A community environmental land art installation
ARTIST TALK
Pratt Museum
Thursday, March 19 | 6:00 pm
RAKU CLAY PIT FIRE
Bishop’s Beach, Homer (meet at the Pavilion)
Thursday, March 26 | 10:00 am – 6:00 pm*
INSTALLATION OPENING + COMMUNITY POTLUCK
Pratt Museum
Saturday March 28 | 1:00 pm
Who is the lead artist?
Rebecca Carlton, a fact engendered transdisciplinary environmental and social sculpture artist and a resident of Door County, Wisconsin. You can see her work here.
What if I have questions?
for Questions or to RSVP by March 16 contact Sharlene Cline at 907-299-7664 or clinehomer@gmail.com
We Need Your Help!!
If you’re interested, sign up for a 2-hour pit firing shift with Sharlene! 907-299-7664 or clinehomer@gmail.com
BRING A RAKU RELIEF SCULPTURE
Create an approximately 12”x12”x ½” raku clay slab sculpture that reflects something that is sacred to you about our Alaskan natural environment.
- Using a mold or newspaper armature, create a piece that is somewhat concave or convex
- Add bold textures and raised details visible from a distance
- Sign the back
- Make two holes at the top for hanging
- Bisque fire to cone 06
- Paint or sprinkle surface colorants such as iron oxide, cobalt carbonate, copper sulfate, dried coffee grounds, banana peels, seaweed, ground dry dog food, sugar, or rock salt on the surface of your work.
- Wrap clay sculpture in tinfoil, and using a permanent marker write “front” on the foil
REQUIRED CLAY BODY
Coleman Raku Grog available at Tacoma Art Center
Create a 12”x12”x ½” raku clay slab that answers: What is sacred about our Alaskan Coast?
- Add bold textures and raised details visible from a distance
- Drape clay over a mold or newspaper
- Sign the back
- Make two holes at the top for hanging
- Bisque at cone 6
- Add colorants such as iron oxide, cobalt carbonate, copper sulfate, dried coffee grounds, banana peels, seaweed, dry dog food, sugar, or rock salt
- Wrap sculpture and colorants in tinfoil and secure with wire for firing
*weather permitting
for Questions or to RSVP by March 16 contact
Sharlene Cline at 907-299-7664 or clinehomer@gmail.com
“The Climate Artists Collective is supported, in part, by a grant from the Alaska State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.”
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