New Website

After contemplating a new website for the past year or two, I have finally made the change. My old website is now defunct, and I have a newly designed one at   www.lucienkoonce.com   Please take a look at it and provide me with feedback if there are issues that make it difficult to view and navigate.

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Wood-Fired Ceramics: 100 Contemporary Artists

I have the privilege of being included in a forthcoming book, entitled "Wood-Fired Ceramics: 100 Contemporary Artists", which is scheduled for release this coming October, 2013. Authored by Amedeo Salamoni, with a foreward by Jack Troy, it is being published through Schiffer Publishing. Here is a link to additional information regarding the book: Wood-Fired Ceramics

Ireland

The three wood fired pieces shown below were selected for exhibition in the international Irish Ceramics Awards exhibition at Mill Cove Gallery, Castletownbere, County Cork, Ireland. This show runs June 2nd through June 30th, 2013.




Guinomi (Sake Cup)





Guinomi (Sake Cup)

 



Tokkuri (Sake Flask)

 

Clay National 2013

The wood fired piece shown below, "Bud Vase", was recently selected for exhibition in the Workhouse Art Center's 3^rd Annual Workhouse Clay National Ceramics Exhibition 2013. Juried by Virginia Scotchie, this exhibition of functional and sculptural ceramics will open on Wednesday, July 31st, and run through Sunday, September 8th. An opening reception will be held Saturday, August 3rd from 6 pm - 9 pm.

There were over 690 entries submitted, and only 56 selected.

The Workhouse Arts Center
9601 Ox Road
Lorton, VA. 22079
(703) 584-2900 tel.

The catalog for this exhibition, in Power Point format, can be viewed by clicking HERE

Bud Vase

Small Favors VIII

The piece shown below will be in Small Favors VIII, an exhibition being held at The Clay Studio, 139 N. Second Street, Philadelphia, PA., (215-925-3453). An invitational and juried exhibition of diminutive works, each piece exhibited is less than 4” length, 4” width, and 4” height. Ceramic sculptors Julie Moon and Michael Fujita, as well as potter Hiroe Hanazomo, were the jurors. This exhibition runs May 3rd - June 2nd, 2013. It can be viewed online by clicking here: Small Favors VIII


Red Shino Guinomi





 

Yunomi Invitational 2013

AKAR Gallery, located in Iowa City, Iowa, is hosting their 6th Annual Yunomi Invitational. The wood fired pieces shown below are my selections that will be included in this year's exhibition. It is an invitational that features 200 ceramicists, each providing 5 yunomi. Traditionally, a yunomi (Japanese) is a form of tea cup which is used in daily, or informal, tea drinking. AKAR hosts this show on-line, and the work can be viewed and purchased through their website. You have to be registered to "log in" for making purchases, but not to view the yunomi. This exhibition runs April 19 - May 17. On-line purchasing begins at 10:00 AM, CST, on the 19th (April). AKAR's web site is http://www.akardesign.com/




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Vessels Gallery, Boston, MA.

I delivered these wood fired pieces, shown below, into Boston recently, and they are available through Vessels Gallery, 71 Thayer Street (450 Harrison Avenue #71), Boston, MA 02118
Phone: 617.426.1950
Hours:
Wednesday-Saturday...11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Sunday...12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Tuesday by Appointment
email: rbt@vesselsgallery.com
Here is a link to my portdfolio page: Lucien Koonce




Guinomi (Sake Cup)

Guinomi (Sake Cup)

Guinomi (Sake Cup)



Guinomi (Sake Cup)



Guinomi (Sake Cup)



Tokkuri (Sake Flask)



Katakuchi (Cold Sake Pourer)



Chawan (Tea Bowl)



Sushi Plate



Incense Burner