Amy Kline

Soy Jar: The Presidents Show at the Burbank Arts Center in CA

Tea-Ceramics Exhibit

Iced-Tea Tumblers in this exhibit. Visit The Art League for more information.

Purchase Award for Porcelain Cup #1 at Incognito Studios Gallery in Oak Park, Ill. Exhibit “Coffee, Tea or…?”

3 Person Show “Skin of the Pot“ with Blair Clemo, Sean O’Connell and Amy Kline at Terra Incognito Studios and Gallery September 29, 2012.

Photo Credit: all of my images are taken by Kelly McLendon.

Iced-Tea Tumblers: Tea-Ceramics Exhibit in Alexandria, VA

Workshops 2012:

Throwing, Altering and Carving Porcelain with Celadon Glazes

June 18-22nd: Hands-on Workshop at Sierra Nevada College Lake Tahoe, NV (this workshop will include applying celadon glazes and a cone 10 reduction firing) Click on Amy Kline at Sierra Nevada College for details.

July 16-20th: Hands-on at Pottery West, Las Vegas, NV

(this workshop will include applying celadon glazes and a cone 11 reduction firing) Fee: $630.00 or $930.00 with on-site housing.

This workshop includes 25# Coleman porcelain, and some carving tools. (Bison Tools are also available for purchase) From throwing off the hump and altering to carving and incising greenware.

detail

Amy creates her work out of Coleman Porcelain and glazes her work with Elaine’s Best Celadons. Both of these products are available through Aardvark Ceramic Supply.

In workshops Amy shows how to advance the quality of your work  through the study of light and shadow. Amy gives you instruction on throwing off-the-hump, altering, sculpting, and carving and incising on greenware.

Day 1 (at Pottery West) Throwing, Altering and Carving on Greenware

(Coffee is available in the kitchen of the main house at Pottery West for all workshop participants from 7:00 – 9:00 am.)

throwing and altering off the hump

Starting at 9:00 am Amy demonstrates throwing, altering and sculpting forms off the hump in preparation for carving. A demonstration of sculpting and carving follows.

Lunch is bag-lunch (everyone brings their own.)

In the afternoon Amy hands out bone-dry cups to the participants along with tools and a dust mask to carve greenware. A detailed demonstration (with hands-on participation) of carving and incising continues. We discuss form, light, shadow, and the relationship of the inside of the form to the outside.

Dinners: Pottery West has an on-site kitchen and all workshop participants are welcome to use the kitchen to prepare meals. Meal planning is up to the participants.

Day 2 Throwing, Altering and Carving on Greenware (adding handles, spouts and glaze-fusing)

Amy incising on porcelain in the greenware stage

Amy starts the workshop at 9:00 am with a critique of the forms we carved the first day. Amy throws and sculpts off the hump and shows how to put multiple pieced forms together so they can be carved. Participants throw and sculpt forms in between demonstrations.

Participants frequently go back and forth between throwing, altering, and carving on greenware.

Amy Kline uses Coleman Porcelain and Elaine's Celadon. Both are available at Aardvark Ceramic Supply

For this workshop (at Pottery West) Amy provides 25 lbs. of clay (B-Mix) 1 medium-sized greenware cup, carving, incising and sanding tools, and a dust mask. You will want to bring your own throwing and trimming tools.

To register call Ruth Kline at #702-685-7573

Amy Kline

Yunomi Cups 2012

received a BFA in Ceramics from Alfred University. She continued her education with an MFA in Sculpture from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.

Amy moved to Las Vegas, NV in 1995 and worked as a welder for 6 years. She started building Pottery West in the fall of 2001.

In April of 2010 Amy made a commitment to create her work in Coleman Porcelain for it’s throwing and incising capabilities. Celadon glaze emphasizes the incised work she carves into her forms.

Artist Statement

Touching (and being able to feel) is what moves me to work in porcelain. My sense of form has evolved since I began throwing porcelain in 2005. Creating form is a 3 dimensional canvas. I see forms within forms as I alter, sculpt, draw, and incise. I pay close attention to light and shadow to bring out incredibly fluid and sensuous forms.

In workshop presentations

Contour III. 25.5"x 5.5" April 2010

Amy demonstrates throwing off-the-hump and how she’s learned to throw multiple-part forms. She alters her forms while they’re wet. Amy works with porcelain at every stage of green ware and bisque.

Amy spends time showing how to carve and shows how to use light and shadow to create form and line.

While creating forms and laying out designs Amy is influenced by her early studies in figure drawing and graphic design. Her style is influenced by having spent time studying dance, music and theater.

Amy studied ceramics with Jean Parsons (Interlochen Arts Academy), Val Cushing, and Tom and Elaine Coleman.

Thank you to Tom and Elaine for their advice and support with Pottery West and the development of her work in porcelain.

“Learning to look at your work in terms of light and shadow has the potential to elevate the quality of your work.”

Iced-Teapot 2012

by the ounce.. 2012

Petite set of Three 2011