270: Matt Wedel on keeping up with the speed of his imagination

Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an
interview with Matt Wedel. He uses a gestural sculpting style and
vibrant glazes to create large-scale works around the themes of
the figure, landscape, and what he calls “Flower Trees”. In the
interview we talk about keeping up with the speed of his
imagination, understanding color and surface, and the place of
ceramics in the art world. To see examples of his work visit
www.mattwedel.com or www.lalouver.com.


 


Hey Red Clay Rambler fans, in the lead up to this year’s NCECA
conference in Minneapolis I want to mention a few events that
will be happening. The first is Penelope Van Grinsven’s
Reprocessing Project. She will be in the project space March
27th-29th smashing ceramic pieces that participants bring to the
conference. She says of the project, “I think there will be
something beautiful and unnerving about ceramists breaking their
pieces together in one space. Reprocessing will take a private
activity that we all engage in and make it public.” In exchange
for one piece, each participant will receive a postcard that
contains a few shards from the project in a small plastic
container. For more information on Penelope visit
www.penelopevangrinsven.com.