, Terrestrial Aroreal, Tortoise and Bird, Porcelain, 5"L x 5"W x 5"H, $400.00







Naomi Cleary, Vines & Berries, Porcelain, 3.5"Diameter x 5.75"H each, $35.00 each

I am taking photoshop!!!

Fun With Caustics

may the force be with you.

Amazing...

transfered 3-D into 2-D

the canopy scaled down

Terrestrial-Arboreal

You will never defeat me Proto Bird

Semi Circular Sparrows

Look what the cat dragged in,this little bird came to me as a result of feline predation.

some current work.

Images from my Show

Art All Stars chewin' tobaccy

fiesta or ciesta

For some reason there has been minimal activity on this blog. No me gusta.

some new work...

I have been working on giving these objects a place to exist in the world, a container/display/presentation mechanism.

I have also been playing around with materials and process, starting to layer them more.. been having lots of fun with copper wire and patinas coated in wax over clay.... we'll see what happens!

Saccharine

Okay so I’ve been worried about shaders for the past few weeks. Yes, I said it Shader. Don’t worry “MS Word” doesn’t recognize this word either. I think I can safely describe it a virtual glaze, which one applies to a 3d computer model. So here are three images taken from my Digital Cinematography class project, all variations on falling sugar. Conceptually there is a progression from photorealism to a more “stylized” approach. Enjoy.

Art Star Philly

Katie, Mike, Rain
and I are doing the Art Star Craft Bazaar in Philly Next Month.
check out the ArtStar online Store for great stuff!
Naomi

http://www.artstarphilly.com/ascb/ascb2007.html

Eva Zeisel vases

Naomi Cleary

Make sure to post a comment!

Naomi, you are tapping in to what connects us with physical and biological sustainance and nourisment. You are connecting the food that we eat to the flowers on your dishes, the trees and plants that bud to give us this source. You are bringing it to the table, celebration of the this cycle! Go go go!!!

resume v. CV

Ever wondered what the difference is?Try CAA
http://www.collegeart.org/guidelines/

ms. zeisel rocks my socks.

Some of my work...

Bird Stack

Monochromatic is the way of the walk.

Yellow is betrayal.

I wish.

www.citizencupcake.com

i can't imagine what more i could want than a place that serves cakes and cocktails!!!

Citizen Cupcake
2 Stockton St.
San Francisco, CA 94108

My kinda cupcake.....

Uncle Owen tells you to forget it.

So cupcakes they say. Humph. Fine, I get it. So here is my cupcake story.

The scene is a child’s birthday party. The year is 1977, shortly after the epic release of Star Wars. The children are running around the house and yard making Tie Fighter and X-Wing sounds, mimicking the familiar crackle of light sabers striking one another. One small group is gliding around jerkily imitating Droids. In one word the scene is hopeful. The birthday boy has only one request, cupcakes that resemble the recognizable metal top of his favorite character R2D2. As the birthday song commences the feeling in the room is exuberance, and glee. As the birthday boy’s mother turns the corner, coming in to full view of the boy’s entire entourage, they all see the yellow and brown visage of a smiling teddy bear shaped sheet cake. Disappointing, cupcakes are for sucks.

"cupcake courier"

getting a kick out of cupcake carriers

Who ate all the cake?

click on the "who ate all the cake" title to link to the milan furniture article.- notice how the pattern above is transparent.

Presenting...the cupcakes cousin....THE MUFFIN!!!

muffin films


the weather is getting warmer....

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