Please Join us to celebrate Durham artists and durham families as we give a portion of the proceeds to durham crisis response center.

EMily COX, CERAMICS & JIM LEE, PHOTOGraphy

trish welsh, pottery & Nancy reynolds, glass

Edie Cohn, Painting & Beth Hammett, Jewelry 

A MOTHER'S DAY ART SHOW  

Friday, May 8, 5-8 pm Reception with the Artists.

Saturday, May 9, 10am- 5pm, Open to the Public. 

Six artists showing together at Garrett Farms Clubhouse, 3715 Cottonwood Dr., not far from 15-501/Garrett Rd. Follow the signs.

 



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My work in the news: Thank you Ms. Meyer of the Durham News and Observer Arts Section, who wrote about my piece, Never Give up in April, 2014.

 “I always hope that my art has a contemplative effect,” Cox said. “I want people to embrace their own ability to experiment in life with their voice.”

That serendipity appeals to her. ##

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 "Never Give Up," 6" x 12" Raku Fat White Glaze

 Fall 2014 I Bid A Sad Farewell to Pleiades Gallery

April 2013-Nov. 2014:

 I was a proud founding member of Pleiades Gallery with nine Durham area artists. Jim Lee, Photographer, Sandra Elliott, Saba Chaudry, Calvin Brett and Kim Wheaton, Painters. Renee Leverty, Metal and Jena Matzen, Jeweler Extraordinaire. Missing from the photo Jim Adams, Sculptor and Darius Quarles, Painter.

 

 Never Give Up, hot out of the Raku ashes, April 2014.

This photo shows "Never Give Up" covered in smoke, before it is scrubbed and mounted onto a wood base.

Ms. Meyer, Durham N & O, continues: Sculptor Emily Cox loved making classical figurative sculpture but was disconcerted by people’s fixations on body image. After a hiatus from making art, Cox went to Claymakers in Durham “to find a way to marry figure sculpture with something more abstract.”

She succeeded. Her clay, figurative female pieces in the show, made using the ancient process of raku firing she learned at Claymakers, are stunning. “You may not even know why you are attracted to a piece, but my designs are aimed at taking away all psychological distractions, hopefully,” Cox said.

“Never Give Up,” a large, clay piece Cox named after her family’s motto, appears carved from alabaster.“ The special thing about raku is that when pieces have been glazed and are in the kiln, they are removed when the kiln reaches its peak heat,” she explained. “Normally, you don’t mess with the fire at its peak heat as it messes up the glaze.” 

Once she takes her work out of the kiln, Cox puts each piece in a can filled with newspapers, which catch fire from the piece’s heat. Much about the raku process is uncontrollable. Cox said, “There are many wonderful, mysterious factors. All you can do is hope.”

When Cox pulled “Never Give Up” from the can, her gloves caught on fire so she set it on the ground. "The back has a surprising texture, she said, as grass and pine needles became incorporated in the glaze."