Brian Harper’s Blog

Just found this studio pic from the summer …

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Brian

Hello all.  This week I’ve been making working at the Logan Clay Products factory in Logan, OH with a group of 11 other artists.  This factory makes a clay sewer pipe and flue liners in a huge variety of shapes and sizes.  The factory (built in 1890) is really an incredible place to work ….

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I’ve been busy in the studio making some new work. So far this work is very different from my previous work, so it’s exciting and challenging at the same time. No finished images yet, just a few in progress shots and some video.  Here’s a couple images of the ceramic tubes I’m working [...]

Here’s a short video of me fixing some footprints (someone walked on the work during the exhibition). Before the footprints, I had originally sifted the material over the whole surface to create the texture for the work. In this video, you’ll also see me use a brush to feather out the edges of [...]

One of the graphic design students here, Kaitlin White designed this great poster for my show.

Well, the solo exhibition I had here at Indiana University came down a couple of weeks ago.  I was an exciting time for me because I’ve been working on this new work and expounding on some of my ideas, but up until now, I had not shown the work.  The turnout at the opening was [...]