International Museum of Print and Clay

Welcome to the Iinternational Museum of Print and Clay. This site is sponsored by Professor Les Lawrence of Grossmont College, and is intended as a resource for people interested in clay art using print and clay techniques. Please browse this site and contact us if you wish to have your work added, make comments or ask questions.

Artist Profiles
Here you will find profiles of artists including photographs of their works and resumes. To be included in this listing e-mail Les Lawrence. Include a short resume in word format and photographs of your work in jpeg or gif format. Each item should be a seperate attachment.

The Water Closet Workshop
The Water Closet Workshop is sponsored by Konstfack University College of Art, Department of Ceramics and Glass, Stockholm, Sweden and the Gustavsberg Sanitary Ware Ltd., Gustavsberg, Sweden. Fifteen international artists were invited to work at the Gustavsberg factory where the products in different stages of production were available to them for creating artworks.They worked for two weeks in the factory creating individual and collaborative works. The workshop ran from October 22 - November 4, 2000.

Publications
These are online publications on the subject of clay art using print and clay. If you know of any online sources you feel should be included here please e-mail Les Lawrence.

Techniquies
We have done our best to provide a step by step guide of how some tecniques are performed. We have also included photo instructions where we could. We hope this helps you to learn some new techniques.

Suppliers
In addition a list of suppliers to obtain materials is included for people interested in working in this medium. If you are a supplier of art materials that would be useful in print and clay techniques please e-mail Les Lawrence at les.lawrence@gcccd.net.

Hot off the Press
Please be sure to visit the Cumbrian artists group, A collecion of works from the exhibitation Hot Off The Press a Tullie House, Museum and Art Gallery touring exhibition. Partially funded by the Crafts Council and Northern Arts. This exhibit originated from Paul Scott's ceramics studio in the wilds of rural West Cumbria. The exhibition grew from his research for the book, Ceramics and Print, which is an important center of artistic heritage. Contact Paul Scott by e-mail at paulscott@appleonline.net