Jack Earl Ceramics

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Jack earl ceramics.

Many of earl s works follow down to earth bill through his surreal adventures in rural america. Bill is sculpted into diorama like backgrounds painted with landscapes or domestic settings. In the mid 1960 s jack earl was introduced to the world of european figurative ceramics through illustrated books in the toledo museum of art s library an art education and ceramics teacher at the museum he was particularly attracted by the watteau like painted porcelain figurines manufactured at meissen during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The ceramic sculpture of jack earl.

It is interesting that whenever the figurative sculpture created by jack earl are critiqued in books and professional journals the writers can not help but employ humor and a homespun vocabulary. Museum of contemporary crafts of the american crafts council 1971. The ceramic artist jack earl is featured in jack earl. This literally speaks volumes about what jack earl contributes to the fine arts world.

Asu tel 313 making a ceramics piece using jack earl s as a reference. Jack earl hand builds figurative ceramic sculptures based on personal narratives. We specialize in three dimensional contemporary art including glass ceramics wood fiber mixed media and art jewelry. Jack earl i wasn t always who i am ceramic 14 5x7 5x9 5 in right.

Jack earl born august 2 1934 in uniopolis ohio is an american ceramic artist and former teacher known for drawing inspiration from his home state of ohio to create rural pieces with meticulous craftsmanship and astute details to where you could smell the air hear the silence and swat the flies although his works hint at highly personal intellectual and narrative themes in an. Earl who lives and works in lakeview ohio has produced ceramic works for over fifty years finding inspiration in pop culture art history and his father in law bill as seen below in ohio smoke beautiful 1983. He was named an honorary member of the national council on education for the ceramic arts in 1990 and in 1997 a fellow of the american craft council. The retrospective is robust with porcelain portraits.

The kansas city art institute 1989. Jack earl 56 2013 professional achievement award. Jack earl teapot the sun shines ceramic 12x8 5x9 in. Earl has been described as having a heightened visual sense a variation on a similar earlier observation.

The ceramic sculpture of jack earl. Jack earl ceramics january 13 march 30 2000. John michael kohler arts center 1987. Porcelains by jack earl.