Fisrt Week of Fall Classes.

The first of the fall classes will be wrapping up today. Its been nice to have students bringing the campus back to life. We had a small but great group of teachers and students this week. I spent a lot of time peaking in on Justin Rothshanks decal class but there was so much going on in all of the classes. Here are a few pics from this week.
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Stray Pics.

Here are a few random pictures from the last two weeks of summer classes. I never got around to posting them during the classes. Enjoy!
-HP Bloomer

 

Unloading Time Lapse and Soda Kiln Images

This is a time lapse I did of my unloading this week. This was my first firing in the Arrowmont Soda Kiln and while it was slightly uneven it was still a pretty good firing. Its nice to be pulling work out o f a soda kiln again. While I  have enjoyed the ease of loading and firing  gas or electric kilns I have missed the surfaces that the atmosphere imbues upon the work.
-HP Bloomer

(Music by and used with permission of Spitfire Tumbleweeds and TXMF Records)

 

Glazing and Wadding and loading and time lapse....

I've been busy getting work glazed and ready for loading into the soda kiln over the last week. Here is a clip of me glazing late into the night at light speed and another of wadding pots and loading the bottom shelf of the soda kiln here at Arrowmont. I will try to take another time lapse of the unloading and will be attempting to shoot all the work before taking it up to the Artist In Residence Open studio this Wednesday at 5pm. Hope to see some of you there.

Enjoy!

-HP Bloomer

just past the red barn...

If you've ever been to Arrowmont, you know there is a magic land beyond the red barn where nature is reclaiming its territory. I took some photos many weeks ago and thought I would share...

our first exhibition

We just installed our first exhibition in the Loggia Gallery at Arrowmont which is sort of an introduction to our work. We worked on the layout and install with Stefanie, the new Gallery Coordinator here at Arrowmont, to put together what I think is a really great looking show! Once all the work was in place it was a lovely surprise to see how well everyone's pieces complimented one another. All of the pieces have a somewhat subdued or natural color palette which ties everything together. Here are some photos:

Rachel's slipcast umbrella's are the gateway into the gallery

HP's work with my (Lynn's) steel jewels in the background. I had fun making special mounts to hang each piece.

Tally's turned bowl from cast out wood from the Arrowmont dumpster.

Rena's embroidered work (aka stitchery) in the background.

Month one

Its already been a month!!!? Time has flown by since our arrival in June. There have been innumerable goings on and wonderful classes happenings around the Arrowmont campus. So here is a over view of highlights.....

New Yunomi by resident artist HP Bloomer IV

work from the two week anagama firing class with Jason Hess

new work by resident artist Tally Locke

resident artist HP Bloomer learns to make glass beads in Holly Coopers two week course

resident artist Rachel Garceau takes apart her large mold with the assistance of a few workstudies

one of the many fabulous demo pieces made during classes, this one is by Kathy King

Broach by resident artist Lynn Batchelder

pieces by B.G. Fellow Eric Rempe who is with us for a month

Jason Hess and his class loading the anagama

Gatlinburg wowed us with a dazzling display of fireworks which went off right above campus in the clouds. AMAZING!

Sarah Jaeger lecturing her class on glaze application

All of us settling in and having a family dinner and game night during our first weekend