Posts in Artists In the Studio
2018 Spring Interns: Life on the Binne
Sep 28, 2018
Back in January, when the trees were bare and everything was covered in snow, our new Studio, Nonprofit Management, and Ceramic interns arrived at WSW. Nine-months later, winter, spring, and summer have passed, and as the leaves are starting to turn and the air is getting crisp, three of these interns are moving off… View Article
Surface Texture: Lydia Loy-Santelli in the Studio
Sep 28, 2018
Women’s Studio Workshop enjoyed a chat with Chili Bowl Workspace Resident Lydia Loy-Santelli about her path to ceramics, what inspires her, and advice for emerging artists. Read a bit of our conversation below! WSW You grew up with artists in the family, started learning photography, then fell in love with clay. Are there clear moments… View Article
Layered Experience: Carola Persson in The Studio
Sep 20, 2018
The layers in Carola Persson’s prints build up like memories, marks emerg strong and clear while others fade into the background or lurk off to the side. With allusive line work, her scenes are charged with emotion and tell stories of a vast internal landscape.Interested in the dynamic of the individual and the group, Persson… View Article
Mary Autumn Roberts: Sparking Nostalgia
Sep 14, 2018
Mary Autumn Roberts’s work is full of color, creamy blues, soft yellows, and hues of natural clay. The forms have energizing movement and a clear hand—reminiscent of the flux of claymation, that at any point these objects could spring into life, hop up, and scurry off into the world. Roberts’s surface treatment of the clay… View Article
Making Tech Material: Lise Prown
Aug 31, 2018
A squat ceramic jar sits in the sunlight, tranquil and smooth. Its surface is the color of cowhide. Its wide lip supports an astonishing domed lid, architectural in its striated surface. The knob sits triumphantly above. The lid is a bright red, and it’s made of plastic. The form vibrates with the tension between… View Article
Narrative Object: Lynn Peters’ Figurative Sculpture
Aug 24, 2018
Ceramicist Lynn Peters creates sculptures that convey elements of the human condition with humor and sympathy, cleverly toying with language and found objects to compose or dismantle cultural narratives. “My work is about the history of ceramics and what it is to be human right now from my point of view…I am in love with… View Article
Flat Earth: Alison Owen
Aug 17, 2018
Before Alison Owen begins a new project, she spends quality time in a new environment, observing the architecture, discarded scraps, and natural elements to draw closer to the spirit of the place. With this information, Owen gathers physical and conceptual fodder for new challenges in her studio practice. “I’m interested in bringing the periphery… View Article
Techniques of the Hand: Kristen DeGree in the Studio
Aug 10, 2018
“I’m intrigued by anything where the evidence of the hand or sense of intimacy changes though a technical process.” Having spent a formative year as a studio intern at Women’s Studio Workshop in 2009, Kristen DeGree returned in 2018 for the Art-in-Education Workspace Residency, working with elementary students in the paper and silkscreen studio. Her… View Article
Editing Memories with Kyung Eun You
Aug 03, 2018
As Kyung Eun You prints, she weaves complex narratives together in a simplified grid. But a simple format is the most effective way to deliver her compelling stories about family, memory, and philosophical mysticism. Her personal and imaginary chronicle is etched into the linoleum squares, mythologized block by block as she reconstructs important moments… View Article
Perceiving in Detail: Jayoung Yoon
Jul 27, 2018
Moving into Jayoung Yoon’s world means slowing down. If your mind’s eye or actual eye is tracking her imagery too fast, the effect is impressionistic—you’ll get an image—but it’s the construction of that image from extremely fine detail that is her true artisty. And it’s the focus on perception and consciousness that is her subject… View Article