Model Citizens and Updates

I apologize for it being so long since updating last. It has been an exciting couple of weeks.

It all started inauspiciously, however, when I got waitlisted at NC State for the industrial design and outright denied for MIT's ACT program. Oh well.

So then I was in Florida and Mississippi for about two weeks visiting family and doing some work on the farm in Mississippi. While there, I got an unexpected e-mail inviting me to be a part of Model Citizens NYC's 2011 show for Design Week. It is going to be held in the Chelsea Art Museum from May 12th - 15th.

I am extremely excited to be a part of this show, please check out their website and see what Model Citizens is all about, it's a really awesome concept and the artists/designers/ craftspeople they select and support are super talented. I'm extremely flattered and excited to be a part of what they are doing. If you live in NYC, please please stop by and say hi. I will be showing my ceramic work and some drawings of cups.

In other news, if you live in Chapel Hill, please check out the new show at LIGHT going up on May 7th. I will have some drawings and new tableware. LIGHT is a fantastic gallery, and I am really happy to be showing work with artist's whose work I respect as much as Amy Tavern and Leigh Suggs. Cindy, who owns and curates the gallery has been extremely supportive of my work ever since we took Clarence Morgan's class and sat next to each other during the summer of 2010.

This is a picture of the ceiling in Mississippi. I took some photos there which I will post soon.

Mark Warren, A Retrospective

I am giving a talk at the 50th anniversary of the elementary school where I attended, and where my mother still teaches kindergarten. My mom has kept what appears to be every single drawing I have ever done in a box. No matter how strange or bizarre my obsessions were, she always encouraged me. I can only imagine what it would be like to hear a 5 year old ramble on and on about marsupials and dinosaurs.

I must have been a very odd kid. Thanks to Kelly Sherrod for taking these pictures!

Work in Progess

Elizabeth's awesome idea. She says it was influenced by St. Eom of Buena Vista, GA. The goal is to completely cover the hardie board behind the stove pipe with tin can lids. It takes forever to do, but looks great. Stay tuned for the final piece.

Drawings of Unrealized Forms

Whats up with Australia?

Some amazing photos by Petrina Hicks. Check out her website and her most recent series.

She is Australian. Australia seems like a really awesome place.

Oldest Known Photo of Tornado

The oldest known photograph of a tornado. South Dakota, August 28th 1884.

(from: Planetary Folklore)

WebPRESENCE

I have been very busy moving to my new studio space (pictures soon) and new house (with the inimitable Elizabeth Brimm), and then took a little vacation with my very special lady, Hannah. So now I'm back to it, working that is. So stay tuned for new developments as I test new slip casting bodies and glazes, in addition to making new molds.

In the meantime, I thought it would be cool to give a shout out to two awesome websites that have featured my work recently- notcot.org and dornob.com

DORNOB:

http://dornob.com/origamic-ceramic-paper-style-ceramic-plates-bowls-cups/

NOTCOT:

http://www.notcot.org/?action=search&show=&query=mark+warren+porcelain&postsub.x=14&postsub.y=9

Boats

Soda/Salt

Reduction, Celadon Glaze

Some glaze experiments, just funning around.

Atmospherically Fired Cups

Cone 10 Reduction, Salt and Soda added

The slip casting body I use does not interact politely with the atmospheric firings, hence the bizarre results.

End of Winter Studio Usage

Lots and lots of cups. Stay tuned...

Purses

I made these using leather samples that Jason left in the studio. They have a wooden rib for structure, and reference primitive saddles. They were mostly fun to make, but attaching snap fasteners is no fun at all.

Ceramics

Kristine Moriche

Kirsten Coelho

Heath

Konstantin Grcic

Paul Eshelman