Barbara Ellard Ceramics

Soft sensuous and malleable and the finished fired piece.

Barbara ellard ceramics. A creative pursuit since she was a youth she delights in clay s striking contrast. University of utah ceramics pioneer by david cox. Some of her work is high fired and other pieces are finished using low fired alternative firing techniques such as pit firing naked raku and horse hair. The contrast between the raw material.

Utah artist barbara ellard s art has included ceramics mosaics textiles paper making and printmaking. Clay is a very engaging medium. Ceramics has been a creative pursuit for barbara ellard since she was a teenager. Barbara ellard clay is a very engaging medium barbara affirms enthusiastically when talking about her distinctive sculptured ceramics.

The works are as varied as utah s environment running the gamut from comedy to serious reflection on. Barbara ellard s art has included ceramics mosaics textiles paper making printmaking. She is currently focused on ceramics which include functional pieces and sculptures. Whereas raw clay is soft sensuous and malleable the fully fired completed piece is just as extreme in the.

Barbara ellard s striking ceramics by andrea wall. B arbara ellard has mastered the ability to combine simplicity of form with complexity of surface a fact that easily can be seen in her ceramics show organic geometry for this exhibition open at finch lane gallery until june 9 ellard has managed to create several pieces that are strikingly unique using alternative firing processes such as pit firing raku and saggar firing as new. Due to the coronavirus covid 19 health crisis events may be cancelled or postponed. She is currently focused on ceramics which include functional pieces and sculptures.

In her own words ceramics has been a creative pursuit since i was a teenager. 15 bytes alternative surfaces. My current clay work is a combination of wheel throwing and hand bui. Clay is a very engaging medium for her because of the contrast between the raw medium.

Innovations in clay kimball art center. Barbara ellard ceramics on view at the finch lane gallery ceramic artist barbara ellard combines wheel thrown and hand building techniques to create pieces that have mass and challenge the negative space around important. Soft sensuous and malleable and the finished fired piece is extreme. Ceramics monthly september 1999 dorothy bearnson.

An opening reception will be held on friday march 14 from 6 8 p m. G allery owner diane stewart conceived art behind the zion curtain as a challenge to artists with local ties to reflect on utah s social political and cultural issues. Fourteen painters sculptors and photographers responded with pieces on view at modern west fine art through may 13.