In Tandem Gallery specializes in exceptional, functional, handmade ceramic art and studio pottery.
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Ok. I need everything that Kansas ceramicist Carol Long makes… but that peacock inspired lidded dish in the middle?? I can’t take my eye’s off of it. Everything about Carol’s work makes the ‘over the top’ phrase seem like an understatement - and it just warms my art-loving clay-adoring heart…I mean, COME ON! Her super-highly-decorated, Art Nouveau creations are just so very fanciful and dripping with color and organic to the max. And those embellishments on every square inch -superb!!
So peruse through and allow these gems to overtake your senses. You’ll thank me (and Carol Long) for it.
Featured Artist: Taylor Sijan
There is no way to express just how much I need to see something beautiful right now… and Taylor Sijan’s work hits that mark soooo spot on. Our very first show with Taylor was in 2019 when she was still a college student; but she had such an amazingly strong body of work that was incredibly high in quality that I was in complete awe of (honestly!)- and it sold out immediately… and her work has just kept evolving and getting even more lush in design and her glazing has softened and her colorations are even more cohesive, and I could go on and on and on.
So, thank you Taylor. My heart and soul really needed to be around your glorious pieces right now….And it’s helped immensely.
Recently, a dear dear friend/ceramics collector/philanthropist/and the most lovely human being you could ever know; out of the blue, sent us numerous boxes of work from her collection. She asked that we sell the pieces she sent and donate all the proceeds to our Bakersville non-profit to help w/ rebuilding our small and devastated town. Not only was this a huge delightful surprise but the pieces she sent were just FABULOUS! Just look at that Michael Simon tumbler, and that Mike Jabbur teapot!! And from the bottom of our hearts - thank you, you’re the absolute BEST💋!! So, please check out online this sweet show and as always - thank you for your support…
Awhile ago, I’d been asked to be a part of the Spruce Pine Potters Market this October. Unfortunately, the weather didn’t cooperate and the show got cancelled. So, this is part of what I was going to have on display there.
Some notes about it: I’ve always been fascinated with how adding soda to a kiln firing effects the clay and the texture and the colorations etc… And this is the results of what I’ve come up with. I mixed a total of 7 clay bodies; added 18 lbs. of soda; reduction cooled the firing; and couldn’t be more grateful for the help given by friends who helped and assisted (Melanie Risch & Jeff, John Britt, Ken & Cheryl Baskin, Val & Joe Schnaufer) and always, my wife Silvi!
So, right before Helene, we were given a bunch of work from an avid collector (with great taste I must say…). I always adore going through and re-homing these well loved gems. Hopefully, you’ll find something you love and get adopt! 💓
This is the work that stopped me in my tracks when I first came across it on Gooddirt_athens Instagram account. I contacted them a year or so ago to line up a show and was overwhelmed by their graciousness, talent, appreciation, humor, technical knowledge, and just everything you’d want in people you hope to be around constantly (Yep! definitely BFF material!). There is just soooooo much fantastic work here I can’t even begin to gush over it all in this newsletter. My hope is too have many many more shows of their work in the future - and to hang out with them regularly. 💓
Our last delivery, which was a couple of weeks ago, was of the work of Peter Karner! Talk about a treasure trove of gems!! His Mediterranean-inspired, patterned work with that glorious green copper patinated glaze is like silk and cashmere for the eyes. All online now.
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OUR JEWELRY CORNER
Val Schnaufer has such an amazing sense of design - combining natural elements to manipulated elements that she uses as a framing device; highlighting those small beautiful things we don’t normally consider. That’s how I see her jewelry - slightly austere and oh so precious. Plus, there is an endless amount of variations in every piece. Here’s a soda fired choker she recently made... A good friend and a super talented artist. 💋Enjoy!
A little update from Andy and Silvia
Just a quick update: Things are starting to get into a routine, even now: Silvia helps at our local donation center, I work on cutting up trees, working on construction projects, stuff like that. Area schools start up -but on a delay for the foreseeable future due to road damage -this week after a long hiatus (but because of the water issues - they’ll have bottled water, prepackaged meals, and PortaPotties). The vast majority of businesses are still closed but will slowly get back up and running and the roads are like a western dust storms when you drive on them. But slowly, tentatively, and in small things and areas things are starting to come back. All our best to you.
xoxo Silvi & me
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My wife Silvia and I have only been in the gallery business for just over five years now (plus two more years spent managing Crimson Laurel Gallery). It wasn’t something either of us had a background in or even considered when thinking about a career or starting a business, but like many things that happen in life, it just happened. (…)
