Ocean Mud, Ceramic Change & the Connected Mind is a show that's a collaboration between The Center for New Designs in Leadership & Scholarship and the Department of Art.

On Loan Until April 1, 2012

To learn about the exhibit and related events: Center for New Designs in Leadership & Scholarship.


Contrasting Zones of Fierce Activity
Contrasting Zones of Fierce Activity

14.25" wide x 2.5" high

Plates Spread & Collide While Gulf of Mexico Evolves.

Words written on back say, "Center of sea glass contains volcanic sand from Antarctica, Iceland and Hawaii is framed by Earth crust drillings (SPREADING) from mid-Atlantic Ridge framed by accretionary prism (COLLIDING) sediment. Tectonic plates."

Back around foot says, "sediment glazes from Gulf of Mexico 1998 and 2009 . . . "

Rim and foot are glaze assembled from refined materials. Lugs are placed so piece can hang on a wall. $1275.00

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Melted Rock Powders and Mixed Muds
Melted Rock Powders and Mixed Muds

The center of ALL configured melted and slid over the high ridges in the spiral and pooled between those ridges. Back says: Center of "ALL" framed by Kane Fracture Zone 25.5°N 45°W, 1.5 to 2.5 million years remagmized Earth-bricks and 635 million year old Namibian rock "Snowball Earth".

The exterior bottom says, "Dips into buckets from north south east west. ALL.

Green matte rim is glaze assembled from refined materials. $1400.00

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Many Places & Known Times
Many Places & Known Times

16.5" x 3.5"

Center of nannofossil foraminiferal ooze from Cretacious Tertiary Boundary (65 million years ago) sprinkled about center of seaweed, framed by Kane Fracture Zone slurry. Largest brown area on inside of bown is from mixed Antarctica sites of Bramsfield Strait, Elephant Island, Errebes and Terror Gulf. Exterior glaze from Umnack Plateau in the north Pacific (coordinates recorded.)

Other glazes, assembled from refined materials are a matte grayish, and rutile slip. $1475.00

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"Down to Earth": A Video Interview
"Down to Earth": A Video Interview

Thanks to Sabrina McCormick and Ilya Fischoff of Evidence Based Media, this interview to a 4 minute video at the Georgetown University Spagnuolo Gallery in February 2012.

Feb-2012
Ocean Mud, Ceramic Change & the Connected Mind
Ocean Mud, Ceramic Change & the Connected Mind

This 12 minutes elaborates on the show’s title. Thanks to Center of New Designs in Leadership & Scholarship.



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Randy Bass Keynote
Randy Bass Keynote

How might a potter inform educators? Randy Bass created this presentation delivered at AAEEBL Annual World Conference in August 2010. AAEEBL stands for Association of Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-Based Learning.

ePortfolios & Emergent Learning Ecologies

Image at the left from Randy's keynote was cited from John Seely Brown's "Minds on Fire."

Key-12
In Service to Integrated Education