Size Matters at Packer Schopf

I have a piece in a group show at Packer-Schopf gallery in Chicago. Pictures of the show are available at Packer-Schopf’s web site here. Here’s a detail of the full piece, Tumblestack V. You may have noticed this looks familiar. The idea behind the “tumblestack” piece is that it grows and morphs every time it [...]

Tumblestack V to be installed at Packer-Schopf Gallery

Location:     942 W Lake St, Chicago, IL
http://www.packergallery.com/
Artists’ Reception:          Friday, July 10  5 – 8 PM
Exhibition dates:         July 10 – August 15
Gallery Hours:             Tuesday – Saturday 11:00AM – 5:30PM
If you are going to be in the greater Chicago area this summer, please come on into the West Loop [...]

Abstraction in Character

Here’s some photos from a show I’m in at the Gallery at Carillon in Charlotte, NC.
Exhibition Dates: October 19 – January 16, 2009
Participating Artists:
Jill Allen, Portland, Oregon
David Hooker, Wheaton, Illinois
Paul Matheny, Rock Hill, South Carolina
Doug McAbee, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Philip Morseberger, Augusta, Georgia
Here’s a review of the exhibition from The Charlotte Observer.

What I Did on My Summer Vacation…

It is with a heavy sigh that I have to admit that summer is rapidly coming to it’s official end. I have just over a week and a half left before classes start, and I have a TON of work left to get ready for them, which m
eans I’m going to have to say goodbye [...]

May 12th: Cone Head Businessman and Death Cart with Deer and Bosch Demon

Cone Head Businessman and Death Cart with Deer and Bosch Demon
Originally uploaded by Mo Coffee
Well, I decided to allow maquettes to count for my “Art a Day in May”. There are basically two reasons for this: 1) I REALLY wanted to get back into clay, and 2) You can’t make a clay piece from start [...]

Visit Mo’ Coffee’s Art Cafe

Well, after much ado, it’s finally up and running! It’s a modest beginning, but it’s a beginning. Lainey and I have been working hard to get things going. Thanks for your prayers and patience! Our goal in this venture is two-fold: to spread the joy of handmade everyday objects (handmade objects remind us of our [...]

ok, You marketing savvy people out there…

I need some help out there in bloggy-land.
I am opening up a an online store at ETSY.com this week with the help of my sweet baboo, and I need a snappy name for my shop.
The name will be it’s online identity, as in name.etsy.com.
The basic premise of the store is this: handmade artworks (primarily pottery, [...]

The smoke you smell…

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Originally uploaded by mo_coffee2003
…is coming from my head.
So much is happening, artwork-wise, that it’ll take me a month to get y’all up to date. Lots of new ideas spilling out faster than I can document them. Here’s a sneak peak of some platters I am working on.

A look at the process. Under this [...]

Artist(s) of the Week: Peter Lenzo and Michel Bayne

Many of you who know me already know Peter. Michel is another potter in South Carolina- a great guy who took his first pottery class as an adult, got hooked, and quit his job to pursue it full time. He is a force.
Peter’s health has been failing him for a while now. He has a [...]

Stilleven at North Park U

After the Prize.
Salt-fumed stoneware and terra sigilatta.
2004

For those who are in the Chicago area, I’ve got some work in a group show called STILLEVEN at Carlson Tower Gallery at NorthPark University. The show is all riffing on the idea of the still life. Also in the show are Megan Foldenauer (a lovely scroll-like [...]