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Lynn Haven, FL, United States
Tammy received her Master of Fine Arts degree in Ceramics from the University of Florida. Currently she is an Associate Professor at Gulf Coast State College. Tammy has also taught at the University of Florida in Gainsville, and abroad at Golden Bridge Pottery in Pondicherry, India, and at the Skopelos Art Foundation in Skopelos, Greece. In addition to maintaining an active teaching schedule, Tammy is a working studio Artist. Her works can be seen at Pendland Gallery, NC, Florida Craftsman, FL, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, OR, Iota Gallery, TX and at Lillstreet Art Center, IL. Tammy resides in Panama City, Florida with her husband Pavel Amromin and two children Pearl and Ari.

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Ceramics I at the Skopelos Art Foundation



I spent the first five weeks of the summer teaching Ceramics I. This class was different than a traditional Ceramics I class as three weeks of the course were taught in Greece. I've developed the class a few years back and am delighted that is has gone so well for the past two years.  If anyone is interested, yes I am planning on going back in 2013.  The Class started off in Panama City Fl at Gulf Coast State College for a two week prep course in hand building, and a brief introduction to Ancient Greek pottery, after a short break the class flew to Athens to visit historical sites. After a three-day stay  in Athens we traveled five hours north via bus and flying Cat to the island of Skopelos. The island is home to the Skopelos Art Foundation, a wonderful facility that offers artist residences, classes and workshops in multiple mediums. The Owner Gloria Carr and her daughter Jill Somer run the facility and do a wonderful job hosting students. I started off as a student myself ten years ago and have been back to the facility numerous times since then in every capacity imaginable. The island is small and quaint. The locals are kind and generous, and there isn’t a bad view for any vantage point on the island. 

Images form "The Skopart Foundation"


















A view from the studio

















Students hard at work
















We made a sign for the Foundation!














Opening a Kiln














We tired them out ! Yes they are wearing PJ'S and sleeping on tables














Closing Ceramony




















Images from Greece








Picks from Workshop


Hey All,
Just wanted to pass some images from the workshop listed below. Lots of fun, our friend Beau Raymond was an awesome host.  Got to visit The Roswell Clay Center, great environment, people, and impressive ceramic works. Pavel and I worked side-by-side witch I think is great for participants, because we work so differently. I always joke that there is an imaginary line down the middle of our studio at home because Pavel works with porcelain and I work with a nice rust colored terra-cotta. You can almost see the line in this image!!! Pavel showed participates how to make a mold using plaster and I build a pillow person.  We had a great time and as always learned new things ourselves. Happy Making!







Check out the following links
Beau Raymond http://www.beauraymondclay.com/
Pavel Amromin  http://pavelamromin.com
The Roswell Clay Center :http://www.roswellclaycollective.com/
Johns Creek Art Center http://johnscreekarts.org/



 

Artist Workshop - Join US

My Husband Pavel and I are giving a work shop in a few weekends  in Atlanta. Come join us for the afternoon. Pavel will demo his mold making skills, while I'll show you how to make fun funkie forms.

Collaboration - A-ha moment, we fall in love fast!

Me and UP
Lately, I've been interested in the idea of collaborations.  Some of this was sparked at a hands on ceramic workshop that I gave recently. I  thought it would be interesting to ask participates to trade work with one another during the processes of making. I was not interested in the idea of the participant giving up ownership of ones work, but rather having the makers respond to what was in front of them and taking it from there. Perhaps, I thought, this would make the individual see something from a new perspective. Unfortunately this wasn't the most well received idea.  What I observed is that after only twenty minutes of working on an object folks were attached to their project, and few would trade. So my general observation is that we all fall in love fast with our hand made objects, and that we are all saps! Even though I still think there is value to this idea, and I will try it in future workshop settings, what it made me realize is that I really was searching for that interaction and collaboration with other folks. I needed to step outside my comfort zone and make something fun and fresh.

UP's first drawing -book #1


A few years back, I made a bunch of small hand made books and never used them. The books are  pocket size 4 inches by 4 inches, small and intimate. Simple with black cloth cover, all hand bond. Last Christmas, I gave one to my Uncle Paul affectionately called UP.  I grew up with drawings from UP in my home, so it was a natural place to start. He and I have had fun reacting to each other's work. He completes a page or two and then we mail them back and forth, responding to the marks, images or colors. This past year I have given an additional ten books out and only one other has come back to me, I'm excited to start on it.  If anyone is interested in collaborating please let me know and I'll send you a book.


My Response - Gazing Mermen -book #1





Honey Badger Don't Care - UP on left- me on right

New Work

Video


Here is the video that was shot last winter at "Funkie Fired Arts" in OH. I had a good time giving the workshop, however I thought, I would pee myself before the video was shot. Jennifer was really nice and helped me look into the right camera! Here is what she wrote and shot.

Pottery Video of the Week: How to Make Gestural Sculptural Pottery Using Soft Slabs
Tammy Marinuzzi is a people watcher. She observes body language and facial expressions and uses it as inspiration for her functional, yet also distinctly sculptural, pots. Sometimes cute, sometimes unsettling, these little "guys" expose and celebrate human imperfections.

I met Tammy earlier this year at the Potters Council Surface + Form workshop and had the pleasure of watching her work (and I just happened to catch it on film!). I was so impressed by her relaxed way of working and how she lets these little creatures evolve as they are being formed rather than starting out with a set plan.

There was so much good stuff in her process that I couldn't quite condense it down to one video, so today I will show you part one. Tune in next week for part two! -  Jennifer Harnetty, editor.

Check out the video here!

 

Pottery Video of the Week: How to Make Gestural Sculptural Pottery Using Soft Slabs - Part Two

by Tammy Marinuzzi 
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Last Friday, I posted a video filmed at a Potters Council conference earlier this year. In the video, Tammy Marinuzzi demonstrated her handbuilding techniques for her figurative functional pottery. I couldn’t quite condense it down to one video, so I had to split it up into two parts.

Today, I am sharing part two. In this segment, Tammy shows us how she makes the lids for her lidded jars, and how she adds life to the work by adding expressive eyes, noses, and mouths. - Jennifer Harnetty, editor.

Pottery Video: Gestural Handbuilt Jars pt II - YouTube

Working together to form a community

Reconfigure at GCCC

Panama City, FL - The Visual & Performing Arts Division of Gulf Coast Community College is proud to present “Reconfigure” starting March 11, 2011. The art exhibit features painting, drawings, photographs and sculpture exploring the human form by Pavel Amromin, Rory Coyne, Jill Foote-Hutton, Katherine Gallagher, Shawn Gallagher, Magda Gluszek, Morgan Kendall, Kim Luther, and Tammy Marinuzzi. Artists Pavel Amromin, Tammy Marinuzzi and Magda Gluszek will also be giving a demonstration/lecture on their individual sculpting techniques in clay on March 11 from The demonstration will be held at GCCC in the Amelia Tapper Center, room 128.  It is free and open to the public.

The artists selected for “Reconfigure” demonstrate a broad range of interpretations of the human form in both two and three dimensions. Approaches to this subject matter include a range from realistic, stylized, abstract to anthropomorphized forms. Pavel Amromin, Tammy Marinuzzi and Magda Gluszek are all instructors in the Division of Visual and Performing Arts at Gulf Coast Community College. They each hold Masters of Fine Arts degrees in Ceramics from the University of Florida. Pavel Amromin creates narrative porcelain vignettes examining issues of war and the boy soldier. He uses a combination of press-mold and sculpting methods. Tammy Marinuzzi makes functional forms illustrating her observations of the various people and personalities that she encounters in daily life. She constructs her forms with soft slabs and decorates with a combination of colorful slips and glazes. Magda Gluszek sculpts female figures investigating ideas about identity and appearance through performative poses. She sculpts her forms as a solid mass and hollows them before firing and decorating with ceramic and mixed media surfaces. Amromin, Marinuzzi and Gluszek will demonstrate their individual techniques and talk about what motivates and inspires them to create.

The art exhibit will open the evening of March 11, with a reception from “Reconfigure” will be on display in the Amelia Center Main Gallery (Room 112) until April 15, 2011. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from

If you have any questions or would like to visit the gallery, please contact Tammy Marinuzzi at tmarinuzzi@gulfcoast.edu or call 769-1551 ext. 2890.

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