John Wayne Orange County Airport (JWA) exhibit

 Friday, August 12, 2022, I just got several pieces installed at the John Wayne/ Orange County airport.  The display will be up through March of 2023. 

The display is at Gate 14, upstairs on the 2nd floor in the departure concourse between Terminals B & C. So, if you are flying in or out of JWA, take a little time and visit the exhibit. 

These are pieces from my "Vegetable Series". They are made of low fire earthenware, with low fire glaze and metallic luster. The forms are cast from original paster molds that I have made from existing natural forms (like bell peppers, gourds, squash) and completed with wheel-thrown and hand-built elements. Decoration is free hand painting, and it takes a minimum of three kiln firings, or more, to complete the pieces. 

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Randy Au- Long-time Santa Ana Ceramicist and Arts Instructor
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*For the next few months, we will be sharing the Artists Village banner artists and their work! Flying Cup Clay studio, Randy Au, has a banner in the Artists' Village! Come and see all the banner in action in the DTSA Artists' Village.

Special thanks to Andrea Harris for curating this project and to its sponsors -- Downtown Inc, Santa Ana Business Council, Small Business Development Corporation of Orange County and The City of Santa Ana.

May is a Busy month!

May is one of the busier months for the Flying Cup Clay studio. Here is what I have been doing. Open Garden Day in West Floral Park, Santa Ana.

One day event put on by the West Floral Park Neighborhood Association, where people visit some really wonderful gardens in the West Floral Park and Jack Fisher Park neighborhoods in the city of Santa Ana. Great weather for this event!

Balboa Island Art Walk 2019

This event had it all; rain, sun, wind! People still came out to walk the 1/4 mile along the sea wall and see the artists.

Patchwork Show, downtown Santa Ana, 2019.

Cold and drizzly for most of the day. People came out with umbrellas and made the best of the weather!

ACS-DC - Clay Festival 2019- Peacocks & Pottery

Just finished the American Ceramic Society- Design Chapter (Los Angeles) "Clay Festival 2019" at the Los Angeles Arboretum and Botanical Gardens in Arcadia, California.

Hillcrest Festival of Fine Arts

Getting ready for the HFFA show in La Habra Heights above Whitter Blvd. Friday, Saturday and Sunday Feb. 22-24, 2019 See my website for more details.FlyingCup Clay.com

CRAFT REVOLUTION exhibit at OCCCA

ART SHOW: CRAFT REVOLUTION
Opening Receptions: February 2 and March 2, 2019 from 6-10pm
gallery open; Thursday-Sunday, February 2 - March 23, 2019. From 12pm-5pm

Juror: Staci Steinberger, Assistant Curator, Decorative Arts and Design, LACMA

CRAFT REVOLUTION held at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art in Downtown Santa Ana, CA.; shows works with the unity of inspiration and skill philosophers call “craft” --- in drawing, painting, collage, sculpture, ceramics, weaving, architectural plans and maquettes, interior design, furniture design, fashion design, photography, video, installation art, and objects d’art in all mediums, including wood, metal, stone, clay, paper, textiles and glass. Craft is the bond between concept and technique, the link between hand, mind, and heart. Our juror selected unusual, avant-garde, hybrid artworks that merge together, in a single piece, elements of fine art and the traditional crafts. Craft Revolution illuminates an important truth about contemporary art: we can no longer categorically separate craft, fine art, decorative art, and utilitarian, designer objects. Sophisticated, well-crafted objects --- no matter the medium --- inevitably elicit un frisson of desire.

Featured Artists
Randy Au, Linda Belden, Lorraine Bubar, Juan Cabrera, Bibi Davidson, Virginia Davis, Priscilla Dobler, Janet Dreyer, Bret Englander, Karen Feuer-Schwager, Ddiana Ghoukassian, Mariano Gonzales, Sonya Hammons, Sharon Hardy, Matthew Hebert, Mary Heebner, Mark Hendrickson, Gina Herrera, John Hogan, Allison Holland, Kathleen Kane-Murrell, Rachel Kaster, Amy Keeler, Liz Koerner, Greig Leach, Lily Martina Lee, Zoey Lin, George Marlowe, Karena Massengill, Ryan Mennealy, Arny Nadler, Ted Ollier, Brad Pettigrew, Wen Redmond, Jay Reed, Robin Repp, Stephanie Robison, Sheila Rodriguez, Scott Rogers, Diana Maria Rossi, Angela Sanders, Aneesa Shami, Young Shin, Kristin Skees, Melinda K.P. Stees, Heidi Tarver, Stephen Thornhill, Ruby Troup, Mariah Tuttle, Carlos Ulloa, Noriho Uriu, Maureen Vastardis, Nikki Vismara, Jake Weigel, Lyz Wendland, Danielle Wood, Ben Zask, Jana Zimmer, Susan Zimmerman.

Applying to a show!

Applying to a local show. I got one of these piece in the show! Here are my images.