A Quick Post Before St. Simons Art Festival

This is a very quick post before the St. Simons Fall Fine Art Festival. Some of the photos are not that great but if you see something that you want more information about please send an email or give me a call.

Hand Built

Zippered Nude

Big Ol' Sun

Whole Hearted

Skate Goat

Trout Jar


Bass Relief

Teapot with Metal Attachments

Horse with a Wirey Mane

Jack and James in the Box

Breeze

PotHead
(a hanging planter that's a pot and head)

Mixed Media Exhibit at Glynn Art Association

I am displaying my latest sculptural pieces at a mixed media and three dimensional group exhibition that opened October 1 at Glynn Art Association, here on St. Simons Island. The exhibit runs through November 29.

In this show my work uses several different hand building techniques with the inclusion of found metal objects. I enjoy the thought of the metal becoming one with the clay after having gone through several firings together.

I have tried to emphasize motion in the human form with some of the limbs left vague and incomplete and others incongruously replaced by metal parts rummaged from dusty boxes of junk and built directly into the white clay body which is then slowly fired. I have used glaze sparingly, if at all, choosing instead to work with stains and acrylic washes to highlight the textural qualities of the sculpture. I feel that even the hardness of the metal doesn't stop the flow of movement within the piece.

Featured Artist in the October 2009 Issue of
Southern Living Magazine
in the Georgia Living Section

And...

Exhibiting in the 40th Annual
St. Simons Island Fine Arts and Crafts Festival
October 10th & 11th
Booth #3

912-634-8929 or 912-223-7153
Email: rgriggsclayart@gmail.com

It's a busy month.
New work will be posted in the next few days - when the kiln cools.

The Perfect Tool





Dancing with Abandon



Refurbished Nude #1



Refurbished Nude #2

August 2009 New Work

Bejeweled and Bewildered

Jack!

ShePot
w/ metal attachments

Monarch

Zippered Nude

Face Jugs

Triple Face Jug

Spotted Sea Trout Jar

Flying Fairy

A Few More Pieces...

Here are a couple more pieces that will be exhibited at the arts festival on St. Simons Island, April 4th & 5th. As always, click on the picture if you want to get a closer view and more detail of a particular piece.

Zen Totem

Seated Nude



Blue Nude w/ Open Arms



A Grouping


Lover's Dance

New Work for Spring Art Show

It's been three months since my last post but I've been hard at it getting ready for the spring arts festival coming up this weekend here on St. Simons Island. With some of my new pieces I've tried to place emphasis on action and movement. I'll be showing some out-there teapots with titles like the "Dog & Pony Show Teapot", the "Rise & Shine Teapot" and the "Mother Bucking Teapot". I'm also in a fairy tale/old wives tale mode with wolves playing a large role in several pieces titled "Beware: Wolves in Sheep's Clothing" and "Little Red Riding Hood & The Wolf - After Obedience School". I've had a big time making the Jack in the Box piece. Each of the four sides and the lid of Jack's box have a little illustration celebrating Jack. I'll post again in the next few days with a couple more pieces that still need finishing up.

BEWARE! Wolves in Sheep's Clothing








Jack in the Box





Mother Bucking Teapot




Dog & Pony Show Teapot



Rise & Shine Teapot

Midnight Rider

Big Shell Bowl

Nude with Cat & One Breast

Face Vase with Bad Manners

Mouth Breather Face Jug

Pitcher with Attitude

Manly Man Teapot

Banana Leaf Platter