Slab building extraordinarily tall vases
July 19, 2006 by eric · Leave a Comment
I was able to tape another session with Ken Jacobsen at the Visual ARTS center. Today is the third shoot of the slab building process he uses for his tall vases. A single vase can take around 20 hours to construct. Ken has developed a unique set of techniques. By shooting a little footage each day during the creation of one vase I hope to show how amazing this process is.
Raku:Playing with fire
July 18, 2006 by eric · Leave a Comment
I had fun shooting video of Jon Lovejoy at his home studio and his class at the VAC. Raku is video friendly. The finishing movement in raku, American -style raku, is a “reduction process” involving glowing hot pots, garbage cans and roaring paper fires.
Friends of The Visual Arts Presents “VAC Artist Profiles”
July 17, 2006 by eric · Leave a Comment
Production work has begun on a series of short videos for the Friends of the Visual Arts about artists at the Salem Art Asssociation’s Visual ARTS Center in Salem, Oregon. I will start shooting video of artist Ken Jacobsen building one of his signature tall vases today. Shooting will continue everyday this week through Thursday. Four 20 minute videos will be made initially, each featuring a different VAC artist. Shooting will continue everyday this week through Thursday. Tuesday, I will video tape raku artist and VAC instructor Jon Lovejoy.
