Today's Walk - Sea Eagles or Kites

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I haven't been able to identify this bird yet. I assumed it was a sea eagle, but my 

search in the Field Guide to the Birds of Australia wasn't successful yet. It was 

hovering over Whale Beach:

Stairway to Helsinki Heaven - VI

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All photos: Arkkitehtitoimisto Schulman Oy, Helsinki City Museum 2010.

Our Native Frangipani Doing Well This Year

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Native Frangipani (Hymenosporum flavum)

Photo Essay on Teju Cole's OPEN CITY

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Kurt Schranzer, Migrating Bird Dashed Against the Glass Dome of a Lighthouse
1994, Ink on paper, Esa Jaske Collection

Stairway to Helsinki Heaven - V

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All photos: Arkkitehtitoimisto Schulman Oy, Helsinki City Museum 2010.

Additions to Ceramics Collection II - Adam Knoche...

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Wood Fired Chawan by Adam Knoche, green ash on a red shino glazed surface, 6 cm high.

Wood Fired Teapot by Adam Knoche, yellow ash and dry shino lining, 22 cm high.

Adam Knoche

www.knocheclay.com

Adam Knoche:

"When I first started out in art I always wanted to be a painter. I always had the romanticized idea 

of making these megalithic paintings that would inspire ideas on what I was trying to convey 

through my art. But when I started studying at the college level I realized that I was a physical 

artist that had to use my hands in a tactile way. I had to feel what I was making and to embrace 

the material in a way that would represent the fluidity of design and the overall aesthetic I was 

trying to achieve. Once I took a ceramic class I fell in love with the idea of my touch being left in 

this piece of art forever. Being able to be sensitive enough to show a varying of marks and line 

but also to be confident in my physical, aggressive style of working with the clay. I have learned 

through experience to be bold in my mark making and to try to push the material to its limits, 

while keeping the piece from destruction. In correlation with form and texture I have also become 

engulfed in the idea of surface. I have become intrigued in the idea of controlling and altering 

atmosphere to create a unique and beautiful surface, one that is covered in a wide range of 

variation and complexity.

Hello my name is Adam Knoche. I am a studio potter living in Alton, Illinois home to the tallest 

man in the world. I make my work on a kick wheel which I built shortly after graduating from 

school. I have a Bachelors degree of Fine Art in Ceramics which was earned from Ball State 

University under the teaching of Ted Neal. I will be attending Graduate school in the fall for my 

Masters in Fine Art. I have lived in Illinois, Montana, and Indiana. I make work that is minimal in 

form but contains a rich and lively surface. My work is mainly fired atmospherically but I do enjoy 

firing in many other kilns. Hobbies of mine include, hiking, camping, fishing, playing guitar and 

ukulele  and gardening."

Stairway to Helsinki Heaven - IV

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All photos: Arkkitehtitoimisto Schulman Oy, Helsinki City Museum 2010.