John Olsen and Me: A Collaboration
by Peter WIlsonOver the later stages of his life and career, I worked with John Olsen in a joint investigation of the dialogue between art and ceramics. It was a rich, if rather complicated, collaboration. In this a…
East-West Cultural Fusion
It was the first time China has held an international exhibition of contemporary ceramic art of such high profile. In the context of the blending and interaction of civilization, as globalization deep…
Mission Impossible: Intonation – International Clay Symposium
The Deidesheim Symposium is unusual; uncommonly private, personal, international, small and familiar. Terms which seem to be contradictory but successfully give a description of what it is. Every year…
The Cairn Project: Healing Through Clay
by Victor CassidyI just started working with the clay, and then I saw it was becoming a protective angel,” says John, a Vietnam War veteran who struggles long after war’s end to come to terms with his battlefield expe…
