Liz CrainPalo Alto Clay & Glass Festival 2013

Lan GaoARTS 18ASummer 2013

Liz Crain

My friend and I had an

argument outside of her booth:

”are these ceramic work for

real?”

And Yes! they are. So I stopped

and interviewed her.

Liz was born in Newport News,

VA, but became a lifelong

Californian at the age of five.

She has lived in both the San

Fernando and Santa Clara

(Silicon Valleys), and currently

lives a half mile from the

Monterey Bay in Capitola.

Type of Work

Liz creates colorful hand

formed vessels and

sculptures. Her pieces

often end up as both

sculptural interpretations

and usable functional

vessels (or cans).

Many of her works

contain expressive

shapes, trompe l’oeil

surfaces and playful

narratives.

Treatment

Liz applies many different surface

treatments, she specially favors

primitive, distressed and matte

finishes.

The exterior of vessels and

sculptures are finished in

underglazes, oxides, & washes,

with metallic and other glazes

as needed for “the look.”

Use food safe interior glazes

on the vessels (cans) and all

the lids are removable.

Inspiration

Dad’s Gas Can!

“The current direction for my

ceramic artwork is inspired by the

marvelous forms and surfaces of

vintage containers, whose aged

appearances evoke imagined

narratives from their working and

playing lives.

Whatever the container’s original

purpose, the design, use, misuse

an discarding of each of them is a

unique story arc of industry,

entropy and survival which I try to

express.”

A bad day in the studioEverything is changeable, so…Learn to open up & move on (working on

another project)

Other than CeramicsPainting, Color Pencil, 2D art

2D portrait of her son, Max

“A lot to love, taste changes”

…“Ok, here is one…

Julia Feld

Her painting on clay is incredible!

her booth is just right side of mine, not far from my booth. You should go visiting next.”

And I did! ^.^

Favorite Ceramic Artist

Julia Feld’s work

Patient;

Think outside of the box;

Never quit learning;

And how to fix problem!

What Ceramic taught you in life?

Blog: LizCrainCeramics.com

Facebook: LizCrainCeramicart

Pinterest: LizCrainCeramic

Etsy Shop:LizCrainceramics

Websites

Many Hands Gallery

510 Bay Avenue, 

Capitola, CA 95010

(831) 475-2500

Palo Alto Art Center Gallery Shop

1313 Newell Road,

Palo Alto, CA 94303

(650) 329-2366

Galeries

Second Annual Clay and GlassJuly 3–August 25, 2013

Healdsburg Center for the Arts

130 Plaza St.

Healdsburg, CA

(707) 431-1970

Sculpture Is: 2013

July 1–October 31, 2013

Sierra Azul Nursery-Garden

2660 E. Lake Ave.

Watsonville, CA

Upcoming ShowsAssociation of Clay and Glass Artists/Richmond Art Center Annual Members’ ShowJuly 15–August 23, 2013Richmond Art Center2540 Barrett Ave. Richmond, CA

Best of Show: Fur, Flippers, Feathers & FuzzJune 26–August 4, 2013Pajaro Valley Arts Council Gallery37 Sudden St.Watsonville, CA

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