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Wildlife Art Pottery: Wax & Bing Studios

Hand-Sculpted and Thrown Pottery in Stoneware and Porcelain



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Member of:
Mendocino County Cultural Arts page

Association of Clay & Glass Artists of California

Wildlife Art Pottery

"Wildlife art pottery" best describes our original ceramics. I'm Jan Wax and he's Chris Bing, a potter and a sculptor from Northern California, and we make ceramic art inspired by nature and wildlife.

We're fascinated by the creatures that live on our land; tree frogs, pacific giant salamanders, toads, newts, dragonflies, cicadas, etc, and also by exotic animals from other regions, such as panther chameleons, Jackson's chameleons, Madagascar geckos, tarantulas, koi, octopi, etc...

Chris sculpts the animals; I make the vessels on a potter's wheel... and we collaborate on vases, lidded containers and other forms. In the Nature series, we join the sculptures to the pots when the clay is still damp.

We use stoneware and porcelain clay and the work is fired in a propane gas kiln to temperatures over 2300 degrees fahrenheit. This makes the pieces durable and functional.

I also make dinnerware and vases without sculptures, suitable for ikebana and other styles of flower arranging. Chris creates his sculptures individually, sometimes using field guides and other photographic sources. Each piece is original. We do not slipcast or use molds of any kind.

You can see our pottery at numerous art fairs throughout California and occasionally in other parts of the country. We'll be letting our web page visitors know the days and locations of upcoming fairs.

 

 

2009 ART FAIR CALENDAR

June 5-7 Contemporary Crafts Market
Santa Monica Convention Center
Santa Monica, CA
June 20 & 21 Marin Art Festival
Marin Convention Center
San Rafael, CA
July 11 & 12 ACGA (Clay and Glass Assoc) Show
Palo Alto Cultural Arts Center
Newell Avenue Palo Alto, CA
Aug. 23 & 24 Palo Alto Festival of the Arts
University Avenue
Palo Alto, CA
Sept. 12 & 13 Capitola Arts Festival
Capitola, CA

Sept. 19 & 20 Mill Valley Art Festival
Mill Valley, CA

Oct. 2-4 American Art Festival/ Sacramento
Sacramento Convention Center
Sacramento, CA

Our work can also be seen at these galleries listed below:

Highlight Gallery
Main Street
Mendocino, CA

Scharffenberger Winery Tasting Room Gallery
Hwy 128
Philo, CA

Rookie-To Gallery
Hwy. 128
Boonville, CA

Watch our calendar for results and dates of juried fairs in California, Colorado,Washington and Oregon.

To see more of our work, check out The Gallery.  



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