October 20, 2020 - July 31, 2021
Hand-built showcases works made partially or entirely off of the potter’s wheel. Often, when thinking of ceramic art and craft, the first thing that comes to mind is pottery: functional wheel-thrown vessels. Hand-building with clay has the ability to break that notion and push the limits of the medium. Looking at work made out of the round (not on a potter’s wheel)—with paper thin slabs, monolithic slabs, trompe l’oeil, and so forth—one can really begin to see the limitlessness of the material.
In this exhibition, Les Lawrence’s teapot and Bowl for One Apple by Patricia Gordon speak to the weightlessness that clay can achieve or appear to achieve. Lindsay Oesterritter’s Blade Vase and Randy Johnston's Long Boat Form bring into question the display of food and flowers out of the round. Then there is Brad Schwieger’s Black House Structure, a monolithic slab-built structure that begs to be walked around. Hand-built represents many of the construction and assembly methods used when working off of the wheel. Ideally, it will also showcase the wide array of forms attainable when not restricted by the potter’s wheel.
Josh Scott is a third-year ceramics graduate student. He is currently teaching Intermediate Hand-building at USU, a class which focuses on construction techniques that don’t require a potter’s wheel.
FREE admission
Suggested donation: $5.00
We are now limiting Museum attendance to 25 visitors at a time and require reservations.
*The Museum will be closed November 24 – November 28 for the holiday.
Phone: 435.797.0163
Email: nehma@usu.edu
2020/10/20 - 2021/07/31
Additional time info:
Tuesday - Thursday: 10am - 5pm
Friday: 10am - 7pm
Saturday: 10am - 3pm
Closed Sunday - Monday
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art
650 North 1100 East, Logan, UT 84322
NEHMA has a limited number of free parking spaces located just north of the Performance Hall. Please park in stalls labeled "Museum Visitor" and notify visitor services upon your arrival. See the map below for additional parking options and note that USU lots are strictly enforced until 5PM. With few exceptions, USU lots are generally open to all on weekends. Public Transportation: ride Cache Valley Transit routes 1, 4 or CVN to visit NEHMA. Use the Fine Arts stop (eastbound) or Richards Hall (westbound) on E 700 N and walk toward the Performance Hall. Visit www.cvtdbus.org for more information.