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Grand Valley Ceramics Forum

10/29/2014

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Recently, Kent State University was invited to participate in Grand Valley State University's Ceramics Forum.  I was honored to represent Kent State.  Also in attendance were fellow graduate students from Alfred University, Cranbrook Academy of Art, School of the Art Institute Chicago, and University of Tennessee, Knoxville.  Hoon Lee is the Ceramics Program Coordinator and Sean Larson is the Technician.  We were welcomed by the students of Grand Valley State as we looked over and critiqued their work.  I can only speak for myself, but I'm sure the consensus was that all the invited visitors enjoyed what the Grand Valley students were producing.  I am most impressed with the thinking of how their work fits into the conversation of contemporary art and the resolve in finding their voice through the process of ceramics.  The Ceramics Forum at Grand Valley State University is becoming an established Conference connecting students and inspiring the ceramic arts.  I am excited to see who will be in attendance next year! 

Grand Valley's Ceramics Page
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Niche Awards

11/14/2013

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I am honored to have one of my soda bottles accepted as a finalist in the Niche Magazine Students Awards.  Looks like this little guy is headed from Kent, Ohio to the Philadelphia buyers market January 2014.  Here are some urls about the awards:

Niche Awards
Functional Ceramics Catagory
Niche Magazine
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July Sale

6/29/2013

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I think it's that time again, and this will be one of the last times in a long while I'll be having a studio sale in lovely Portland OR.  I'll be moving to Kent, Ohio in August to attend the graduate program at Kent State University.  So please come out for a visit... of course there will be little bites, coffee, tea, and always good vibes.  It's been real Portland!

Here's the link to the event page:
Zachary Wollert Pottery Studio Sale
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New Business Cards!

6/25/2013

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I decided to update my business cards to represent my current body of work.  I have them placed on the right column on this news blog.  The best thing about them is that they are available for download and can be sent by text, email, or whatever crazy technological way these smart phones are doing these days.  Go ahead and take one or all, of course I'd be happy to send one your way, just let me know...text or email.  By the way, I believe I'll be having a home studio sale soon so be on the lookout for a flyer.  Cheers everyone! :)
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The Tin Man's Hands

6/24/2013

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I'm proud to have fired with the potters and crew at Careen Stoll's Tinman kiln located in Portland, Oregon.  The conversations among the group has lead to a community site for participants whom have fired the kiln.  The website features Careen's philosophy of sustainability and how that relates to the ceramics world today.  I've learned much from firing with Careen and the ceramists whom work the Tinman as well.  I'd like to introduce the newly published "Tin Man's Hand's" website:
www.tinmanshands.org


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Mud Sweat & Cheer Holiday Show and Sale

11/21/2012

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Holiday greetings everyone!  I hope people have had a great fall and are looking forward to winter.  I'll be showing work at the Mud Sweat & Cheer sale, this is a local artist and craftsman sale in Portland Oregon on 922 sw Yamhil.  With around 50 people participating in the show there will be plenty of things to admire: paintings, jewelry, pictures, and tons of ceramic.  Stop by for a look see, I promise no one will be disapointed!
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Studio Sale

10/12/2012

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Hello every body!  I will be opening my home to sell my ceramic productions of tumblers, cups, bowls, plates, and vases, which will be priced between $20 to $150 range. 

Open hours will be 12pm to 8pm, Friday Nov. 16 and Saturday Nov. 17

This event is open to all so please feel free to invite, drag, pummel, or kidnap a companion for a look see at my products and perhaps a conversation.  Here is a link to the event for further info:


Wollert Ceramics Sale

-Zach-
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New "Slides" Page!!!

6/26/2012

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With all the pictures I've been accumulating, I thought it would be a great idea to put them some place where people can view them in a larger format than on this blog.  I placed them on the first page link labeled "Statments/Galleries."  I will keep a couple slide shows on this page, perhaps more current pictures with older ones... I guess we'll see what develops.  I hope you all enjoy viewing the show!  Here is the page link: Slides
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hikarigama

6/17/2012

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Light and Dark, Night and Day.  These two pictures show the extreme characteristics of Hiroshi Ogawa's Hikarigama kiln: loud and powerful; soft and subtle.  Surprisingly, they compliment each other.  It would seem that one would war with the other, causing problems and mischief of sorts, but unlike the real Jekyll and Hyde, these opposites work together, achieving a balance, much like the swing of a pendulum.  When one force reaches it's maximum expenditure of energy, the kiln naturally swings into the direction of it's opposite; one feeding the other, as one breathes in the other breathes out till there is no more energy from it's potter friends feeding the kiln's appetite of stoking wood.  Then, at the end, there is a lull to sleep of a quiet giant, and it rests till the next time the pendulum swings.
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The Door

6/11/2012

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Doors bring us home, protect us, they give a sense of comfort from the outside, the unknown, and can take us on a journey.  "When one door closes... another one opens...": a common saying.  I imagine a transformation; a decision coupled with action left open to the interpretation of chance, an end result not necessarily the desired result.  Most important to me are the decision and the action taken to participate in this transformation, finding enjoyment and surprise in an unknown result.

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