emily cox untamed clay
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Emily Cox
Garrett Farms Clubhouse
3715 Cottonwood Dr.
Durham, NC 27705
ph: 919.414.0580
emilycox
Emily Cox works with fire to create romantic vases, sculptures and wall-hangings. Her ceramic work captures the movement and textures of the wildlife, wind and water of the Louisiana and North Carolina wetlands. Her raku-firing process infuses dark smoke into glowing, 1750-degree-clay. Each piece is sculpted, etched, carved, and painted with layers of textures and glazes-- often reds, turquoise, greens and golds reminiscent of light behind her home on New Hope Creek in Durham.
In 2006 while on hiatus from my psychotherapy career, I worked on an amazing public art project with a dual focus: mounting Georges Rousse's installations in deteriorating warehouses and revitalizing community involvement in downtown Durham. To learn more:
http://www.bendingspacethefilm.com/
1966: Born & raised in L.C., Louisiana
1988: B.A. Loyola University, New Orleans (Public Relations/French)
1988-91: Public Relations French Cultural Services, French Consulate
1991-93: Apprentice to Director, Ya/Ya, Inc. & Young Artists’ Mentor
1990-1993: New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts (Figure Sculpture/Drawing)
1993-1995: Carrboro Elem. School (teaching asst./social work intern)
1995-97: M.S.W. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
1996: Begin raising two children near New Hope Creek in Durham, NC
1997-2004: Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Psychotherapist
2004--: Claymakers student, figurative-landscape theme exploration
2006: Georges Rousse-Durham public art project site captain/translator
2008--2010: Co-president, ClayWorks Guild
Liberty Warehouse, Durham
Georges Rousse, Artist
Thanks :)
Art-critics-in-residence
Healey and Marie Cox-McMahon
Timothy McMahon
A slice of my family's backyard in Louisiana. My Lil Burn, the cypress swamp.
All ceramic work must be fired once to burn the water out of the clay. The Raku process begins AFTER this first firing.
Raku firing is open-air and the kiln is made using a delicate fire blanket, so we cannot fire in the rain.
When Raku work reaches peak temperature, we use gloves and tongs to transfer each piece into a pit of paper. Choreography is key.
Lil Burn Tile Series, 23" wall hanging
The ancient Japanese Raku-firing process
infuses dark smoke into the glowing 1750-degree-clay and crackles through the glaze of Raku surfaces.
emilycox@untamedclay.com 919.414.0580
Emily Cox
Garrett Farms Clubhouse
3715 Cottonwood Dr.
Durham, NC 27705
ph: 919.414.0580
emilycox