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Ceramics Artist Paul Dresang - Convo and Demo
Join Paul Dresang for an exclusive Visiting Artist demonstration and conversation on his long running ceramic practice and surreal techniques. Coffee and light pastries will be provided. Attendees should plan to bring a bagged lunch. Register here: https://www.craftalliance.org/directory/paul-dresang-demonstration/.
Paul Dresang is an American ceramics artist and retired Southern Illinois University Edwardsville professor. In his early ceramic work, Dresang produced fully functional vessels, an approach he abandoned once he started to work with porcelain in 1985. With this change, he began to explore the surreal images he could create with ceramics. He is known for sculpting teapots enclosed in “unzipped” ceramic “bags.” This motif emerged from the artist’s interest in the opposing ideas of constraint and breaking free. This theme later led him to incorporate other common objects such as children’s toys or household wares. Dresang focuses his work on everyday items because he hopes that they will evoke a memory or experience, providing viewers a personal connection to his sculptures.
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Website: https://go.evvnt.com/2981585-2
