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This and that around arts:
American Craft (offers a wealth of information on their web site
for artists planning to sell their work at festivals/craft and trade shows.)
Kuenstlernetz: a global artistnet in Germany
North Carolina Arts Council (lots of good links to all sorts of art)
Berkeley Civic Arts (Art commisions and art in Berkeley - call for entry)
Casting:
Fusing Recycled Glass (interesting site)
What is an Investment Casting and how to use
The Investment Casting Institute
Creative Casting Company sandcast aluminum, brass and bronze
Metal Web News (Newsletter for Online Metal Enthusiasts)
Glass casting methods - Mold making. (By David Reekie)
Ceramic Artists that I like work by. I have found on the net, seen in person and then looked up on the net or they themselves have sent me info about their site and I liked.
Virginia Scotchie 1,2,3,4 ( cool surface treatments and tool look on work)
Sculptures of: Michael Lucero (found objects, mixed with ceramic pieces that he makes)
Ceramic Groups:
The Triangle Potters Guild (This group is located in Raleigh, N-Carolina)
If you know of other ceramic groups that have their newsletter and other info on the net please e-mail me their link at stina@mac.com
Ceramic Links:
www.virtual library: Ceramic Arts
Clayzee (resource for all areas of ceramics field)
Ceramic link page from Holland (lots of linkst to ceramic based pages all over the world)
ceramicsculpture.com (Over 100 ceramic artworks on display)
Russel's Clay links (Over 1000 links to clay related material updated regulary)
Clay in the Bay Area (Ceramic resources)
Places to get Paper clay
Knead-O ( paper-based air-dry clay that does not require baking in the oven or firing in a kiln)
Kilns New and Used at All Fired up for N-Carolina
Kiln Elements (good info if you need to make or rewire your kiln)
Carolina Clay (bulletin board for North Carolina Ceramic Artists)
Cleaning products:
Safe non-toxic cleaning products
Raku Firing:
Carl Baker: (Photo Presentation)
Ine & Ed Knops: ( site has photo presentation, text is in dutch )
Kristin Doner also here: She shows you the pinchpot technique
Ceramic Stores:
Ceramic bulletin board (the Magazine for Ceramic Technology)
Ceramic glace help: ( Ron Roy can help you with your glaze problems)
Clay Art Archives: Clay problems and how they are solved.
Clay Recipy: Plastiline or oil-based modeling clay
Color/Surface Recipies for: your clay work after it has been fired
Compleat Sculptors Source for Materials, Supplies, Tools and Services
Concrete ( this site gives you info on how to use concrete in your artwork)
Craft Equipment Exchange Newsletter (Buy/Sell/Look for/Ask for)
Drawing and painting:
Classical Paintings (Instructions to paint in that way)
Enamel Links:
One Way of Working an Enamel Piece
Enamel Look with Embossing Powders
Information about what to look for in an enameled piece of work
Cleveland Institue of Art enameling education
Forging:
Don Fogg (will show you how to build your own forge and other usefull things)
Blacksmithing symposium at Penland
Virtual Junkyard for Blacksmiths
Furniture Design:
Glass Sculptors (mixed media) that I like work by.
I have found on the net, seen in person, magazines, art books or told about then looked up on the net.
Michael Scheiner 1 , ( Very sculptural. I specially like the tube forms)
Howard Ben Tré 1. (My favorit sculptor that uses glass in his work)
Steve Tobin (Take a look at his glass houses and some other impressive stuff)
Mary Shaffer 1 (great combination of glass and metal)
Peter Powning (like his combination of materials)
Group of English
Artists (Name of website is Aztec
Culture)
Glass Links:
Glass types to cast or slump with:
Art GlassWorld Billboard Search
Glass (online chat and forums, books and more)
International Guild of Glass Artists
GAS (glass art society)
Glass Grinding tools:
Grinding bits, Grinders and Saws ( I use these to take the burrs off my castings)
t eksternest: centre for contemporary glass art in Belgium
Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass
Estonian Academy of Arts glass department
annealing chart for thick castings
To find out how much glass you need for your casting
Glass Art Magazine for Stained and Decorative Glass. Has web articles to read.
The Guild (Web links to GUILD Artists)
How to:
Write an Artist Statement