3-D Clay Printing Lecture and Demonstration
September 14 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Ellen Schön will give a lecture and demonstration discussing her journey from creating hand-made ceramics to 3D clay printing.
This event is offered in conjunction with the Manship Artists Residency show, Heavenly Earth.
Suggested donation: $20.
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Ellen Schön Brief Biography
Ellen Schön recently retired as Adjunct Professor in Fine Arts at Lesley University College of Art and Design in Cambridge, MA, where she taught ceramics and 3-D courses there since 2002.
Schön earned a BA from Marlboro College (Ceramics and Perceptual Psychology) and an MFA in Ceramics from Boston University’s Program in Artisanry.
Schön has organized and co-curated interdisciplinary, thematic group exhibitions in non-profit venues in the Boston area and abroad.
A member of the European Artists Association, her interest in international artist collaboration and exchange has led her to travel extensively, participating in international artist symposia/residencies in Denmark, Finland, Croatia, Hungary, Turkey, Israel, Germany, and Malaysia.
Schön won The Brother Thomas Fellowship Award and The Artist Foundation Fellowship from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities. She was an Artist Fellow at the St. Botolph
Club and is a member of the Boston Sculptors Gallery. Schön’s ceramic sculpture is held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Fuller Craft Museum in
Brockton, MA.
Ellen Schön Artist Statement
Inspired by diverse cultural traditions, my recent ceramic work investigates 3D clay-printed vessels and totems, alluding to both mathematical symmetries and to the human figure. I employ a variety of 3D modeling software, primarily Blender, Tinkercad, and Rhino.
There is an interesting tension between control in designing on the computer and chance in the printing of clay. Using this new technology has stimulated discovery, expanding possibilities of
scale and the ability to create more complex ceramic forms. My intention is what it always has been–to create unique, personal forms which resonate, whether they are functional,
metaphorical, or somewhere in between.
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