Hank working on "Celebrating Line & Dots" teapot
Here's an update from A.R.T. participant Hank Hall…
Two of Hank’s signature teapots are currently showing
in the 6th International Texas Teapot Tournament presented by
C.A.M.E.O. and 18 Hands Gallery in Houston,
Texas. Celebrating Line &
Dots and Squirt II are among
80 exhibited teapots from across the county, England
and Singapore.
The juror for the exhibit Piero Fenci is a distinguished ceramic artist and
educator with an MFA in ceramics from Alfred
University in Alfred, New York.
"Celebrating Line &
Dots"
© Hank Hall
18 Hands Gallery is a premier ceramic arts gallery located in the Historic Heights District in Houston. CAMEO (Clay Arts Museum and Education Organization) of Houston sponsors exhibits of emerging artists, workshops and demonstrations in support of its core mission of supporting education and appreciation of clay as a form of art. The exhibit opened at 18 Hands Gallery with a reception on January 12 and runs through January 27.
"Squirt II "
© Hank Hall
Hall’s fascination with making teapots started when he
studied under Bauhaus-trained Marguerite Wildenhain at Pond Farm Pottery in Guerneville, California
during the summers of 1973 and 1974. His goal now is satisfying his own
esthetic sense of what makes an entertaining, inventive, and personal teapot
form. According to Hall, “Sometimes I entertain myself by searching store
aisles for hardware gadgets, trinkets, wire, and other materials to fashion
into a teapot lid or an embellishment. Recently I have been decorating my
teapots with dots and lines to bring my interests in drawing and clay
together.”
Hall is a full-time working artist in Olde Town
Spirit Lake
where he has renovated the late Joe Lieb’s wood-working shop into an art
studio and gallery called Art
on 16th. The gallery features outstanding work by
area fine artists - including Hall’s teapots, pottery, drawings, and
paintings - and started the tradition of the area’s First Friday Art Trek
in 2007. For more information go to www.hankhallarton16th.com
or Facebook.
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