I’m not sure how long I’ve been making the Outstanding Woman Awards for the library, but its definitely been many years. The awards are given during a celebration of International Women’s Day. Anyone can be nominated by contacting the Pueblo Public Library. I know for certain that many people who are given the honor love the pieces.
That being said, I have literally made hundreds of these and the project is not small. This year I made 44 pie plates at 5 lbs each during the first weekend of the project. Making, trimming glazing firing and decaling take up nearly every weekend for at least 6 weeks, and more time is always better.
Having made this project so many times, I have also made several videos of the process of making, wheel throwing and trimming especially.
This year, in addition to this project, I am also preparing for a workshop that I will be teaching for the art department of Colorado State University Pueblo, February 4th – 6th, 2022. The subject of the workshop is integrating digital and traditional media. In preparing for the talk I will be giving Friday night I decided to remix a process video using this project since the two are preceding concurrently.
With the help of my dear friend Eric Neyer, We captured several different videos of the throwing and trimming process and I edited those together using some effects in Premier Pro and a separately recorded audio track, thanks again Eric.
The result is a new take for me on videos made specifically for social media. I am very much looking forward to exploring these ideas further. I hope you enjoy it.